单词 | abb wool |
释义 | > as lemmasabb wool Originally: the woof or weft in a web. Later also: the warp in a web. Frequently attributive, as abb thread, abb wool, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > threads in process of weaving > [noun] > warp warpc725 abbeOE weba1398 warping1684 the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > threads in process of weaving > [noun] > weft weftc725 woofc725 abbeOE shoot1717 shute1721 filling1812 eOE Cleopatra Gloss. in J. J. Quinn Minor Lat.-Old Eng. Glossaries in MS Cotton Cleopatra A.III (Ph.D. diss., Stanford Univ.) (1956) 22 Stamen, wearp. Subtimen, aweb. OE Antwerp Gloss. (1955) 154 Tramasericum, seolcen ab uel linen wearp... Linostema, linen wearp uel wyllen ab. OE Antwerp Gloss. (1955) 244 Trama uel subtemen, oweb uel ab. 1346 in F. B. Bickley Little Red Bk. Bristol (1900) II. 2 (MED) Item, quod nulla trama que dicitur ab sit in loco panni vbi stamen quod dicitur warp poni debet. c1450 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 617/13 Trama..est filum inter stamen discurrens, anglice abbe. 1606 Burford Reg. in Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS: Var. Coll. (1901) I. 162 The monall numbers of hundreds Beenes and abbes wch is commonly put forth to euerie seuerall cloth. 1659 J. Howell Prov. Eng. Toung 17/1 in Παροιμιογραϕια Make ab or warp of the businesse as soon as you can. a1722 E. Lisle Observ. Husbandry (1757) 500 What is on the back and ribs is somewhat finer, and makes, in druggets, the thread called abb. 1774 Act 14 Geo. III c. xxv Frauds are frequently committed by persons employed in the woollen manufactory..by the weavers withholding part of the woof or abb yarn delivered to them. 1835 C. F. Partington Brit. Cycl. Arts & Sci. I. 6 Abb, the yarn of a weaver's warp, whence the wool of which it is made is termed abb-wool. 1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. (at cited word) The abb is nearly always spun from carded wool. 1900 Monthly Bull. Bureau Amer. Republic 8 1038 Skin wool..is greatly preferred for certain purposes; for example, as abb wool (warp), owing to its tenacity and length. 1972 E. Kerridge in J. G. Jenkins Wool Textile Industry in Great Brit. ii. 32/1 Breast and bottom belly-wool was for the warp and weft of woollen cloth; back and rib-wool for the abb thread of druggets. < as lemmas |
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