Talk:clape

Hi, I'm posting two sources here for my clape entry, one of which I used, one of them I found later. I used a French-English dictionary from 1905/1909, ed. by James Boielle, Cassell and Co. Ltd, page 106. The second reference I found online, http://books.google.com/books?id=ZtpEAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA82&lpg=PA82&dq=clape+sluice&source=bl&ots=rHBe36ElEd&sig=drNNfWHeRolharlVgTxS4sEFsgQ&hl=en&ei=-QNjTKTPH8OB8gaW_8GACg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CBQQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=clape%20sluice&f=false, a Naval and Military dictionary of French. You will find the entry in those references and others. clape is also a conjugation of the French verb claper, but that's a different word. Alex 20:18, 11 August 2010 (UTC)

I think the noun clape (sluice) is derived (etymology) from the verb claper, but I don't have a reference for the etymology. Alex 20:52, 11 August 2010 (UTC)

RFV
Noun not in any online French dictionary. Not in fr.wiktionary or wikipedia. SemperBlotto 07:09, 11 August 2010 (UTC)


 * Hi, I posted my references just now on Talk:clape. Alex 20:41, 11 August 2010 (UTC)


 * Technically fails RFV... - -sche (discuss) 18:12, 31 July 2011 (UTC)


 * The feminine French noun, supposed to have the plural "clapes" and the meaning "sluice", fails RFV. (Sense removed, verb form added. 19:37, 10 August 2011 (UTC)) - -sche (discuss) 23:57, 6 August 2011 (UTC)