| 单词 | plaid-nook |
| 释义 | > as lemmasplaid-nook plaid-nook n. Scottish one end of the folded plaid sewn up so as to form a large pouch or pocket. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > loose clothing > plaid > part of plaid-nooka1600 a1600 in Montgomerie's Poems (1910) 281/18 ‘Humff!’ quod the Helandman, and turned him abowt, And at his plaid nuk the guly fell owt. 1819 W. Scott Legend of Montrose xvi. 246 He hath left one grand-child, a smart and hopeful youth, whom I have noted to be never without a pebble in his plaid-nook, to fling at whatsoever might come in his way. 1886 R. L. Stevenson Kidnapped i. 6 A little Bible, to carry in a plaid-neuk. 1960 3rd Statist. Acct. Scotl. 607 Within living memory the plaids used by shepherds for protection against the weather and also, folded in a particular way to form the ‘plaid-neuk’, as a hold-all for lambs or shopping gear, were made in the parish, of local material finished by the local tailor. < as lemmas |
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