| 单词 | kettle-stand |
| 释义 | > as lemmaskettle-stand kettle-stand n. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > table > [noun] > small table roundel1503 stand1582 night table1730 monopodium1807 teapoy1828 tray stand1844 nightstanda1852 guéridon1853 kettle-stand1881 tabouret1916 1881 C. Schreiber Jrnl. 1 Nov. (1911) II. 367 Found a fine old kettle stand..and a few minutes after had the good luck to find the kettle to fit. 1960 H. Hayward Connoisseur's Handbk. Antique Collecting 157/1 Kettle-stand, a special stand which was introduced with tea-drinking in the later 17th-cent., of two main kinds. (a) A small table..with a gallery or raised edge round the top... (b) A box-like arrangement set on four legs. 1970 D. Ash Dict. Eng. Antique Furnit. 92/2 Kettle-stands were lower than contemporary tripod tables so that the kettle, mounted on its lamp-stand, would be at a convenient height. < as lemmas |
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