单词 | baldric |
释义 | baldricn. 1. a. A belt or girdle, usually of leather and richly ornamented, worn pendent from one shoulder across the breast and under the opposite arm, and used to support the wearer's sword, bugle, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > belt or sash > types of > worn across breast baldricc1300 breast-bundlea1382 breast girdlea1425 bandoleera1577 vandaliroa1660 shoulder belt1668 vitta1726 cross-belt1797 shoulder-strap1870 c1300 K. Alis. 4698 Y wolde..sette heom on hyghe hors, And yiuen stele and baudry, As men don the kynges amy. c1386 G. Chaucer Prol. 116 An horn he bar, the bawdrik was of grene. c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 2486 As a bauderyk, bounden bi his syde. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 27 Bawderyke, Strophius. a1535 T. More Treat. Passion in Wks. (1557) 1272/2 A beareward with his syluer buttened bawdrike. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. vii. sig. G2 Athwart his brest a bauldrick braue he ware. 1715 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad I. iii. 415 A radiant Baldric, o'er his Shoulder ty'd, Sustains the Sword. 1832 Ld. Tennyson Lady of Shalott iii, in Poems (new ed.) 14 And, from his blazoned baldric slung, A mighty silver bugle hung. 1843 E. Bulwer-Lytton Last of Barons I. ii. i. 169 Buckle my baldrick. b. The strap of a shield, by which it was hung round the neck. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > armour > shield > [noun] > strap baldricc1400 guigec1405 gitec1440 bracer1615 c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 621 He braydeȝ hit [þe schelde] by þe baude-ryk, aboute þe hals kestes. 2. figurative. The zodiac, viewed as a gem-studded belt. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > celestial sphere > zone of celestial sphere > [noun] > Zodiac zodiac1390 signifera1413 zodiac circle1447 zodiac line1590 baldric1596 1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene v. i. sig. M7v Those twelue signes, which nightly we doe see The heauens bright-shining baudricke to enchace. View more context for this quotation 1621 F. Quarles Hadassa (1717) 128 Astrea..in the shining Baudrike takes her Seat. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > jewellery > neck ornaments > [noun] > necklace or collar wreathOE chain1397 collarc1400 sarpe1429 carket15.. baldric1530 carcanetc1530 necklace1530 carcan1539 caskanet1607 necklet1641 lunula1719 throatlet1844 chapletc1850 dog collar1855 necklace-collar1859 mala1872 choker1928 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 196/2 Baldrike for a ladyes necke, Carcan. 1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. 801/1 A great bauderike about his necke of great balasses. 1834 J. R. Planché Hist. Brit. Costume 154 A baldrick of gold about his neck, trailing down behind him. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > furniture > bell > [noun] > apparatus by which clapper was suspended baldric1428 1428 in E. Peacock Eng. Church Furnit. (1866) 180 Pro j baudryk, vjd. 1520 in J. Nichols Illustr. Antient Times Eng. (1797) 309 A Baldrege to the second bele. 1618 in Notes & Queries i. (1851) III. 435/1 For mendine of ye balderiche for ye foore bell, vid. 1693 W. Robertson Phraseologia Generalis (new ed.) 216 A Bawdricke of a Bell-clapper. 1742 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. [Not in J.] Compounds baldric-wise adv. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [adverb] a belefc1400 scarf-wise1581 jacket-wise1587 baldric-wise1590 foldedly1613 scarfways1653 beltwisea1667 polonaise-wise1888 toga-wise1902 stolewise1922 slinkily1935 1590 G. Peele Polyhymnia (1829) II. 202 Rich bandalier, That bauldrick-wise he ware. 1622 F. Markham Five Decades Epist. of Warre i. ix. 34 About his body, Bautricke-wise, from the left shoulder and vnder the right arme. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.c1300 |
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