单词 | jumelle |
释义 | jumelleadj.n. Twinned or paired; made or shaped in couples or pairs, double. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > two > pair > [adjective] double1393 coupledc1440 conjugate1471 duplicate?a1475 jumellec1475 gemel1497 geminate1589 paired1595 fellowed1654 duplicatory1659 gemellous1697 dyadic1728 duplex1817 Siamese twins1829 parial1849 dyad1869 duadic1879 pairwise1913 duplicitous1985 c1475 Partenay 1182 The yates Iumelles, mighty and strong. 1484 W. Caxton tr. Subtyl Historyes & Fables Esope v The whiche parte was iumelle that is to wete double. 1869 J. E. Cussans Handbk. Heraldry (rev. ed.) vii. 107 A Gimmal or Jumelle Ring was formed of two flat hoops of gold, which fitted accurately within each other, and constituted but one ring. B. n. Applied to something which consists of a pair of things joined. a. A pair of opera-glasses. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > optical instruments > instrument for distant vision > [noun] > opera glass(es) opera glass1738 lorgnon1846 lorgnette1859 jumelle1865 1865 W. Cory Lett. & Jrnls. (1897) 163 My jumelles box made a pillow. Categories » b. ‘The side pieces of a loom in which the cylinders are fitted’ ( Cent. Dict. 1890). This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.n.c1475 |
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