Cree″ple (krē″p'l), n. [See Cripple.] 1. A creeping creature; a reptile.
There is one creeping beast, or long creeple (as the name is in Devonshire), that hath a rattle at his tail that doth discover his age.
Morton (1632).
2. One who is lame; a cripple.
Thou knowest how lame a creeple this world is.
Donne.