north. dial. Forms: 5–6 kylpe, 5 kelpe, 6 kilpe, 7–9 kilp, 9 kelp. [cf. ON. kilpr handle, loop; also CLIP sb.1 sense 2.] The movable or detachable handle (pair of clips) of a pot or cauldron; also, a pot-hook or crook from which a pot is suspended; the bail or hoop-handle of a pot or kettle; rarely, a hook in general.
1425. Mem. Ripon (Surtees), III. 156. Item pro scitulis emptis Ebor., 10d. Item pro uno kylpe de ferro ad eosdem, 1d.
1483. Cath. Angl., 203/1. A kylpe (A. kelpe) of a caldron, perpendiculum.
1590. Inv. John Nevil of Faldingworth, One brasse pot with kilpes.
1674–91. Ray, N. C. Words, 40. Kilps, pot-hooks.
1855. Robinson, Whitby Gloss., Kelps, the iron pothooks suspended in the chimney; also the bow or circular handle of the pot itself.
1881. J. Sargisson, Joe Scoap, 287. (Cumberl. dial.) T’ kilps an’ creuks fer t’ back band.
