Talk:Sarpler

Imperial Lexicon
This dictionary (c. 1850) gives:


 * sarplier: "Canvass or packing cloth"
 * sarplar (of wool): "A sack containing 80 tod", figures as OED

This is one mighty "sack", unless I've totally misunderstood. A man can easily carry a 1 cwt sack of coal or cement (personal experience), but this is 20cwt, or a ton of wool. The sack must be about the size of a medium lorry / large cart in 1850.

I will update the article, but I really think it would be sensible to merge at least sarpl(ie/e/a)r and tod in "Wool measures" or similar. Imaginatorium (talk) 17:02, 29 December 2014 (UTC)

Same information in Dictionary of Textiles by Louis Harmuth, 1915, USA Imaginatorium (talk) 18:02, 12 June 2016 (UTC)

"CARK. In old English law. A quantity of wool, whereof thirty make a sarplar. (The latter is equal to 2,240 pounds in weight.) St 27 Hen. VI. c 2. Jacob." Black's Dictionary of Law Imaginatorium (talk) 18:05, 12 June 2016 (UTC)

v. useful historical references at sizes.com Imaginatorium (talk) 18:08, 12 June 2016 (UTC)