单词 | half gown |
释义 | > as lemmashalf gown 7. Designating an article (especially a garment) or structure of about half the usual or full size or length, e.g. half coat, half gown, half sleeve. Cf. demi- prefix 2.See also half-boot n., half pants n., half shirt n., half sole n. Π 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Halfe gowne, hemitogium. 1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 v. iv. 21 If you be not swingde, Ile forsweare halfe kirtles. 1670 J. Narborough Jrnl. 18 Dec. in Acct. Several Late Voy. (1711) i. 104 Some wear Half-Stockings on their Legs, but no Shoes. 1676 in J. S. Moore Goods & Chattels Forefathers (1976) 106 Two pewter dishes, three small dishes, one beaker, one halfe beaker. 1689 London Gaz. No. 2477/4 A sad coloured Cloth Coat, with..blue half Sleeves. 1726 G. Shelvocke Voy. round World vi. 198 The old stratagem..of turning a light adrift in a half tub. 1763 J. Boswell Jrnl. 22 July in London Jrnl. (1950) 317 I was disturbed by the light..at the earliest dawn, as the windows have only half-blinds. 1775 F. Marion in Harper's Mag. Sept. (1883) 546/1 Black half-gaiters. 1791 F. Burney Diary Nov. in Jrnls. & Lett. (1972) I. 86 Sir Joshua..had a bandage over one eye, and the other shaded with a green half-bonnet. 1837 E. Bulwer-Lytton Ernest Maltravers I. iii. i. 253 A pair of half hessions completed his costume. 1844 A. R. Smith Adventures Mr. Ledbury I. viii. 105 The..half-wicket that closed the entrance. 1888 C. T. Jacobi Printers' Vocab. 56 Half cases, small cases used for jobbing purposes. 1931 Good Housek. (U.S. ed.) Dec. 64/1 Lanvin's gown is red marocain with half-sleeves and silver sequins. 1966 B. Brophy Don't never Forget 69 If you go in spring, before winter clothes are discarded, you see men in coats or half-coats with sheepskin collars. 2009 N.Z. Herald (Nexis) 25 Nov. The audience favorite in her purple corset covered with a half gown with poufs of tulle. < as lemmas |
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