The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Popelote \Pop"e*lote\, n.
   A word variously explained as "a little puppet," "a little
   doll," or "a young butterfly." Cf. Popet. [Obs.]
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         So gay a popelote, so sweet a wench.     --Chaucer.
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