单词 | mort safe |
释义 | > as lemmasmort safe mort safe n. Scottish (now historical) an iron frame placed over a coffin or at the entrance to a grave as a protection against resurrectionists in Scotland. ΚΠ 1821 A. Thomson Jrnl. 1 Mar. in Life & Ministry (1869) iii. 285 The mort-safe was for the first time put into his grave. 1888 Northern Notes & Queries 3 51 The coffin is then lowered, the cage-like mortsafe put over it, and the hinged rods, the tops of which interlace, bent over and padlocked... The grave is then filled up. 1993 Canoeist Dec. 39/1 St Ninian's Episcopal Church..has the graves of knights templars, several provosts and many freemen with a mort safe to deter body snatchers. < as lemmas |
随便看 |
|
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。