| 单词 | pinking-out |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspinking-out a. The action of pinking cloth, leather, a garment, etc.; an instance of this. Also pinking-out. Cf. pink v.1 1. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > sewing or ornamenting textile fabric > [noun] > cutting, stamping, or pinking pinking1503 1503 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1900) II. 221 Item, for making of the said goun..xxs. Item, for pynking of the sleffis of it..vs. xd. 1558 in A. Feuillerat Documents Office of Revels Queen Elizabeth (1908) 86 Nicholas Marten for pynckinge of xxxv yardes di. of satten. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Deschiquetement,..a iagging,..a pinking, or small, and thicke cutting. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 350/1 The Pinking of a Shooe, when the grain of the Leather is raised by a sharp pointed Tool, that the inner part is seen. 1743 tr. N. Andry Orthopædia II. 78 Some advise to give squint-eyed Children small Writing to read, or employ them in fine Needle-Work, as in very fine Tapestry, Embroidery, or Pinking. 1845 C. Dickens Chimes ii. 63 I introduced pinking and eyelet-holeing among the men. 1883 Daily News 22 Sept. 3/3 The mode of finishing the edges..known as ‘pinking-out’, continues to be followed. 1961 Great Bend (Kansas) Daily Tribune 17 Mar. Sewing, pinking, button-holing and related tasks are completed on the production line. 2001 Ottawa Citizen (Nexis) 9 Nov. f11 Cutting serrated edges on the strips, pinking is a common sewing technique. < as lemmas |
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