Bible Dictionaries
Hoppestere

Webster's Dictionary

(a.) An unexplained epithet used by Chaucer in reference to ships. By some it is defined as "dancing (on the wave)"; by others as "opposing," "warlike."

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Hoppestere'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​h/hoppestere.html. 1828.