释义 |
† ˈmetership Obs. [f. meter n.1 + -ship.] The office of meter or measurer.
1536Henry VIII in Ellis Orig. Lett. Ser. ii. II. 90 The office of metershippe of lynyn clothe and canvas within our Cytie of London. 1541Wriothesley Chron. (Camden) I. 129 The metershippe of cloth of gould, velvett, silkes, and lynnen cloath. |