TIPPET

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tippet mean? 

• TIPPET (noun)
  The noun TIPPET has 1 sense:

1. a woman's fur shoulder cape with hanging ends; often consisting of the whole fur of a fox or marten

  Familiarity information: TIPPET used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TIPPET (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A woman's fur shoulder cape with hanging ends; often consisting of the whole fur of a fox or marten

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("tippet" is a kind of...):

cape; mantle (a sleeveless garment like a cloak but shorter)

 Context examples 

Mrs. Weston begs you to put on your tippet.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

Taller and broader than her husband, her flowing gown of sendall, and fur-lined tippet, could not conceal the gaunt and ungraceful outlines of her figure.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Inquiries and communications concerning brothers and sisters, the situation of some, the growth of the rest, and other family matters now passed between them, and continued, with only one small digression on James's part, in praise of Miss Thorpe, till they reached Pulteney Street, where he was welcomed with great kindness by Mr. and Mrs. Allen, invited by the former to dine with them, and summoned by the latter to guess the price and weigh the merits of a new muff and tippet.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

He wore a fur tippet round his neck and a heavy gold chain over it, with a medallion which dangled in front of him.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Here is your tippet.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)