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parpenus

parpenus, perpenus [OF parpain, perpein] , parpen, stone that passes through a wall from side to side (sts. w. asshelarium or petra). 1253 pro liij pedibus de parpen’ pretium pedis iiij d. Ac. Build. Hen. III 250; 1275 pro ccl parp’ xv s. j ‥ pro j quarter’ perpen’, xviij d. KR Ac 467/6/2 m. 8; 1290 pro iij quartron’ perpan’ petre de Reygate Ib. 468/3 m. 2; 1429 pro xxxiij ped’ de perpoynt’ Arch. Hist. Camb. II 445; 1450 custris latamorum: ‥ pro xxxvj ulnis de perpent’ achillar’ ‥ pro factura iv ulnarum de parapent, achillari et crestes ‥ (Comp.) Hist. Durh. Script. app. p. cccxxvi.

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