单词 | lauhala |
释义 | lauhalan. Originally: the hala tree, Pandanus tectorius; (now chiefly) the dried leaf of the tree used as a material to make woven items. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > [noun] > screw-pines pandan1770 pandanus1770 screw pine1789 lauhala1815 hala1822 chandelier tree1830 screw palm1833 tent-tree1884 pandanad1892 society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > plants, grasses, or reeds > [noun] > vegetable fibre > other plant fibre palmite1555 coir1582 pita1648 kitul1681 silk-cotton1697 pita-thread1748 abaca1751 khus khus1798 gomuti1811 coco fibre1813 Manila hemp1814 pineapple fibre1834 moog1840 piassava1841 Para grass1850 raffia1850 African hair1851 ambari1851 diss1855 munj1855 monkey grass1858 crin vegetal1859 mung1866 lauhala1880 bass?1881 raphia bast1882 istle1883 raphia grass1885 settler's twine1898 tucum1901 Manila fibre1921 bassine1923 sotol1942 1815 J. B. Whitman Acct. Sandwich Islands (1979) 45 They form large torches of this nut by stringing them on twine and winding them round a small stick and covering the whole with the leaves of the louholla. 1826 M. Graham Voy. H.M.S. Blonde to Sandwich Is. ii. 108 A church..has lately been erected here: its walls are of reeds, lined with the woven leaves of the lauhala. 1866 ‘M. Twain’ Lett. from Hawaii (1967) 99 Shady groves of forest trees..the breadfruit, the lau hala, the orange, lime. 1880 G. L. Chaney ‘Alo′ha!’ 62 A lauhala mat is spread on the deck. 1909 C. H. Hitchcock Hawaii & its Volcanoes i. 16 I once saw a place in Kauai where hundreds of young lauhalas had started to grow near the sea shore. 1933 E. H. Bryan in Ancient Hawaiian Civilization 127 Much of the plaited work, such as baskets, mats, pillows, and fans, was made from lauhala, the leaf of the pandanus. 1957 P. H. Buck Arts & Crafts Hawaii 250 Sandals..were quickly woven of any tough fiber at hand: lauhala, ti, banana leaves. 1988 L. Spalding Daughters of Captain Cook xv. 134 She was gardening, wearing her large lauhala hat. 2009 Hana Hou! (Hawaiian Airlines) 40/1 Assortment of gift boxes or lauhala baskets. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1815 |
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