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Trafalgar
(trəˈfælgə(r), orig. and arch. træfəlˈgɑː(r))
Name of a cape on the S. coast of Spain, famed for a great victory of the British fleet over the combined fleets of France and Spain on 21 Oct. 1805, in which Admiral Nelson was killed. Hence a common element in English names of streets and the like, as Trafalgar Square, London, formerly also of stage-coaches, fabrics, etc.; also, the former name of a large size of printing type: see quots.
1826Haberdasher's Guide 15 Trafalgar Cottons, for working muslins, &c. 1848Thackeray Van. Fair vii, Whither..is the light four-inside Trafalgar coach carrying us?
1840Caslon's Printing Types, Trafalgar. 1841Savage Dict. Printing 802 Trafalgar. 20 [lines contained in one foot]. Ibid. 803 Minion, Brevier, and Trafalgar, may be classed as irregular bodied letters, for they bear no specific regular proportion to any other size. 1888Jacobi Printers' Vocab., Trafalgar, a size of type one size larger than Two-line Double Pica and one size smaller than Canon.
b. Special Comb.: Trafalgar chair (see quots. 1934, 1969); Trafalgar Day, 21 October, the anniversary of the battle of Trafalgar; Trafalgar Square v. trans. joc., to harangue (from the practice of ‘soap-box’ oratory in such public places).
1822R. Brown Rudiments of Drawing Cabinet & Upholstery Furnit. (ed. 2) p. xii, Many cabinet-makers, for the sake of notoriety, ridiculously give names to furniture quite inconsistent, such as Trafalgar chairs, Waterloo feet, &c. 1934M. Jourdain Regency Furnit. 1795–1830 48/2 The well-known Trafalgar chair..was designed as a light ‘parlour’ chair, and made normally of beech..with caned seat and loose squab cushion. 1969J. Gloag Short Dict. Furnit. (rev. ed.) 674 Trafalgar chair. Various types of single and elbow chairs, with nautical symbols such as anchors and coiled ropes in the backs, were made after the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805... Apart from the incorporation of such ornament these chairs were usually of the graceful Regency type with sabre legs. 1979E. Cave Blood Bond i. ii. 22 A Trafalgar chair with a tapestry seat.
1918A. Huxley Let. 30 Oct. (1969) 167 On Trafalgar Day this year Cobby made precisely the same remarks about Lord Nelson and Lady Hamilton as last year. 1977Navy News Sept. 24/1 The Exeter Flotilla's Trafalgar Day service will be held in Exeter Cathedral on Sunday, October 23.
1895A. W. Pinero Notorious Mrs Ebbsmith ii. 103, I assure you, dear fellow, I was within three feet of her when she deliberately Trafalgar Squared me. 1944J. Agate Ego 6 35 But not until I had taken the floor and Trafalgar Square'd K as blisteringly as I could. |