Obs. [a. OF. frapaille, collect, f. frape: see FRAPE1.] A contemptuous name given to a body of people; rabble; esp. the camp-followers of an army.
c. 1330. R. Brunne, Chron. Wace (Rolls), 13319.
Þer harneys & þer frapaille | |
Þat fel nought to be in bataille, | |
Vnder an hil he set þem þere, | |
As þey armed men alle were. |