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单词 gamash
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gamashn.

Brit. /ɡəˈmaʃ/, U.S. /ɡəˈmæʃ/
Forms: 1500s gamash, 1500s–1600s gamoshes (plural), 1500s– gamashes (plural), 1600s gamachios (plural), 1600s gamasha's (plural), 1600s gamashees (plural), 1600s gamashoes (plural), 1600s gamasies (plural), 1600s gammases (plural), 1600s gammashoes (plural), 1600s 1800s– gamaches (plural), 1700s gamasses (plural); English regional (northern) 1600s gamashaes (Yorkshire, plural), 1600s gammashaes (Yorkshire, plural), 1700s– gamashers (plural), 1800s gammashes, 1800s– gamaces (Westmorland, plural), 1800s– gammashers (plural). See also gramash n.
Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French gamache.
Etymology: < Middle French gamache (1591), by haplology < Spanish guadamecí kind of leather made in Ghadames (a1207; also †guadamecil , †guadamecin , etc.; compare Portuguese guadameci , also guadamecil (13th cent. as †godomeçil ), guadamecim (1651)) < Arabic ġadāmasī of or relating to Ghadames (compare jild ġadāmasī leather made in Ghadames) < Ġadāmas , the name of a town in Libya (English Ghadames ), where a highly esteemed kind of leather was made. Compare Old Occitan gamacha (1383 in an apparently isolated attestation; Occitan gamacha ), Italian gamascia (a1667), Dutch gamasche (1806; 17th cent. as †gamache ), German Gamasche (1615 as †Gammachen , plural noun; chiefly in plural), all < French. Compare later gamashin n., gramash n.The forms gamashoes, gammashoes show alteration by folk-etymological association with shoes, plural of shoe n.
Now chiefly historical.
A type of legging or gaiter worn to protect the legs from being spattered with mud, water, etc. Cf. spatterdash n. Chiefly in plural.During the 18th and 19th centuries largely restricted to Scots and northern English.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for legs > [noun] > gaiter or legging > types of > gaiters or leggings
gamash1596
gramash1681
spatterdash1687
overall1782
gambado1814
eucnemidal1839
antigropelos1848
trouser-stockings1883
1596 T. Nashe Haue with you to Saffron-Walden sig. Gv No French gowtie leg with a gamash vpon it, is so gotchie and boystrous.
1602 W. Basse Three Pastoral Elegies ii. sig. D2 From hir ankle to hir knee did rise, Gamashaes of the best of Iasons prise.
1652 tr. M. de Cervantes Don-Quixote (new ed.) iv. i. f. 66v Hee wore..a pair of Breeches and Gamashoes of the same coloured cloth..his Gamashoes were lifted up half the legg.
1683 G. Meriton York-shire Dialogue in Pure Nat. Dial. 11 Wife what's become of my Spatterdashers, Pray Thee Stride upp'th Greese and fetch'th Gammashaes.
1707 J. Stevens tr. F. de Quevedo Comical Wks. 324 I..bought an old leather Jerkin, a canvas Wastcoat, a patch'd Beggar's great Coat down to my Ankles, Gamashes on my Legs, and great clouted Shoes.
1781 J. Hutton Tour to Caves (ed. 2) Gloss. Gamashes, Gamogins, a sort of spatterdashes.
1788 W. Marshall Provincialisms E. Yorks. in Rural Econ. Yorks. II. 331 Gamashers, short spatterdashes, worn by plowmen.
1826 W. Scott Woodstock II. ix. 233 The..leathern gamashes which defended his legs.
1855 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Yorks. Words 66 Gamashes, gaiters or leggings of cloth or leather; called also spatter-dashes.
1877 W. Kirby Chien d'Or xl. 436 He toasted his legs and old gamashes in the genial warmth of a bright fire.
1928 A. E. Pease Dict. Dial. N. Riding Yorks. Gamashes, originally short gaiters or spat-gaiters, covering little more than instep and ankle, now used for leggings.
1962 R. J. Neutra Life & Shape 135 The newly arrived Viennese ex-officer still wearing the tunic and leather gamashes of the beaten Habsburg army.
1999 A. Munzel Yes x. 90 A lone American soldier..stopped me. He was a picture—except for the white gamashes over his boots.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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