| 单词 | curtain of mail |
| 释义 | > as lemmascurtain of mail d. Applied variously to hanging pieces of cloth or fabric: as, a veil, an overhanging shade of a bonnet, an ensign. curtain of mail: the piece of chain-mail hanging from the edge of a helmet of the Saracen type; the camail. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > parts of headgear > [noun] > hood or brim to protect face bongrace1530 shadow1578 curtain1788 shade1818 ugly1850 poke1859 sunshade1868 sun visor1920 visor1939 1541 T. Elyot Image of Gouernance vi. f. 13 Your predecessors..wolde not be sene of the people but seldome, and oftentimes with a courtayne before theyr visage. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) iv. ii. 41 Their ragged Curtaines poorely are let loose, And our Ayre shakes them passing scornefully. View more context for this quotation 1788 E. Sheridan Let. in Betsy Sheridan's Jrnl. (1986) vi. 138 Bonnets I see most generally worn and some with very deep Curtains, The Bonnet itself is small. 1861 C. M. Yonge Stokesley Secret ii. 31 Her lilac-spotted sun-bonnet..with a huge curtain serving for a tippet. 1889 Cent. Mag. Dec. 260/2 When our grandmothers had curtains to their bonnets. < as lemmas |
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