Obs. Also 4 tapy-, tapnage. [a. OF. tapinage place of concealment, f. tapin a concealed or disguised person, f. tapir: see TAPIS v.1] Hiding, concealment, secrecy.
13[?]. K. Alis., 7116 (Bodl. MS.). Whiles þe kyng in his Tapynage [Weber tapnage] Sent alter Antioche þe Ostage.
1390. Gower, Conf., II. 187. This newe tapinage of lollardie.
c. 1400. Rom. Rose, 7363. That they wolde gone in tapinage, As it were in a pilgrimage.
[1616. Bullokar Eng. Expos., Tapinage, secrecie, slilinesse.
1656. Blount, Glossogr., Tapinage, secrecy, a lurking, or lying close.]
