Michelinn.adj.
/ˈmɪtʃəlɪn/, /ˈmɪtʃl̩ɪn/, U.S. /ˈmɪʃ(ə)l(ə)n/ 1. A proprietary name for: a rubber tyre manufactured by the Michelin Tyre Company.
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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicles according to means of motion > vehicle moving on wheels > [noun] > parts of vehicle moving on wheels > wheel > rubber or pneumatic tyre > specific manufacturer
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1902 C. L. Freeston in A. C. Harmsworth et al. Motors & Motor-driving (Badminton Libr. of Sports & Pastimes) 226 The tyre which was most favourably known abroad, i.e. the Michelin.
1959 Motor Man. (ed. 36) v. 130 The unusual Michelin X, in which three layers of steel cords are built into the cover between the casing and the tread.
1971 D. Francis Bonecrack v. 69 The patient chauffeur..started the purring engine and with a scrunch of his Michelins, carried him away.
1993 Super Bike Jan. 46/1 The long black tramline from the rear Michelin was testimony..to the much tighter line he took out of the turn.
2. A proprietary name for: any of various touring guides (originally to France, later also to other countries) produced by the Michelin company. Cf. Michelin guide n. at Compounds 1.
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society > travel > aspects of travel > guidance in travel > [noun] > that which guides or leads > guidebook > specific
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Baedeker1863
Blue Guide1918
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1958 E. Dundy Dud Avocado i. i. 11 Baedekers and Michelins and museum catalogues..discarded as too boring and corny.
1975 R. Hill Jackdaw 147 He opened his Michelin..and studied the list of hotels.
1992 Independent 20 June 42/3 If you like your information in no-nonsense chunks, Michelin is the business.
Compounds
C1.
Michelin guide n. = sense 2.
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the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > equipment for food preparation > good food guide > [noun]
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society > travel > aspects of travel > guidance in travel > [noun] > that which guides or leads > guidebook > specific
Murray1845
Baedeker1863
Blue Guide1918
Michelin guide1921
Michelin1958
1921 W. J. Locke Mountebank iv. 45 The avocations that had led him to know the Inns of France with the accuracy of a Michelin guide.
1999 Financial Times 9 Oct. (FT Weekend section) p. xii/2 In sharp contrast to wines offered at several of the London restaurants which the Michelin guide rates so highly, Moore's list does not indulge in ridiculous prices.
Michelin man n. a cartoon character whose body and limbs are composed of layers of pneumatic tyres, giving a rotund, ridged appearance; hence allusively and in similes, with reference to a person resembling the Michelin man in some way (as wearing heavily padded clothing, being overweight, etc.).
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1954 Observer 18 July 10/3 The Michelin man (whose name is..Bibendum) is..evocative of such delights as foreign travel, luscious food, the best maps in the world.
1972 Guardian 20 Oct. 13/2 The spirit of the French Michelin man is quietly pacing the British byways. Michelin will bring out their first guide to British hotels and restaurants in March 1974.
1991 Sports Illustr. 14 Oct. 36/1 Bonilla legged out 44 doubles this year.., despite a body that puts most people in mind of the Michelin Man.
Michelin star n. a printed symbol used in Michelin guides to indicate a restaurant of high quality (the maximum number of stars being three).
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1960 E. David French Provinc. Cooking 214 A careful look at the details of restaurant specialities given in the Michelin and other guides shows that not a few of them owe their star to some kind of sausage or pâté.]
1968 A. Diment Great Spy Race viii. 125 The old charlatan has got a Michelin star to his name.
1985 Eating out in London 28/1 She..would love to achieve a Michelin star.
1998 Decanter Jan. 84/2 He has..earned one of the few Michelin stars in Battersea for his haute-bistro cookery at L'Arlequin.
Michelin-starred adj. having been awarded a star or stars in a Michelin guide; also in extended use.
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1962 L. Deighton Ipcress File 221 Joigny a Michelin-starred town a hundred kilometres south of Paris.
1977 Washington Post (Nexis) 11 Sept. h1 Brasserie Lyonnaise..is more typical of the food that has made Lyon famous than its Michelin-starred restaurants.
2000 Daily Tel. 29 Mar. 11/1 Europe's leading chefs ate British beef for lunch... Michelin-starred Italians, Dutchmen, Spaniards, Greeks, Belgians, Germans, and Portuguese ate their fill.
Michelin tyre n. = sense 1.
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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicles according to means of motion > vehicle moving on wheels > [noun] > parts of vehicle moving on wheels > wheel > rubber or pneumatic tyre > specific manufacturer
Michelin1902
Michelin tyre1902
1902 C. L. Freeston in A. C. Harmsworth et al. Motors & Motor-driving (Badminton Libr. of Sports & Pastimes) 226 The Michelin tyre is made in various sizes.
1991 Hispanic Nov. 3/1 (advt.) 16″ Michelin tires..are coupled with an advanced anti-lock brake system.
Michelin tyre man n. rare = Michelin man n.
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1971 C. Bonington Annapurna South Face App. B. 244 They [sc. down jackets] had the advantage of being quite close-fitting and did not make one feel like the Michelin tyre man.
C2. General attributive or as adj. Designating or relating to the products of the Michelin Tyre Company or its advertising campaigns.
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1933 A. G. Macdonell England, their England vii. 99 A blazer of purple-and-yellow stripes..surmounted by a purple-and-yellow cap that made him somehow reminiscent of the Michelin twins.
1934 H. Miller Tropic of Cancer 18 A caricature of a man... Thyroid eyes, Michelin lips.
1965 Guardian 20 Aug. 1/6 The cheerful astronauts were stuffed into their Michelin suits and went on board.
1983 J. Masters Man of War xxiii. 299 A Michelin map spread out on the wine-stained..table.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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