| 单词 | pial school |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspial school In South Asia: a raised platform for sitting out on; a veranda. (See quot. 1886.) Also in pial school. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > porches, balconies, etc. > [noun] > verandah veranda1711 piazza1724 stoop1755 stoep1797 porch1819 lanai1823 pial1869 screen porch1889 pendopo1927 sleep-out1941 1869 Trans. Ethnol. Soc. London 7 251 On one side there is a raised platform, or pial, formed of clay, about two feet high. 1873 E. C. Gover in Ind. Antiq. II. 52 (heading) Pyal Schools in Madras. 1886 H. Yule & A. C. Burnell Hobson-Jobson Pial, a raised verandah on which people sit, usually under the verandah, or on either side of the door of the house. 1896 Indian Mag. & Rev. Jan. 39 Every village has its self-supporting pyall school, where boys and girls are taught simple lessons. 1898 Missionary Herald (Boston) Apr. 153 In front of an earthen pial where I might sit. 1981 D. W. McAlpin Proto-Elamo-Dravidian in Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. 71 99 Konda guduri a long pial [sc. raised platform] for pots, etc. 2000 Jrnl. Women's Hist. 12 114 They were the only girls visible in pyal schools, according to surveys Governor Thomas Munro conducted between 1822 and 1823. 2002 H. Scharfe Educ. in Anc. India 175 At about the same time, in Kerala children attended the elementary schools (eḻ utuppalli or pial schools) for two years before transferring to a Vedic school or individual Sanskrit instruction. < as lemmas |
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