keper
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch keper (“rafter, roof beam”), from Vulgar Latin *capriōne, *capreus, from Latin caper (“male goat”). The connection with goats is thought to be the resemblance of two diagonal wooden beams of a roof meeting in the middle with two prancing goats.[1]
Cognate with Middle High German kepfer, French chevron.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkeːpər/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -eːpər
Noun
keper m (plural kepers, diminutive kepertje n)
- (weaving) a twill, crossed weaving pattern
- (construction) a type of roof comprising sloped rafters on which horizontal slats are nailed which support the roof tiles
- (heraldry) a chevron, comprising crossing bands
- a fir (the tree whose wood is mainly used for the building beams etc.)
- some similar or associated ornaments, construction elements, capententry instruments etc.
Derived terms
- gekeperd
- keperband
- keperbeen n
- keperbinding
- keperborat, keperbrat n
- keperbroek
- keperdoek n
- keperdraad
- keperen
- kepergaas n
- kepergrond
- keperhout n
- kepering
- keperkap
- keperklauw
- keperlaken n
- keperlijn
- keperlint n
- kepersgewijze
- keperstof
- keperstop
- keperstoppen (verb)
- keperstreep
- keperswijs, keperswijze
- keperverband n
- keperverbinding
- kepervoet
- kepervoetplank
- kepervormig
- keperweefsel n
- keperwerk n
- keperweven (verb)
- keperweverij
- keperzijde
- op de keper beschouwen (“to observe closely”)
- (types by use and/or construction) hoekkeper m, kielkeper m, koppelkeper m, nokkeper m, keerkeper m, inslagkeper m, kettingkeper m, slangenkeper m, achtbindskeper, driebindskeper, vierbindskeper, m, drieschachtskeper m, vierschachtskeper m
References
- ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “keper”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute