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Roploch, Roiploch, n. and adj. Also: rap(p)loch, raplow. [Of unknown origin. Cf. the Stirling place-name Raploch, earlier Raplach (1361), Roppelache (1359), with which however there is no firm evidence to connect this word.] a. noun. Only in Lynd.: A coarse undyed woollen cloth. b. adj. Coarse, rough; roughly made.a. 1530 Lynd. Test. Pap. 1045.
And in thare habitis thay tak sic delyte Thay haue renuncit russat and roploch quhyte
1540 Id. Sat. 1995 (B).
Thair vmuest clais quhilk was of roploch [Ch. rapploch] gray
Ib. 2734.
Hir peur coit of roploch [Ch. raploch] gray
c1540 Id. Syde Taillis 62.
I haue maist in to despyte Pure claggokis cled in roiploch quhyte
b. a1598 Ferg. Prov. MS App. 127.
Raplow werk, raplow payment
1658 R. Moray Lett. fol. 116.
Though the stuff and spinning be often somewhat rapploch

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