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单词 pillow-bere
释义

pillow-beren.

Brit. /ˈpɪləʊbɪə/, /ˈpɪləʊbɛː/, U.S. /ˈpɪloʊˌbɪ(ə)r/, /ˈpɪloʊˌbɛ(ə)r/
Forms:

α. Middle English pelough bere, Middle English pelowber, Middle English pilewber, Middle English pilow bere, Middle English pilowe bere, Middle English pilwe beer, Middle English–1500s pillowe bere, Middle English–1500s pyllow bere, 1500s pilleber, 1500s pillew bear, 1500s pillow beier, 1500s pillowber, 1500s pilow bier, 1500s–1600s pillow beere, 1500s– pillow bere, 1600s phillaber, 1600s pillow beare, 1600s pyllow pyre, 1600s–1800s pillow beer, 1600s–1900s pillow bear, 1700s billow bear, 1700s pillibear, 1700s pillyber, 1700s–1900s pillow bier; also Scottish pre-1700 pillobere, 1700s pillo-bow, 1700s–1800s pillowber; also English regional 1800s pellowe bere (Cornwall), 1800s– pillow beard (northern), 1800s– pillowbar (northern); also Irish English (northern) 1800s– pillaber.

β. 1500s pelowes bear, 1500s plowes beere, 1600s pillowes biere.

γ. 1600s (1700s Scottish) pillow bearer.

Origin: Probably a variant or alteration of another lexical item; perhapos modelled on a Middle Low German lexical item. Etymon: pilliver n.
Etymology: Probably a variant or alteration of pilliver n., perhaps influenced by Middle Low German bǖre duvet cover, pillow-case (see bere n.3).
Now English regional (northern) and U.S. regional.
= pillowcase n.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > household linen > bedclothes > [noun] > pillow-case
pillow-berec1387
codbere1411
bed-bere1420
bere1440
transomer1459
codware?1488
pillow coat1534
tow1535
ware1551–2
pillow-tye1558
pilliver1582
pillowcase1633
pillow cover1644
pillowslip1793
slip1800
c1387–95 G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. 694 In his male he hadde a pilwe beer [v.rr. pilewber, pilowbere, pelough bere; pylowere] Which þat he seyde was oure lady veyl.
1454 in P. E. Jones Cal. Plea & Mem. Rolls London Guildhall (1954) V. 142 (MED) [2] pyllowberes [torn, 4 d.].
1480 Wardrobe Accts. Edward IV in N. H. Nicolas Privy Purse Expenses Elizabeth of York (1830) 131 Pilowe beres off fustian unstuffed iiij.
1503 in J. Bain Cal. Documents Scotl. (1888) IV. 341 [For the Queen of Scots..] 2 ‘pilloberes’ [of an ell long, at 2 s. an ell].
1564 in W. Greenwell Wills & Inventories Registry Durham (1860) II. 219 A pilleber having Iesus sued vpon ytt.
1640 in W. McDowall Hist. Dumfries (1867) 405 Hollond shirts and phillabers..damask table-cloths.
1683 in Bedfordshire Notes & Queries (1889) 2 236 I giue to my goddaughter a pair of fine pillowbears.
1743 Philos. Trans. 1742–3 (Royal Soc.) 42 366 Numbers of Pillows, each with its Pillow-bier.
1776 C. Anstey Election Ball 32 An obstinate Bolster..Which I thinks, I have zeen you attempting, my Dear, In vain to cram into a small Pillowbeer.
1846 ‘J. Treenoodle’ Specimens Cornish Provinc. Dial. 59 Glad to put ma head 'pon the pellowe-bere.
1849 Hamilton (Ohio) Telegraph 25 Oct. 4/1 In the cars we got, with our shift of raiment in a band-box and pillow-bier.
1885 ‘E. Lyall’ In Golden Days II. x. 211 A pillow-beer—friend of many a weary journey—lay hard by.
1932 Dial. Notes 6 283 Piller bier or pillow bier, heard as late as 1916 [in Connecticut] instead of pillow case or pillow slip.
2002 Irish Times (Nexis) 6 Mar. 26 A pillow-bere is a pillow slip in England's north country.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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