hippin

English

Alternative forms

• hipping

Etymology

Compare Scots hippin, hippen; from hip +‎ -ing.

Noun

hippin (plural hippins)

1. (Northumbria) Theatre curtain.

Related terms

• hippins

References

• “hipping, n.³”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
• Frank Graham, editor (1987), “HIPPIN”, in The New Geordie Dictionary, Rothbury, Northumberland: Butler Publishing, →ISBN.
• Northumberland Words, English Dialect Society, R. Oliver Heslop, 1893–4
• Amy D. Clark, Nancy M. Hayward (2014), Talking Appalachian: Voice, Identity and Community

Scots

Alternative forms

• hippen, hipping

Etymology

From hip (“hip”) +‎ -in.

Noun

hippin (plural hippins)

1. a child's nappy; a diaper
2. (humorous) the curtain of a penny theatre

References

• “hippin, n.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, reproduced from W[illiam] Grant and D[avid] D. Murison, editors, The Scottish National Dictionary, Edinburgh: Scottish National Dictionary Association, 1931–1976, →OCLC.