perpin

English

Noun

perpin

1. Obsolete spelling of perpend (“a stone which passes through a wall from side to side, having two smooth vertical faces”).
   • 1688, R. Holme, Armoury, book iii, page 111/1:

     Perpin, are less than the size of Ashlers.

   • ibidem, page 457/1:

     A perpin wall, is a Single stone wall.

Further reading

• James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Perpeyn, perpin”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume VII (O–P), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 717, column 1.