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单词 church window
释义

church windown.

Brit. /ˌtʃəːtʃ ˈwɪndəʊ/, U.S. /ˌtʃərtʃ ˈwɪndoʊ/
Forms: see church n.1 and window n.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: church n.1, window n.
Etymology: < church n.1 + window n.
A window of a church.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > window or door > types of window > [noun] > other types of window
loop1393
shot-windowc1405
gable window1428
batement light1445
church window1458
shot1513
casement1538
dream-hole1559
luket1564
draw window1567
loop-window1574
loophole1591
tower-windowc1593
thorough lights1600
squinch1602
turret window1603
slit1607
close-shuts1615
gutter window1620
street lighta1625
balcony-window1635
clere-story window1679
slip1730
air-loop1758
Venetian1766
Venetian window1775
sidelight1779
lancet window1781
French casement1804
double window1819
couplet1844
spire-light1846
lancet1848
tower-light1848
triplet1849
bar-window1857
pair-light1868
nook window1878
coupled windows1881
three-light1908–9
north-light1919
storm window1933
borrowed light1934
Thermopane1941
storms1952
1458 in R. W. M. Lewis Walberswick Churchwardens' Accts. (1947) 7 Payd ffor mendyng of the cherch wyndows.
1581 A. Gilby Pleasaunt Dialogue sig. M3 The Images of the Trinitie, & many other monuments of superstition, generally in al church windowes.
1694 J. Brome Hist. Acct. Mr Rogers's Trav. 106 A place well known for its curious Church-Windows, in which are most rarely pourtrayed in Painted-glass, the whole history of the Bible.
1823 P. Nicholson New Pract. Builder 421 Some kinds of church windows are glazed in squares.
1993 Cent. Home Mar. 104 (caption) At the bottom of the stairs is..an 1880 church window made into a mirror.

Compounds

C1. attributive. Resembling a church window; spec. designating a pointed arch shape resembling that of a Gothic church window, or a mosaic-like pattern resembling that of a stained-glass window.
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1856 Aldershottana iii. 175 It has gotten the church-window pattern worked in gold upon the back.
1887 Athenæum 16 July 84/3 Corium fenestratum, whether in classical or mediaeval Latin..is not necessarily leather cut into window patterns, much less into church window patterns, but is simply pierced or perforated leather.
1913 R. S. Morris Clin. Lab. Methods i. 92 Crystals of uric acid..may assume a great variety of form when viewed under the microscope... The ‘church-window’ shape is not uncommon.
1995 P. Nottingham Technique Bobbin Lace (new ed.) iv. 140 The Church Window pattern has been adapted, and honeycomb stitches used instead of ground.
2007 E. G. Schwiebert Nymphs II. 551 Erythemis simplicicollis..dark veins in a slender church-window pattern at the leading edge of both sets of wings.
C2.
church window bobbin n. Lacemaking a bobbin with a hollowed-out shank perforated lengthwise with narrow openings, and sometimes containing a miniature bobbin or other object; cf. mother-in-babe adj. at mother n.1 Compounds 7.
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1900 Reliquary July 177 These are known as ‘Church window’ bobbins, and are carved in an open-work pattern, within the spaces of which are little movable ornaments.
1953 M. Powys Lace & Lace-making xi. 202 The most elaborate are the church window bobbins which are hollowed out, leaving a little ball or miniature bobbin inside, which..rattle a little when touched.
1969 E. H. Pinto Treen xxi. 311 Collectively, they are known as church window bobbins, but those with smaller bobbins inside the windows are described as mother-in-babe types.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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