| 单词 | lacemaker |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslacemaker lacemaker n. a maker of lace fabric.Attested earlier as a surname (Rog. le Lacemaker, 1305), although apparently in different sense ‘maker of cords’ (compare sense A. 1a).Quot. 1564 shows parchment lace n. modifying maker rather than this compound. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > [noun] > lacemaking > one who lacemaker1589 lace man1598 lace woman1616 lace weaver1617 lace worker1706 1564 in J. Strype Ann. Reformation (1725) IV. Suppl. 2 Two Parchment Lacemakers, and a Fringemaker.] 1589 J. Rider Bibliotheca Scholastica at Lace A Lace maker, fibularius. ?1672 Reasons suppressing Stage-coaches 5 The Silk-men sold more Lace and Imbroidery, which kept the Silver-Wyre-Drawers, Lace-makers and Imbroiderers. 1767 Gazetteer 18 June Our lace-makers do not make half enough for the consumption of this country. 1832 H. Martineau Life in Wilds iv. 51 The lace-makers and jewellers and glass-cutters, and even those who spin glass for the amusement of the wealthy. 1934 P. Lynch Turf-cutter's Donkey xvii. 171 ‘I don't know who made the frock,’ she replied. ‘But my mother makes lace just like it. And she's the best lacemaker in the whole of Ireland.’ 2001 Press-Enterprise (Riverside, Calif.) (Nexis) 11 Aug. d1 Accomplished cross-stitchers, embroiderers and lacemakers. < as lemmas |
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