SINCE 1828
tippet
noun
tip·pet
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Definition of tippet
1
: a long hanging end of cloth attached to a sleeve, cap, or hood
2
: a shoulder cape of fur or cloth often with hanging ends
3
: a long black scarf worn over the robe by Anglican clergymen during morning and evening prayer
4
fishing
: a short length of material (such as gut, nylon, or horsehair) attached at the thinnest end of a tapered leader (see leader sense 1e(2)) and used to secure an artificial fly
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Use 2-pound line as tippet for more bites, but 4-pound is okay. — Tyler Mahoney, kansascity, "Fishing report: With summer settling in, morning bite is best most places," 27 June 2018 Use 2-pound line as tippet for more bites, but 4-pound is ok. — Tyler Mahoney Special To The Star, kansascity, "Fishing report: Prospects mixed on area lakes for week of June 20," 20 June 2018 The jig and float method with either a sculpin or ginger micro jig, on 2-pound tippet is catching good numbers of rainbows. — Tyler Mahoney Special To The Star, kansascity, "Fishing report: Nineteen-pound channel cat caught at Wyandotte," 6 June 2018 Steve Thomas, caught and released a huge 8-foot tarpon on a 12-pound tippet in just over 26 minutes using a tiny Sand Devil fly that his daughter had tied for him. — Steve Waters, miamiherald, "This big tarpon is the main attraction for those wanting to fish in the Florida Keys | Miami Herald," 12 Apr. 2018 On this water, that means an ultra-light spinning rig spooled with 4- or 6-pound test line or a 4- or 5-weight fly rod/reel fit with floating line and a 3-5-pound tippet. — Shannon Tompkins, Houston Chronicle, "Finding treasures on the upper Nueces," 21 Oct. 2017 Pope Jude Law has fifteen outfits, a fresh alb and tippet for each aspect of his mercurial personality. — Tad Friend, The New Yorker, "The Spectacle of “The Young Pope”," 23 Jan. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'tippet.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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