Obs. rare–1. [a. Du. wapper, cogn. with wapperen to swing: see next.] ? A (leaden) ball attached to a strap used as a striking weapon. So † Wapper v.1 trans., to strike (a person) with this weapon.
1481. Caxton, Reynard (Arb.), 16. That one had an leden malle and that other a grete leden wapper therwyth they wappred and al for slyngred hym.
