| 单词 | nun's thread |
| 释义 | > as lemmasnun's thread nun's thread n. originally Scottish a fine, white thread, formerly spun by nuns. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > thread or yarn > [noun] > cotton > sewing cotton > specific nun's thread1625 marking cotton1805 sixty1894 nun's cotton1939 1625 Orkney & Shetl. Test. I. 138 Tua vnce of nwnes threid pryce of the vnce x s. 1766 W. Gordon Gen. Counting-house 322 1 small box nuns thread. 1844 G. Dodd Textile Manuf. Great Brit. iv. 10 The making of sewing-thread, known by the names of ‘ounce-thread’ and ‘nun's-thread’. 1960 C. W. Cunnington et al. Dict. Eng. Costume 266/2 Nun's thread, a fine white thread made in the convents of Italy and Flanders and used for netting and lace. < as lemmas |
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