单词 | girdlestead |
释义 | girdlesteadn. Obsolete exc. archaic. a. That part of the body round which the girdle passes; the waist. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > trunk > [noun] > middle of trunk or waist middleeOE mideOE girdlec1275 rondelc1300 girdlesteadc1330 waistc1386 belt steadc1540 girding-place1601 midriff1823 beltline1892 midsection1956 c1330 Arth. & Merl. 5216 Þat at þe girdel stede it stode. ?1366 Romaunt Rose 826 Hise shuldris of a large brede, And smalish in the girdilstede. c1420 J. Lydgate Assembly of Gods 340 Aboute hym, in hys gyrdyll stede, hyng fysshes many a score. 1583 P. Stubbes Anat. Abuses sig. Evi Some [clokes] short, scarsely reachinge to the gyrdlestead, or wast. 1653 H. Cogan tr. F. M. Pinto Voy. & Adventures ix. 29 We walked a whole day along by the Isle of Sumatra, in the ouze up to the girdle-stead. 1696 J. Aubrey Misc. (1721) 94 An Antient Man..having a long and broad white Beard, hanging down to his Girdle Steed. 1870 W. Morris Earthly Paradise: Pt. IV 57 One gleaming lock of gold..Fell far below her girdlestead. b. Used for ‘lap’. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > trunk > front > lap > [noun] greadec897 barmc950 lapc1300 alvary1595 girdlestead1882 1882 A. C. Swinburne Tristram of Lyonesse vi. 51 There fell a flower into her girdlestead Which laughing she shook out. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.c1330 |
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