| 单词 | gill-bells |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgill-bells gill-bells n. historical in later use the 11.30 a.m. ringing of bells from St Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh, taken as a signal by many residents of the city to retire for an alcoholic drink; cf. meridian n. 2d. ΚΠ 1721 A. Ramsay Poems I. 192 Half an Hour before Twelve at Noon, when the Musick Bells begin to play, frequently called the Gill-Bells. 1894 ‘H. Haliburton’ Furth in Field 103 Edinburgh had their mid-day dram of strong waters on the stroke of the ‘gill-bells’ of St Giles'. 1918 North-China Herald 18 May 406/3 Daily at half-past eleven the ‘gill-bells’ rang from St. Giles to call the citizens to their ‘meridian’, which consisted of a gill of brandy or a glass of ale. 2004 R. Graham Great Infidel (2006) ix. 206 The bells of St Giles rang at 11.30—the ‘gill-bells’—when the citizenry had their second drink of the day. < as lemmas |
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