| 单词 | lace box |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslace box lace box n. a box in which lace is kept; spec. a type of flat rectangular box, typically made of inlaid wood, popular from the 17th to 19th centuries. ΚΠ 1718 Post Boy 8 Apr. Robbed of a Pair of Saddle-Bags, in one of which was a Lace-Box with Bone Lace. 1742 Select Trials Old-Bailey (new ed.) IV. 90 Did not you order me to clear that open Drawer, and put the Buttons in the Lace-box to keep them from tarnishing. 1859 Chambers's Edinb. Jrnl. 29 Oct. 280/2 The dress-boxes, cap-boxes, flower-boxes, pattern-boxes, lace-boxes, and all that legion of envelopes of every shape and size, devoted to feminine mysteries. 1969 E. H. Pinto Treen 370 Lace boxes, to stand on chests of drawers..enjoyed their greatest popularity during the second half of the 17th century and during Queen Anne's reign. 2009 Southland Times (N.Z.) (Nexis) 3 June 7 She was an expert at any craft she turned her hand to, from knitting to decorative lace boxes. < as lemmas |
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