sarplar

[ sahr-plahr, -pler ]

noun

1. a coarse cloth bagging.
2. Obsolete.
   1. a bale of wool weighing 2240 pounds (1016 kilograms) or 80 tods.
   2. the weight of such a bale.

Word History and Origins

Origin of sarplar¹

First recorded in 1325–75; Middle English sarplar “bale of wool,” from Anglo-French ( Old French sarpillere )