| 单词 | church grate |
| 释义 | > as lemmaschurch grate church grate n. (a) a grated door or gate of a church or churchyard (now historical); †(b) a type of brazier used for warming a church; see quot. 1846 (obsolete). ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > land > [noun] > churchyard > gate of church grate1519 tapsell gate1922 society > faith > artefacts > division of building (general) > door > [noun] > with grate church grate1519 society > faith > artefacts > furniture > other furniture > [noun] > warming apparatus church grate1846 1519 in J. L. Glasscock Rec. St. Michael's, Bishop's Stortford (1882) 36 For tymber for the chirche grate xiiijd. 1772 H. Swinden Hist. & Antiq. Great Yarmouth xxiii. 885 It [sc. the jawbone of a whale] formerly was used for a seat at the church grate. 1846 Ecclesiologist 6 179 The church-grate consists of a light, circular, open fire-basket, raised on legs, and portable by means of an iron bar. 1874 Gen. Baptist Mag. Jan. 2 Better than stirring the fuel in the church grate, is stirring ourselves. 2003 K. J. P. Lowe Nun's Chrons. & Convent Culture iv. 155 In June 1518, thirty nuns were listed at the church grate as witnesses. < as lemmas |
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