单词 | mouldry |
释义 | † mouldryn. Obsolete. 1. Scottish. Architecture. Moulded work; a moulding. Also in Woodworking. Frequently attributive. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > architectural ornament > [noun] > moulding > a moulding mouldry1529 moulding1688 moulurec1710 1529–30 in H. M. Paton Accts. Masters of Wks. (1957) I. 16 For the haile and compleit hewing of x lychtis muldry. c1540 J. Bellenden tr. H. Boece Hyst. & Cron. Scotl. xi. x. f. 163/2 Maist subtyll muldry of sindry flouris & ymagerijs. 1579 (c1501) G. Douglas Palice of Honour (Edinb.) 1436 in Shorter Poems (2003) 93 Subtile muldrie wrocht mony day agone. 1616 in J. Stuart Extracts Council Reg. Aberdeen (1848) II. 339 Gangand round about with hewen muildries the foirsyid of the pendis. 1661 in M. Wood Extracts Rec. Burgh Edinb. (1940) IX. 252 The twa southmost rowmes..to be weill wroght of good firre in muldrie worke in pressis. 1672 in R. S. Mylne Master Masons to Crown of Scotl. (1893) 179 And to cutt hewe and build all the gates and publicke doores of fyne muldrie work. 2. Masonry. Perhaps: wooden templates, collectively, used by masons as a guide in shaping mouldings, etc. Cf. mould n.3 10a. rare.This quotation is not entirely clear in meaning. It may in fact illustrate sense 1. ΚΠ 1629 in Trans. Archit. Inst. Scotl. (1852) 2 37 Ten cliftis of seasoned wanscot for the mouldrie. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1529 |
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