hoppet /ˈhɒpɪt/ noun3 •(dialect, UK) A handbasket for holding seeds while sowing.Hoppets. Hand-baskets. These were used for holding seed. In March 1590, two seed-hoppets and a wisket cost 18d.; April 1592, a wisket at Tingreve and a third hoppet there cost 9d. — 1857 •(dialect, UK) A dish used by miners to measure ore.The sinkers were raised and lowered in a hoppet attached to the rope. — 1904 •(dialect, UK) A meadow or paddock.The bowling green can be seen in the hoppet, but the windmill has been removed. — 1926 formshoppets