单词 | chimney-pot |
释义 | chimney-potn. 1. A cylindrical (sometimes prismatic or square-shaped) pipe of earthenware, sheet-metal, etc., fitted on the top of a chimney-shaft, to increase the up-draught and carry off the smoke: a chimney-can. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > that which or one who heats > [noun] > a device for heating or warming > devices for heating buildings, rooms, etc. > chimney > chimney-pot pig1683 pot1785 can1805 chimney-can1805 old wife1823 old woman1829 chimney-pot1830 chimney cap1847 tallboy1884 1830 Ld. Tennyson Poems 13 Why a church is with a steeple built; And a house with a chimneypot? 1883 Harper's Mag. Nov. 829/2 The painter has left his garret among the London chimney-pots. 2. chimney-pot hat: a colloquial name for the cylindrical black silk hat worn by men in the latter part of the 19th cent. Also elliptically chimney-pot. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > hat > tall > cylindrical > top hat > silk silk hat1546 plug1848 chimney-pot hat1851 plug hat1860 box hat1864 shiner1867 1851 Expositor 4 Jan. 145/1 The absurdity of the ‘Chimney-pot’ and ‘Coal-scuttle’ covering for the head at present in use. 1863 A. Trollope Rachel Ray II. xii. 244 Middle-aged men..in swallow-tailed coats and black trousers, with chimney-pot hats. 1868 Mask Apr. 87 The chimney-pot hat, the ugliest European head-dress known. 1874 L. Carr Judith Gwynne I. i. 33 So off went that penitential chimney-pot leaving such a great red line round his forehead. 1885 Graphic 14 Feb. 165/3 Wearing a chimney-pot hat and a white rosette. 1899 A. D. Godley Lyra Frivola 39 My Chimney-pot, farewell! 1907 Westm. Gaz. 25 July 10/1 The chimney-pot is so called because in Germany only the sweeps wear them. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online September 2020). < n.1830 |
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