单词 | pede-cloth |
释义 | † pede-clothn. Christian Church. Obsolete (historical in later use). A cloth or carpet laid at the foot of an altar. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > cloths, carpets, cushions > cloth (general) > altar cloth > [noun] > carpet for pede-cloth1539 stage cloth1552 1539 Inventory in S. Gunton Hist. of Church of Peterburgh (1686) 61 Ten Cloaths called Pedecloaths to lye before the high Altar. 1842 Ecclesiologist 1 209 Two specimens of a pede cloth or Altar carpet. 1870 D. Rock Textile Fabrics (S. Kensington Mus.) 66 A carpet..for covering the top of the higher step at the altar, called by some a pede-cloth. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1539 |
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