单词 | pegall |
释义 | pegalln. Now rare. In Guyana and the Caribbean: a basketwork container, esp. a small rectangular basket with a close-fitting cover. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > basket > [noun] > other types of basket ped1390 crestyna1400 figonalea1525 scoop1546 maise1624 petaca1648 murlin1788 pegall1796 hanging basket1850 pannier1875 kilta1876 1796 J. G. Stedman Narr. Exped. Surinam I. xv. 388 A few baskets, called pagala. 1825 C. Waterton Wanderings in S. Amer. iii. 193 Hither the Indians come with monkies, parrots, bows and arrows, and pegalls. 1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Packall, Pagala, a kind of basket made of the outer rind of the Ita palm (Mauritia flexuosa). 1899 J. Rodway In Guiana Wilds 107 They..placed these articles carefully away in their pegalls, or wicker trunks. 1936 J. Gillin Barama River Caribs Brit. Guiana 121 He opens his pegall and exhibits the neckpiece proudly. 1978 Antropologica (Caracas) No. 49. 118 The pegall conists of two rectangular box-shaped baskets, one box slightly larger than the other, so that they can be fitted into one another... Frequently the graphic patterns on the walls of the Panare pegalls are broken up by swathes of undiffrerentiated colour. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1796 |
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