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单词 plumet
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plumetn.

Brit. /ˈpluːmᵻt/, U.S. /ˈplumət/
Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French plumet.
Etymology: < Middle French, French plumet small plume (used especially as a military ornament) (1456 or earlier in Middle French), brush made of a number of small plumes (1757, and subsequently e.g. 1976 in the passage translated in quot. 1977; rare before 20th cent.) < plume plume n. + -et -et suffix1.
rare.
A small plume; (also) a brush made of a number of these.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > [noun] > plumes or feathers
ostrich feathera1400
peacock feather?a1425
plume1530
plumet1585
ostrich plume1613
plumery1795
white1867
ostrich tip1880
the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > dusting > [noun] > implements
dusting-cloth1667
dust-cloth1727
dustera1748
dustpan1785
feather-duster1858
selvyt1891
plumet1902
1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie iii. ix. f. 84v Certain common plumets of Eastrige feathers [Fr. Quelques commun pennache de plumes d'Austruche].
a1777 S. Foote Trip to Calais (1778) i. 15 Look at dis plumet; dis pretty white fedder.
1821 N. Amer. Rev. July 210 It consisted of..a scarlet coat with black facings, fawn colored under clothes, white silk stockings, an elegant plumet and a bright sword.
1895 Daily News 13 Nov. 5/4 The newest thing took the shape of the plumet or feathery tuft in the képis of the chasseurs-à-pied of the Empire.
1902 J. Conrad Youth (1903) 192 He..brushed the oil painting..with a plumet kept suspended from a small brass hook by the side of the heavy gold frame.
1977 C. Conran M. Guérard's Cuisine Minceur (1981) 48 The grilled meat or fish can be brushed after cooking with a little brush or a ‘plumet’ [Fr. à l'aide d'un pinceau ou d'un plumet] (made out of a small bunch of chicken feathers) with a little oil or melted butter.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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