sarplier

[Fr. serpillière =sackcloth, a corruption of serge vieille old serge.] [SERGE.] 1. Canvas or packing-cloth. 2. The same as SARPLAR (q. v.). "So that there was a subsidie paied for all sarpliers of wooll that went out of the relme." - Holinshed: Chronicle; Edward I. (an. 1294). sar'-pō, subst. [Cor. from Sp. sapo =a toad.] A large toad fish found in the Gulf of Mexico.