| 单词 | dress preserver |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdress preserver dress preserver n. †(a) a leather-covered iron frame fitted between a carriage step and wheel, to prevent mud or water from entering the carriage (obsolete); (b) a pad sewn beneath the armholes of a dress to prevent sweat stains; = dress-shield n. (now historical). ΚΠ 1817 Morning Post 28 Jan. They have..obtained his Majesty's Royal Letters Patent for their newly-invented Wheel-Guard, or Dress-Preserver. 1885 Cassell's Family Mag. Mar. 244/1 There are so many kinds of dress preservers—cork, silk, india-rubber—and the great improvement of our modern days is that they are scentless. 1951 M. Kennedy Lucy Carmichael i. v. 35 Have you sewed in dress preservers?.. You know how you perspire. 1984 M. Hocking Good Daughters (1987) xviii. 227 She was herself fastidious about sweat, and had dress preservers stitched into her frock. < as lemmas |
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