| 释义 |
ˈvamplet s.w. dial.
[f. vamp n.1 + -let.]
A gaiter. Usu. in pl.
1842Akerman Wilts. Gloss., Vamplets, rude gaiters to defend the legs from wet. 1863Wise New Forest 162 His legs are still cased..with gaiters, known as ‘vamplets’, or ‘strogs’. 1866Blackmore C. Nowell xlix, She wore a pair of poor Clayton's vamplets. 1875― Alice Lorraine II. xvi. 208 Instead of white stockings, he displayed gold-buttoned vamplets of orange velvet. 1883–in dial. glossaries (Berks., Hants, Wilts.). |