单词 | fastenment |
释义 | fastenmentn. Chiefly English regional (west midlands). Now rare. A device that closes or secures something; a fastening. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fastening > [noun] > a fastening fasteningOE closing1382 festela1400 fastenera1425 fastingc1450 fastnessa1550 seizurea1616 closure1616 obligation1646 agraffe1772 fastenment1836 buckling1861 hitch1881 soul and body lashing1883 1836 Hereford Times 10 Sept. The fastenments were generally so well constructed that entrance could not be effected. 1879 G. F. Jackson Shropshire Word-bk. ‘Put a fas'nment o' the brew-'us door.’ 1902 Lichfield Mercury 21 Nov. 4/2 Fastenments for Boots and Clothing of both Sexes. 1931 F. Pitt Intelligence of Animals iv. iii. 188 The animal..has been shut up in a cage from which it could escape by manipulation of a fastenment. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1836 |
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