释义 |
▪ I. † toute Obs. Also 5–6 towte. [Derivation obscure: ME. toute answers to an OE. *túte, belonging to the root *tút-, to stick out, project: see note to toot v.1] The buttocks, fundament, posteriors, rump.
c1305Land Cokayne 136 He [the abbot] takeþ maidin of þe route And turniþ vp her white toute And betiþ þe taburs wiþ is hond To make is monkes liȝt to lond. c1386Chaucer Miller's T. 626 Of gooth the skyn an hande brede aboute, The hoote kultour brende so his toute. c1450Cokwolds Daunce 120 in Hazl. E.P.P. I. 43 To vse we[l]e the lechers craft, With rubyng of ther toute. c1460Towneley Myst. ii. 63 Com nar, & other drife or hald, and kys the dwillis toute. ▪ II. toute var. tot n.1 Obs., fool; obs. f. tout n.1 |