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单词 chatelaine
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chatelainen.

/ˈʃɑːtəleɪn//ˈʃatəleɪn/
Forms: Also châtelaine
Etymology: < French châtelaine, feminine of châtelain.
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.)
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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).
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