单词 | petaca |
释义 | petacan. Now historical. In Mexico and South America: (originally) a basket or coffer lined or covered with leather; (later) a leather trunk, bag, or pack; a leather tobacco pouch. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > bag > [noun] > skin bladder?c1225 bulgec1230 bouge1387 budget1432 bulgetc1550 paidle1568 catskin1599 budge1606 petaca1648 taureau1794 buffalo-bag1856 mochila1856 parfleche1867 skin bag1910 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 1648 T. Gage Eng.-Amer. xv. 112 A mule was prepared to carry my bedding, (which wee commonly carried with us in chests of leather called Petaca's). 1725 J. Stevens tr. A. de Herrera Gen. Hist. West-Indies II. ii. i. ii. 90 Cutara sent him..four Petacas, being baskets made of Palm-Tree Leaves, lin'd with Deers Skins, two Spans broad, about three in Breadth, and the third part of one in Depth, which they make use of as we do of Boxes. 1857 I. F. Holton New Granada ix. 147 That night our two servants carried our trastos—effects, including monturas, trunks, atillos, and petacas—on their shoulders to the large room. 1885 Outing 7 55/1 From some dark corner of the messbags, or petacas, he unearthed a handful of dried apples. 1904 E. G. Bourne Narr. of De Soto II. iii. 103 The chief was so prosperous that he gave the Christians whatever they asked—tamemes, corn, dogs, petacas, and as much as he had. 2000 Financial Times (Nexis) 15 Jan. 12 In the 17th and 18th centuries, locals started to make leather petacas (pouches for tobacco that often doubled as cups). This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1648 |
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