英语词汇“mell supper”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

The last sheaf of corn cut at harvest time. Frequently attributive, esp. in mell supper. Cf. neck n.³

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1709 E. Elstob Eng.-Saxon Homily 30 (note) There are some Footsteps yet remaining of this in our Harvest-home, and Mell Supper in the North.

1725 H. Bourne Antiquitates Vulgares xxxi. 229 A plentiful Supper for the Harvest-men..; which is called a Harvest-Supper, and in some places a Mell-Supper.

1832 J. Hodgson Hist. Northumberland: Pt. II II. 2 (note) The mell-doll or corn-baby is an image dressed like a female child, and carried by a woman on a pole, in the midst of a group of reapers.

1850 M. A. Denham Folk Lore North of Eng. 4 The last day of reaping..is known throughout the North by the appellation of ‘Mell Day’.

1878 W. Dickinson Gloss. Words & Phrases Cumberland (ed. 2) 62/1 Mell,..the last cut of corn in the harvest field. This last cut is commonly platted, enclosing a large apple, and hung up in the farm kitchen until Christmas day.

1892 M. C. F. Morris Yorks. Folk-talk 212 The last sheaf gathered in is, in the North and East Ridings, called the ‘mell sheaf’.

1896 Longman's Mag. Oct. 577 May be you're thinking of the dance at the mell supper. This mell supper..comes off only in honour of the corn.

1941 H. J. Massingham Fall of Year vi. 159 The straw mell, dolly or kern-baby of the Harvest Home.

单词	mell supper
释义	> as lemmas mell supper The last sheaf of corn cut at harvest time. Frequently attributive, esp. in mell supper. Cf. neck n.³ ΚΠ 1709 E. Elstob Eng.-Saxon Homily 30 (note) There are some Footsteps yet remaining of this in our Harvest-home, and Mell Supper in the North. 1725 H. Bourne Antiquitates Vulgares xxxi. 229 A plentiful Supper for the Harvest-men..; which is called a Harvest-Supper, and in some places a Mell-Supper. 1832 J. Hodgson Hist. Northumberland: Pt. II II. 2 (note) The mell-doll or corn-baby is an image dressed like a female child, and carried by a woman on a pole, in the midst of a group of reapers. 1850 M. A. Denham Folk Lore North of Eng. 4 The last day of reaping..is known throughout the North by the appellation of ‘Mell Day’. 1878 W. Dickinson Gloss. Words & Phrases Cumberland (ed. 2) 62/1 Mell,..the last cut of corn in the harvest field. This last cut is commonly platted, enclosing a large apple, and hung up in the farm kitchen until Christmas day. 1892 M. C. F. Morris Yorks. Folk-talk 212 The last sheaf gathered in is, in the North and East Ridings, called the ‘mell sheaf’. 1896 Longman's Mag. Oct. 577 May be you're thinking of the dance at the mell supper. This mell supper..comes off only in honour of the corn. 1941 H. J. Massingham Fall of Year vi. 159 The straw mell, dolly or kern-baby of the Harvest Home. extracted from melln.³ < as lemmas
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