| 单词 | head cover |
| 释义 | > as lemmashead cover head cover n. (a) chiefly Military cover or protection for the head; (as a count noun) something serving to cover or protect the head; (b) a cover for the head of a golf club. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > armour > helmet > [noun] helmc725 hoodc1275 crestc1325 iron hatc1330 testerc1386 helmet1470 cap1530 hood-skull1537 headpiecea1555 caska1586 mazer1605 casque1696 head cover1839 1839 R. Fitzroy Narr. Surv. Voy. H.M.S. Adventure & Beagle II. viii. 147 In hasty, unforeseen skirmishes, they engage in as light order as the more northern Indians, without head-cover or mantle. 1860 Punch 18 Feb. 72/2 The Anglo-Saxon shields were oval and convex... But though they looked like dishcovers, their chief use was as head-covers. 1890 F. D. Lugard Diary 26 Mar. (1959) I. iv. 160 Along the top [of the Stockade] a log for head cover, and line below it for firing. 1909 J. D. Gatewood Naval Hygiene vi. 599 The majority of a crew seem to wear head-cover during most of their time awake. 1923 R. Kipling Irish Guards in Great War I. 24 The Battalion..next day quietly improved trenches and head-cover. 1934 Landmark Jan. 58 Another useful device to clip on to any old golf-bag is a leather head cover for one club. 1961 N. Lorch Edge of Sword iv. ii. 151 The trenches were not sufficiently deep; they had no head cover. 1998 Daily Post (Liverpool) 25 Apr. (Wales ed.) 3/3 (advt.) The Golf Store... MacGregor package. 9 irons, 3 woods, putter, bag & headcovers £299.00. 2000 Piecework Nov. 50/1 An embroidered length of cloth that may be worn as a shawl or head cover. < as lemmas |
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