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upteia

upteia, ~um [ME uptei(e)], (naut.) rope used for hoisting the yard and sail, halyard. 1226 in cablo ad navem ‥ et steia et ~a Pipe Wint. 11M59/B1/13 r. 5d.; 1234 pro aliis cordis ~is et aliis attiliis cordarum Pipe 78 m. 16d.; 1253 eadem villata habuit j ancoram ‥ et v uptesia [Cal. Scot. I 366: urtesia] et quandam costeram batelli CurR 152 r. 2; 1417 providencia certorum cablorum, haucerorum, upteorum, et al’ rop’ necessar’ AncD C 1005.

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