单词 | none-so-pretty tape |
释义 | > as lemmasnone-so-pretty tape b. Chiefly North American. A kind of decorative haberdashery tape (more fully none-so-pretty tape), often woven in two colours or patterned with simple motifs, and typically used to dress furnishings. Now historical and rare. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > sewing or ornamenting textile fabric > [noun] > sewing > equipment for > other none-so-prettyc1700 finding1856 needle threader1863 packing-awl1875 thread clips1958 c1700 in Notes & Queries 10 88/1 Webb-Cane and Leather Hooping, Gartering of all Sorts, Nonesopretties, Pins and Needles, Inkle and Spinnel. 1759 St. Papers in Ann. Reg. 201 1 [piece] cotton romals, 4 ditto, none-so-pretties, 8 lb. coloured thread. 1771 in A. M. Earle Costume Colonial Times (1894) 173 None-so-Pretty Tapes. 1969 R. T. Wilcox Dict. Costume 248/1 None-so-pretties, fancy, decorative tapes used for trimming garments in the eighteenth century in the American Colonies. < 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。