pigeon-breastedadj.

Brit.

/ˌpɪdʒ(ᵻ)nˈbrɛstᵻd/, U.S.

/ˈˌpɪdʒ(ə)nˈˌbrɛstəd/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pigeon n., breasted adj.

Etymology: < pigeon n. + breasted adj. Compare later pigeon breast n. Compare also pigeon-chested adj.

Of a person, article of clothing, etc.: having a protruding breast (front of the chest); spec. (Medicine) having a protruding sternum (pigeon breast).

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chicken-breasted1802

pigeon-breasted?a1808

pigeon-chested1873

?a1808 Universal Syst. Nat. Hist. X. 474 (heading) The pigeon-breasted salmon.

1815 R. Southey in Q. Rev. July 509 The French cuirass is made pigeon-breasted, so that unless a musket ball be fired very near it is turned off.

1836 W. Coulson On Deformities of Chest 4 In consequence of this, the sternum projects in a carinated form, or like the breast of a pigeon, whence persons with this deformity are called pigeon-breasted.

1872 T. G. Thomas Pract. Treat. Dis. Women (ed. 3) 67 Of rather lanky appearance and pigeon-breasted.

1901 Chambers's Jrnl. Oct. 669/2 ‘The most stupendous collection of real waxwork in the world’, in which the gentlemen [are] pigeon-breasted and blue about the beards.

2002 New Yorker (Nexis) 18 Nov. (In Fashion section) 95 The thirty ensembles on display include..a skirt over invisible trousers with a closely buttoned, pigeon-breasted jacket.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pigeon-breasted
释义	pigeon-breastedadj. Brit. /ˌpɪdʒ(ᵻ)nˈbrɛstᵻd/, U.S. /ˈˌpɪdʒ(ə)nˈˌbrɛstəd/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pigeon n., breasted adj. Etymology: < pigeon n. + breasted adj. Compare later pigeon breast n. Compare also pigeon-chested adj. Of a person, article of clothing, etc.: having a protruding breast (front of the chest); spec. (Medicine) having a protruding sternum (pigeon breast). ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > deformity > deformities of specific parts > [adjective] > of chest chicken-breasted1802 pigeon-breasted?a1808 pigeon-chested1873 ?a1808 Universal Syst. Nat. Hist. X. 474 (heading) The pigeon-breasted salmon. 1815 R. Southey in Q. Rev. July 509 The French cuirass is made pigeon-breasted, so that unless a musket ball be fired very near it is turned off. 1836 W. Coulson On Deformities of Chest 4 In consequence of this, the sternum projects in a carinated form, or like the breast of a pigeon, whence persons with this deformity are called pigeon-breasted. 1872 T. G. Thomas Pract. Treat. Dis. Women (ed. 3) 67 Of rather lanky appearance and pigeon-breasted. 1901 Chambers's Jrnl. Oct. 669/2 ‘The most stupendous collection of real waxwork in the world’, in which the gentlemen [are] pigeon-breasted and blue about the beards. 2002 New Yorker (Nexis) 18 Nov. (In Fashion section) 95 The thirty ensembles on display include..a skirt over invisible trousers with a closely buttoned, pigeon-breasted jacket. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.?a1808
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