单词 | back-piece |
释义 | back-piecen. 1. A piece of armour protecting the back. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > armour > body armour > [noun] > back-plate reredos1405 back-piece1607 back1651 back-plate1656 1607 T. Dekker Whore of Babylon sig. K3v The hollow backe-peece of a rustie Armour. 1660 Lupton's Thousand Notable Things (new ed.) xi. 354 If you match the Lady to Scotland, you are sure to have a stout Back-piece. 1865 F. Parkman Huguenots ix, in Pioneers of France in New World 150 Gourgues took the lead, in breastplate and back-piece. 2. The piece which forms the back of anything. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > position at the back > [noun] > that which forms the back of anything back-piece1838 1838 Workwoman's Guide: Instr. Apparel vi. 173 Making a slipper by merely sewing on a front to a sole, and leaving it without any back-piece. 1851 Art Jrnl. Illustr. Catal. 16/3 In the centre of the back-piece [of a side-board] is a medallion. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1607 |
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