Hoppestere

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hoppestere \Hop`pes*tere"\, 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." --T. R. Lounsbury.
     [1913 Webster]