English Dictionary

hoppet

/ˈhɒpɪt/

noun

(UK, dialect) A handbasket for holding seeds while sowing. / (UK, dialect) A dish used by miners to measure ore. / (UK, dialect) A meadow or paddock.

The hope of a better future keeps us going.

意味（1）

(UK, dialect) A handbasket for holding seeds while sowing.

Hoppets. Hand-baskets. These were used for holding seed. In March 1590, two seed-hoppets and a wisket cost 18d.; April 1592, a wisket at Tingreve and a third hoppet there cost 9d.

意味（2）

(UK, dialect) A dish used by miners to measure ore.

The sinkers were raised and lowered in a hoppet attached to the rope.

意味（3）

(UK, dialect) A meadow or paddock.

The bowling green can be seen in the hoppet, but the windmill has been removed.