| 单词 | french brush |
| 释义 | > as lemmasFrench brush French brush n. †(a) a brush used for rubbing down horses (obsolete); (b) an artist's brush; a flat, stiff bristle brush used in decorative work. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > [noun] > grooming of horses > grooming instruments horse-comba1100 wisp1362 combc1440 mane-comb1564 curry-comb1573 scraper1581 rubber1598 teaseler1607 French brush1655 sweating-iron1753 dandy-brush1845 groomera1884 sweat-scraper1908 1655 Markham's Perfect Horseman 66 Finding his body dry, run slightly over it with your Curry-comb, after with the French Brush. 1686 R. Blome Gentlemans Recreation ii. 11 Rub him [sc. a horse] all over with the French Brush, beginning at his forehead. 1726 N. B. Farrier's & Horseman's Dict. 377/1 Curry or brush him over with a French brush down his Temples. 1857 T. Wright Dict. Obs. & Provinc. Eng. I. 481/1 French-brush, a brush for rubbing horses.] 1892 Ladies Home Jrnl. Nov. 23/1 For a study of chrysanthemums to be painted life-size in oils..either flat or round brushes may be employed, but the flat French brushes are usually considered the best kind to use. 1927 Los Angeles Times 20 Nov. v. 6/5 The architect suggests walls of warm buff color, finished with French Brush texture, trim of blue green. 1999 Birmingham Post (Nexis) 17 Feb. More layers of colour are added to create realistic variation, using a French brush, a stencil brush, or a sea sponge. 2004 S. Ross & E. Kinkead Decorative Painting xii. 171 A painted sky is easy to accomplish and..is executed using a dry brush, much the same as French-brush color washing. < as lemmas |
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