{{Short description|British weight for wool}} '''Sarpler''', '''Sarplier''' or (in Scotland) '''Serplathe''' was a UK weight for wool.<ref name=oed>{{cite book|title=Oxford English Dictionary|url=http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/171077?redirectedFrom=sarplier#eid|accessdate=23 December 2014|chapter=Sarplier}}</ref><ref name=hall>{{cite book|title=The Life and Works of Arthur Hall of Grantham|year=1919|publisher=Manchester University Press|page=[https://archive.org/details/cu31924027985278/page/n234 221]|url=https://archive.org/details/cu31924027985278|quote=sarpler.|accessdate=12 June 2016}}</ref><ref name="cowell">{{cite book|last1=Cowell|first1=John|title=The Interpreter, Or, Booke Containing the Signification of Words: Wherein is Set Forth the True Meaning of All, Or the Most Part of Such Words and Terms as are Mentioned in the Law-writers ... Laws, Statutes, Or Other Antiquities|date=1607|publisher=The Lawbook Exchange|isbn=9781584772651|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-aGEJHv2c4sC&q=sarpler&pg=PT475|accessdate=12 June 2016}}</ref>

== Definitions == The ''Oxford English Dictionary'' defines a sarpler as 80 tods, where a tod is usually 28lbs<ref name=oed /> thus usually 80 x 28&nbsp;lbs, or 160 stone, = {{convert|2240|lbs}}

Another definition, half the quantity, is given by Cowell's 1607 book (fourscore=80, 80 stone = 80 x 14lbs = {{convert|1120|lbs}}:<ref name=cowell /> {{quote|Sarpler is a quantitie of woll. This in Scotland is called Serplathe, and conteineth fourscore stone ...}}

A different and apparently arithmetically confused definition is given in ''The Life and Works of Arthur Hall of Grantham'', where he states:<ref name=hall /> {{quote|In a sarpler of wool is thre sacks, in everye sacke 26 stone at 14 pounde the stone, whiche makes 264 lbs., so as there is in a sarpler of wool 78 stone and 792 lbs.}}

The compendium ''Sizes Inc'' offers a range of inconsistent historic definitions, most of which agree that the term had gone out of use, but suggests that:<ref name="sizes">{{cite web |title=What is the unit called a sarpler? |url=https://www.sizes.com/units/sarpler.htm |website=www.sizes.com |access-date=16 April 2021}}</ref> {{quote|In the late 19th century, the sarpler begins to be defined as a long ton (2240 pounds of wool). This value may also be an error, in this case arising from a mistaken substitution of the tod for the stone.}} ==References== {{Reflist}}

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