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Curpall, -ill, -ell, Curple, n. Also: curpal(e, -ail, cwrpull, courple. [Irreg. variant of ME. cruper. Cf. Curper.] A crupper.(a) 1498 Treas. Acc. I. 388.
For vj brassis, ane courpale, … and thre girthis to the samyn sadill 1503 Ib. II. 202.
For ane curpal and ane tee to the harnes sadil 1504 Ib. 471.
For twa girthis and ane curpail and ane hors collar 1513 Rentale Dunkeld. fol. 185.
Pro tribus singlis, ane curpale & j lie te pro lie harnes 1535 Stewart 52417.
Edward [had] out of the feild to flie Vpoun ane hors … Without saidill, curpall, tre, or brydill 1538 Treas. Acc. VII. 98.
Ane curpale and ane bukkill to his sadill a1568 Scott ii. 187.
Befoir his curpall wes a crak, Culd na man tell quha maid it 1621 Maxwell Mem. II. 328.
To the saidillar, to set to curpall and posteilȝen tagis to the lyttil saidill(b) 1540 Maxwell Mem. I. 408.
Ane hors hows, … ane ledder cwrpull 1548–9 Treas. Acc. IX. 281.
To by brydill, curpill and other necessares to the soume hors 1568 6th Rep. Hist. MSS. App. 658/1.
For the mending of the curpillis and teis of the charet gair 1626 M. Works Acc. XIX. 25.
Ane cairt sadle with curpill and girth 1637 Elphinstone Mun. 25.
Ane doill weid brydill, curpill and tie(c) 1537 Treas. Acc. VI. 336.
Ane Franche sadill furnyst with girthis, ledderis, brydill, tee and curpell 1545 Ib. VIII. 364.
To the saidlar for brydill, tee, curpell, with all necessaris furnist to the foresaid sadill 1595 Duncan Appendix.
Postilena, a horse curpell 1636 Edinb. Test. LVIII. 13.
Thrie curpellis, pryce thairof vj s. 1651 Caldwell P. I. 105.
For a new sadle to the lard and curple 1675 Cunningham Diary 51.
To a new curpell to my maill pillion 1680 Foulis Acc. Bk. 67.
To … James Wilson, sadler, … for a cart sadle, panelling, housing, girth and courple 1695 Edinb. Test. LXXX. 136 b.
Ane … sadle with hulsters, … curple and stirrops

b. Attrib. with buckill, te (tie). 1506 Treas. Acc. III. 397.
For xix pair bukkilles for curpale teis 1568 6th Rep. Hist. MSS. App. 658/1.
The mending of the sadill … with twa buckillis to the pilgat, and ane curpill buckill 1690 Foulis Acc. Bk. 124.
To Hugh Morisone, sadler, for a new sadle, bit and briddle, curple tie, strip leathers and irons