| 单词 | headless cross |
| 释义 | > as lemmasheadless cross headless cross n. a cross without a head or top part; a T-shaped cross; = tau cross n. at tau n. Compounds 3. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > charge: device on shield > cross > [noun] > tau cross tau cross1474 headless cross1483 cross commisse1688 tau1704 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende f. cccvii/1 Thau is made lyke an hedeles Crosse. 1563 in Vicary's Anat. Bodie of Man (1888) App. iii. 163 There shalbe CC blew hedles Crosses made with all convenient spede. 1658 T. Pugh Brittish & Out-landish Prophesies 63 At the headless Cross besides Gloster shal many thousand be slain. 1853 H. W. Herbert Chevaliers of France 30 I can lead you to the great chestnut, and to the headless cross in the beech woods. 1998 R. Houlbrooke Death, Relig., & Family (2000) iii. 69 In 1550 a young single man..was found sitting on the cliff-top by a headless cross on Ascension Day reading the Word of God in English. < as lemmas |
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