单词 | havelock |
释义 | havelockn. Chiefly U.S. Now chiefly historical.Originally and chiefly with reference to the American Civil War (1861–5). A (typically white) cloth cover for a military cap, with a flap covering the back of the neck and shoulders to give protection from the sun. Also occasionally: such a cover on a non-military cap. Also more fully havelock cover. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > parts of headgear > [noun] > other bouta1300 locketa1350 flipe1530 tarf1545 corneta1547 round tire1560 scuffe1599 lappet1601 mirror1601 flandana1685 rose1725 rounding1732 feather-peeper1757 screed1788 valance1791 busby-bag1807 cointise1834 wing1834 kredemnon1850 havelock1861 cache-peigne1873 pullover1875 stocking-foot1921 grummet1953 1861 Chicago Med. Examiner Apr. 243 Cap-covers of light, white cotton cloth, with capes falling down over the shoulders, will be very useful under the Southern sun. The Havelock cover is the best we have seen. 1861 Indianapolis Daily Jrnl. 22 May Havelocks (a linen protection for the head and shoulders against the scorching rays of a Southern sun)..have been furnished for every member of the company. 1861 H. B. Stowe Let. 11 June in Life (1889) 365 He is a fine-looking man with black eyes and hair, set off by a white havelock. 1912 H. A. Castle Hist. St. Paul & Vicinity I. xiii. 136 The society, having heard how invaluable havelocks had proved to northern soldiers in the south, decided to try to provide them for the First Minnesota regiment. 1918 Confederate Veteran Nov. 488/1 A young officer..with a Havelock cover over his cap, shoulders, and neck. 1994 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 5 May The Ultra-Visor..is designed to be the ultimate block against the sun's rays... There's a visor; an attachable Capper, a cloth crown with a protective cape-like havelock;..and two polarized lenses. 2001 J. D. Wright Lang. of Civil War 142 During the war,..havelocks proved to be bulky and irritating (as well as a bright target for enemy sharpshooters), so most were quickly abandoned. Compounds havelock cap n. a military cap provided with a havelock cover. ΚΠ 1861 N.Y. Times 16 May 3/1 The nurses..are busily engaged in manufacturing Havelock caps for the soldiers. 1880 Harper's Mag. Oct. 399 A poncho and havelock cap comprise the rubber clothing outfit. 1903 Engin. Rec. 5 Sept. 283/2 Inadequate preparations for the years of conflict [i.e. of the American Civil War] were made. There was much scraping of lint and making of havelock caps and other well-meant but useless effort. 2003 G. Phillips Bangers ii. 165 The customary wave cap, its flap hanging over the back of his neck like it was a legionnaire's havelock cap. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1861 |
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