Baretti: A dictionary of the English and Italian languages
Cépp-o, s. m. dim. Cépp-atéllo, Cépp-eréllo, Cépp-étto,
1. trunk, stem of a tree; 2. stump of a tree; 3. block on which criminals are beheaded; 4. fetters, chains, bonds. Ceppi amorosi, love's chains<*> 5. origin, stock, family 6. a stupid fellow; 7. Christmas box.
Florio: a worlde of wordes, or most copious, dictionarie in Italian and English
ceppo: a stocke, a log, a blocke, a stump, a trunke of a tree. Also a stocke of a plaine or pistole. Also the head of a beetle. Also the stocke or pedegree of any man or samily. Also fetters, shackles, stockes, giues or boults, or a foottrap.