| 释义 |
gartering, vbl. n.|ˈgɑːtərɪŋ|
Also 6 gartoning.
[f. as prec. + -ing1.]
1. The action of the verb garter.
a1529Skelton P. Sparowe 1176 Wherto shuld I disclose The garterynge of her hose. a1634Randolph Muses' Looking-Gl. iv. i, Hogs go to bed in rest, and are not troubled..With gartering, girdling, trussing, buttoning. 1702Farquhar Twin-Rivals i. i, There is such a plague every morning, with buckling shoes, gartering, combing and powdering!
2. The material of which garters are made; in pl. = garters.
1571Wills & Inv. N.C. (Surtees 1835) 362, vj pece of gartoning crewle iijs—iij double peces of saye gartoning iijs ivd. 1577Richmond Wills (Surtees) 269, viij yeards of gartering xd. 1604Rowlands Looke to it 17 You that weare Scarfs and Gart'rings for your hose. 1612Woodall Surg. Mate Wks. (1653) 19 A band made of wosted gartering is the best. 1709F. Hauksbee Phys.-Mech. Exp. ii. (1719) 30 The Woollen..was the coarsest sort of that which is commonly used for Gartering.
3. Comb., as † gartering-place, the part of the leg where the garter is tied; gartering-vein = garter vein (see garter 8).
1583Stubbes Anat. Abus i. (1877) 56 The Venetian-hosen, they reach beneath the knee to the gartering place to the Leg. 1627Vox Piscis 7 Letters..found in the gartering place of the Childes legge. 1658A. Fox Wurtz' Surg. ii. xxviii. 185, I took out the bone from the gartering place to the Ankle. |