knapskull

English

Etymology

A variant of knapscall; the first element is possibly knape (“(UK, dialectal, obsolete) lad”), while the second element is unknown.[1]

Noun

knapskull (plural knapskulls)

  1. (Scotland, obsolete) Synonym of knapscall (“a type of helmet generally worn by a low-ranking person, possibly a servant of a cavalryman”).

References

  1. ^ “† knapscall, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, March 2024.
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