单词 | chatelaine |
释义 | chatelainen. 1. A female castellan; the mistress of a castle or country house. Also, the mistress of a household. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > rule or government of family or tribe > head of family, tribe, or clan > [noun] > head of household > of a country house or castle chatelaine1845 1845 J. S. Mill in Edinb. Rev. 82 409 The representative of the chief's person and the delegate of his authority, during his frequent absences, was the châtelaine. 1855 M. Arnold Tristram & Iseult The youngest fairest chatelaine That this realm of France can boast. 1861 Lady Chatterton in Mem. Adm. Gambier I. iv. 52 A good châtelaine and true, of an English country house. 1899 Westm. Gaz. 18 Apr. 2/1 The finest effects of a thunderstorm are dimmed to the most aesthetic of chatelaines by a too keen perception of its ‘effects’ on her larder. 1900 New Cent. Rev. 7 381 The chatelaine of 17, Hertford Street, was hereditarily qualified to preside over a home whose natural atmosphere was one of culture. 1903 Mainly about People XI. 143/2 The châtelaine of a house in Eaton Square. 1949 P. G. Wodehouse Mating Season x. 98 Nothing sticks the gaff into your chatelaine more than a guest being constantly a.w.o.l. 2. An ornamental appendage worn by ladies at their waist, supposed to represent the bunch of keys, etc. of a medieval châtelaine: it consists of a number of short chains attached to the girdle or belt, etc., bearing articles of household use and ornament, as keys, corkscrew, scissors, penknife, pin-cushion, thimble-case, watch, etc., according to taste. (Sometimes applied to a bunch of ornaments worn at a watch-chain.) ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > jewellery > jewellery of specific shape or form > [noun] > pendant > fastened to a watch-chain or girdle watch-seal1798 onion1811 seal1836 chatelaine1851 breloque1856 charm1865 watch-charm1898 1851 Art Jrnl. Illustr. Catal. 43/1 The modern chatelaine is but a reproduction of an article of decorative ornament, worn by ladies..more than a century and a half ago. The watch, the scissors, etui, pincushion, &c. were then ostentatiously appended to the dress of ladies. 1859 L. Oliphant Narr. Earl of Elgin's Mission China & Japan II. 191 [They] tie bundles of charms or chatelaines to their watch-chains. 1872 S. W. Baker Nile Tributaries Abyssinia (new ed.) vi. 85 The women wear a large bunch of charms as a sort of châtelaine. Compounds C1. attributive. ΚΠ 1873 Young Englishwoman June 286/1 A very ladylike chatelaine costume, of black grenadine. C2. chatelaine bag n. a small bag suspended from a belt or chatelaine. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > bag > [noun] > suspended from belt chatelaine bag1883 1883 Cassell's Family Mag. Oct. 698/1 Châtelaine bags are much worn again. chatelaine watch n. a watch attached to a chatelaine. ΘΚΠ the world > time > instruments for measuring time > watch > [noun] > particular types of watch German watch1611 larum watch1619 clock-watch1625 minute watch1660 pendulum watch1664 watch1666 alarm watch1669 finger watch1679 string-watch1686 scout1688 balance-watch1690 hour-watch1697 warming-pan1699 minute pendulum watch1705 jewel watch1711 suit1718 repeater1725 Tompion1727 pendulum spring1728 second-watch1755 Geneva watch1756 cylinder-watch1765 watch-paper1777 ring watch1788 verge watch1792 watch lamp1823 hack1827 bull's-eye1833 vertical watch1838 quarter-repeater1840 turnip1840 hunting-watch1843 minute repeater1843 hunter1851 job watch1851 Geneva1852 watch-lining1856 touch watch1860 musical watch1864 lever1865 neep1866 verge1871 independent seconds watch1875 stem-winder1875 demi-hunter1884 fob-watch1884 three-quarter plate1884 wrist-watch1897 turnip-watch1898 sedan-chair watch1904 Rolex1922 Tank watch1923 strap watch1926 chatelaine watch1936 sedan clock1950 quartz watch1969 pulsar1970 1936 L. C. Douglas White Banners v. 102 She glanced down at her chatelaine watch. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1845 |
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