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Knapholt, Knap(p)ald, Knap(p)el(l, Knap(p)le, n. Also: knaiphoult, knaphult, -hold, -holl, -halt, -hald, -held; knappold, cnapold, knappoll, -eld; cnappell, knappill; knappilt; and Knappet(t, Knappart, Knaphard. [Corresp. to late ME. and e.m.E. clappalde (1477), -olte (1481–90), clapholt (1614), -hoult (1660), MLG. klapholt, MDu. klapholt, clap-, klaphout, with kn- for cl- as in e.m.Da. knapholt (16th c.) beside klapholt (and cf. also Knarholt). (Cf. Knapburd, Knapwood.)]

Clapboard, the smaller size of split oak (in contrast with the larger size known as ‘wainscot’).Imported from Scandinavia and the Baltic and used chiefly by coopers for barrel-staves and as panelling or boarding.a. A piece or board of clapboard. b. Commonly without article as the name of the substance or uninflected as a collective plural.The shortened form holt occurs in: 1582 Dundee Shipping L. 206.
Twa hundreth holta. 1496 Treas. Acc. I. 278.
For ix^c knappaldis iiij li. xs. Ib. 285.
For leding of ix^c knapholtis furth of Leith 1550 Reg. Great S. 105/1.
6 lie steikkis de wanscott, … pretium pecii 8 sol., 1800 mensas lie knapaldis, pretium per cent. 40 sol. 1563–4 Edinb. O. Acc. I. 449.
For xxx knappaldis to be tennors … xxx s. Ib. 450.
For bringing of the burdis and knappaldis fre Leyth vjs. 1583 M. Works Acc. (ed.) 313.
Ane hunder cnappellis to syllowr the foirsaid midhows 1610 Glasgow Trades House 31.
For ane knappell to be twa heidis to the buird 1613–4 M. Works Acc. (ed.) 342.
For ane knapald to be thame [sc. tua grit double windok brodis]b. (a) 1489 Exch. R. X. 144.
Et de x s. de custuma mille tabellarum dictarum knapholt 1496 Treas. Acc. I. 290.
To cary the knapholt in his bote oure the reych 1553–4 Edinb. B. Rec. II. 345.
For ane dosone of knaphald xxvjs. 1581 Dundee Shipping L. 204.
Ane schip … from Norroway contenand xxv hundreth knaphold 1582 Ib. 208.
A hundreth gryt knaphold 1582 Edinb. D. Guild Acc. 120.
xiij wanscott at xxx s. the pece, … for v knaiphoult and ane half at iis. the pece 1614 Dundee Shipping L. 251.
Sex hundreth knapholt 1615 Lett. & St. P. Jas. VI 245.
Scottis schippis can not convenientlie serue for the importing of waynscott, knaphult, tar, … as Dutche schippis 1624–5 Misc. Spald. C. V. 101.
For glasbandis of knapholl 1635 Aberd. Council Lett. II. 32.
As for the Danskyn tred … we have no importatioun … except some lint, hardis, and knaphalt 1638 Dunferm. B. Rec. II. 183.
Tua buirdis of fir with the standert thairof of knapheld(b) 1477 Aberd. B. Rec. I. 408.
Threttene knappold 1546 Treas. Acc. VIII. 454.
To the capitane of Dunbar … iiij^c knapald the j^c xxxiiij s. 1564 Inverness Rec. I. 118.
Knappald 1568 Edinb. D. Guild Acc. 6.
The expensis made vpoun the Regentis sait. For ane dozan knappald xviii s., … ane hale cut of ane wanescot to be the heid to the chyre 1603 Reg. Great S. 515/2.
Ilk hundreth Danskene knappoll, Edinburgh 4 penneis … and the Noroway knappald Edinburgh 2 penneis … and the dowbill knappald to pay the dowbill of Danskene knappald 1610 Edinb. Test. XLVI. 120 b.
Fyve hundreth knappeld 1612 Bk. Rates (Halyb.) 290.
Boords called ... knappald of Norway ... knappald of Quenisbrig or dowble knappald ... , single knappald or Trailsound knappald 1612 Conv. Burghs II. 375.
Impost … Waynscote the hundreth iij s., the thousand knappald iiij s., the hundreth daills and all uther timbar xij d. 1643 Edinb. B. Rec. VIII. 31.
Knappald 1692 Conv. Burghs IV. 598.
William Grig, from Dantzick with lint and cnapold(c) 15.. Aberd. B. Rec. MS. (Jam.).
Knappel & keling treis c1575 Balfour Pract. 88.
The great hundreth knapple, contenand xxiiij small hundrethis, is twa last 1603 Stirling B. Rec. I. 104.
Ilk hundreth knapple, sex penneis; ilk pece of wainscott, ane penny 1626 Edinb. Test. LIII. 274 b.
Ten ryng of knappill extending to tua thowsand knappill 1641 Acts V. 417/2.
That the whole couperes … make the said sallmond barrelles of good and sufficient new knappell … without worme holles and whyte wood 1658 Glasgow B. Rec. II. 410.
To buy … some knappill to be ane pulpitt to the Laigh Kirk 1667 Edinb. B. Rec. X. 26.
For eatch hundred Burdeaux knaple eightein shilling; for eatch hundred knaple piple lenth tuo pund eight shilling 1670 Reg. Privy C. 3 Ser. III. 176.
That … clapboord. knappell, shewhoopes [sic] etc. … shall be frie of custome 1673 Dundee B. Laws 159.
90 pieces of knappill at 12 s. per piece 1692 Conv. Burghs IV. 153.
That all casks be made of weell seasoned knaple or oaken timber … the step or stave of a … sufficient thicknes of knaple 1693 Acts IX. 260/1.
Knappell 1701 Glasgow B. Rec. IV. 339.
To Francis Stevensone for 164 knapple … [£. 203] Item, to Robert Dickie for 5 knapple [£. 15] 1703 Stirling B. Rec. II. 348.
Payed for … cariage of a great manie dealls and tries, single and duble knapple … to the said new work(d) 1594 Exch. R. XXII. 425.
[8s., of certain wood called] knappilt nurry