单词 | kendal |
释义 | Kendaln. a. A species of green woollen cloth. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from wool > [noun] > of specific colour > green Kendal1389 Kendal greenc1530 1389 Act 13 Rich. II c. 10 §1 Certeines draps en diverses Countees Dengleterre appelez Cogware & Kendalecloth. 1410 Rolls of Parl. III. 643 Draps appelles Kendales, Kerseis, Bakkes, [etc.]. 1464 in Manners & Househ. Expenses Eng. (1841) 277 Payd for iiij. ȝerdys and iij. quarterys kendalle for a gowne and a sadyll clothe, the yerde ix. d. 1483 Act 1 Rich. III c. 8 §18 Any Cloths called Kendals. 1497 in T. Dickson Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1877) I. 340 For vij elne of grene Kentdalee. 1505 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1901) III. 37 For x elne Kentdale to be ane cote to the King. ?1577 F. T. Debate Pride & Lowlines sig. Cvv Of Kendall very course his coate was made. a1687 C. Cotton Poet. Wks. (1765) 82 His Breeches..Were Kendal, and his Doublet Fustian. ΚΠ c1425 J. Lydgate Assembly of Gods 356 On hys hede he had a thredebare kendall hood. 1581 Compendious Exam. Certayne Ordinary Complaints ii. f. 33v A Seruing man was content to go in a Kendall coate in Sommer. 1611 R. Richmond in T. Coryate Crudities sig. e2 The Mayor of Hartlepoole.., Put on's considering cap, and Kendall gowne. 2. Kendal green n. a. = sense 1. Now only archaic or Historical. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from wool > [noun] > of specific colour > green Kendal1389 Kendal greenc1530 c1530 A. Barclay Egloges i. sig. Aiv His costly clotynge, was thredebare kendall grene. 1532 T. More Confut. Tyndale in Wks. 618/2 Tyl he do of his gray garmentes and clothe him selfe cumly in gaye kendall greene. 1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 ii. v. 226 Three misbegotten knaues in Kendall greene . View more context for this quotation 1813 W. Scott Rokeby v. xv. 231 A seemly gown of Kendal green. b. The green colour of Kendal cloth; also, the plant Dyer's Greenweed, with which it was dyed. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > plants used in dyeing > trees or shrubs yielding dyes > [noun] > dyer's greenweed woodwaxen1367 woodwax1570 greenweed1582 greenwood1776 Kendal green1822 dyer's green-weed1854 the world > matter > colour > named colours > green or greenness > [adjective] > other greens beech-greenc1450 viper-greenc1602 sap-green1658 pea-green1752 leaf-green1810 lettuce green1834 Kendal green1866 jade-green1868 pistachio1875 lizard-green1897 mango1991 1822 J. Smith Dict. Econ. Plants Kendal Green,..a low bushy shrub of the bean family... It yields a yellow dye, but by a mordant becomes a permanent green. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. I. 526/1 The process by which was obtained the once celebrated Kendal green. DerivativesΚΠ ?15.. Aberdeen Reg. XVI. (Jam.) Ane coitt of grene kendilling. ?15.. Aberdeen Reg. XVI. (Jam.) Ane grene kendelyng cloik. Draft additions June 2015 attributive. Designating a hard peppermint-flavoured fondant made with sugar and glucose and sold in flat rectangular blocks, popular with walkers and climbers as a source of energy. Originally and chiefly in Kendal mint cake (cf. mint cake n. at mint n.2 Compounds 2b). ΚΠ 1937 Times 5 June 3/3 (advt.) Genuine Kendal mint cake, the fascinating Lakeland sweetmeat. 1971 M. Thompson in C. Bonington Annapurna South Face App. D. 272 The Kendal Mint Cake really came into its own at very high altitude. 1988 C. Keatley My Mother said I never Should i. v. 9/1 Doris And how was Windermere? Did you drive about much? Margaret We stayed in a lovely guest house, a bit pricey but Ken insisted I was pampered... And I bought you some Kendal mint cake! 2005 A. Blum Breaking Trail 273 I reached into my pack for an enormous sugary Kendal mint bar that I kept for emergencies. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1389 |
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