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gropa [ME grope] 1 grope, iron plate nailed to inner part of cartwheel for added strength. (Cf.Hist. Agric. I 544). 1248 in [rotis] ligandis de proprio et clutis et ~is ad idem Rec. Crondal 54; in ‥ carrecta empta ‥, in ~is et clavis ad eandem ligandam ‥ iij s. Ac. Beaulieu 59; 1270 carette: ‥ in grippis et grapnall’, vij d. Ac. Man. Cant. (Chartham) ; 1276 custus carrectarum: ‥ in ij paribus rotarum emptis, v s. vj d. in novo ferramento cum ~iis et clavis ad idem empto et apponendo, ix s. j d. ‥ in ~iis faciendis, iiij d. ob. Cuxham 165; 1278 in xij ~is, ‥ in bend’ et lurwegges loco ~orum ad aliam carectam Ac. Stratton 213; 1280 in ‥ rota iterum religanda et ferro ad strakas augmentandas et v groppis imponendis Ac. Man. Wint. (Houghton) ; 1297 cum ‥ groppis (v. douella 2); 1300 presentaverunt tres virgas ferreas de justa antiquitus usitata longitudine stracorum, ac etiam de longitudine et latitudine ~orum ad rotas carettarum MGL II 85; 1308 in grossis clavis, clutis et ~is Crawley 261; 1310 pro j pari rotarum ferrando cum veteribus strakis et cum novis gripis et clavis (Suff) MinAc 992/8 (cf. ib.: ~is et gropnayl); 1325 custus carucarum, plaustrorum carectarum et ferure. ‥ in ~is ‥ in grapis (Glos) Ib. 854/8; 1328 in j ferr’ cum gripis et toto apparatu ad j rotar’ (Kent) Ib. 892/23; 1357 custus carectarum: ‥ in j ligatura cum ~is grossis et munutis [sic] clavis xxv s. Crawley 280; 1368 in grossis clavis, groppis, et gropnayl pro rotis cum una veteri ligatura ligandis Ac. Man. Wint. (Hannington) ; 1371 in j pari rotarum de ligno fraccineo empto pro carect[a], viij s.; in j novo ferramento cum clavis ad idem, grippis et frettis xxvj s. viij d. MinAc 900/2; 1377 in grospis pro carecta ‥ iij s. Comp. Worc. II 18; 1388 in vj ~is ferreis vocatis grasbendes cum clavis emptis pro veteri carecta reparanda Ac. Man. Wint. (Wonston) ; 1446 in x lachetis, ij grabbis ferreis emptis pro veteri carecta reparand’ Ac. Man. Cant. (Barton) . 2 iron plate used as reinforcement of building. 1258 in l grapis factis ferreis ad ligandum turrim, iij s. iiij d. Ac. Build. Hen. III 180; 1275 G. fabro pro ij grapis ad novam gard[erobam], iij d. KR Ac 467/6/2 m. 4; 1279 in factura graparum, viz. de xxxj garbis ferri ‥, xxxj s. vij d. ‥ in j karr’ ‥ et vij clavis plumbi emptis ad grapas consolidandas ‥ lxiiij s. Ib. 467/7/4; 1318 in una ~a ferri facta et empta pro illo penticio Ib. 469/1d.. 3 (?) iron plate to prevent wear in turning mechanism. 1289 in ‥ grapis (v. 2 gojo 1c); 1313 fabro operanti ‥ circa grop’, virol’, gujones, vertivell’, ‥ ad ‥ springaldos KR Ac 469/13 f. 3.

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