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Volupere

Vol′u-pere

,
Noun.
[Cf.
Envelop
.]
A woman’s cap.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.

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volupere

volupere

English

Noun

volupere (plural voluperes)

  1. (obsolete) A woman's cap.
    • 1382, Chaucer, “v. 383”, in The Reeve's Tale:
      She wende the clerk hadde wered a volupeer, And with the staf she drow ay neer and neer