α. late Middle English pountrelle, 1600s pointrell, 1700s–1800s pointrel.
β. 1600s poitrel, 1600s poitrell.
单词 | pointrel |
释义 | † pointreln.α. late Middle English pountrelle, 1600s pointrell, 1700s–1800s pointrel. β. 1600s poitrel, 1600s poitrell. Obsolete. 1. A pointed instrument for making holes, a punch. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > piercing or boring tools > [noun] > punches pointrel1476 punch1505 punk1670 puncher1681 dog-tooth1736 pommel1793 keypunch1850 bear1853 bell-punch1877 summary punch1934 1476 in P. E. Jones Cal. Plea & Mem. Rolls London Guildhall (1961) VI. 112 (MED) [2] pyles, [2] aundeviles..[with other small things as] nyppers, pountrelles. 2. A pointed instrument for writing or engraving; = pointel n. 1. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > writing materials > writing instrument > [noun] > stylus pointela1382 stylea1387 greffea1400 gad1570 pointrel1659 steel1738 stylet1753 stylus1807 society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > plastic art > sculpture or carving > incising or intaglio > [noun] > equipment platea1400 penc1400 pointel1561 pointrel1659 spade1850 oil ring1902 1659 C. Hoole tr. J. A. Comenius Orbis Sensualium Pictus xci. 186 The Ancients writ in Tables done over with Wax with a brasen poitrel [L. Stilo]. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory (1905) iii. xv. 19/2 The Poitrell or Pointrell is a brasse Instrument formerly used to write withall on tables. 1737 W. Gardiner Pract. Surv. Improved Introd. 5 Instruments commonly used in plotting are a Ruler, a Pointrel, a pair of Compasses, and a scale. 1791 G. Adams Geom. & Graphical Ess. 373 With a pointrel or needle point, prick through all the corners of the plan to be copied. 1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Pointrel, a graving-tool. 3. The pointed extremity of the lobe of a leaf. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > leaf > [noun] > leaflet lacinia1668 label1672 pinna1703 label1707 pinnula1707 ala1712 lobe1731 pinnule1751 lobe-leaf1758 leafit1761 little leaf1775 wing1776 foliole1785 leaflet1811 lobelet1850 auricle1861 lobule1880 pinnulet1881 pointrel1881 1881 R. D. Blackmore Christowell i, in Good Words 22 p. ix/1 Broad leaves spreading into pointrels, waved and cut with crisp indenture. 1887 R. D. Blackmore Springhaven I. xvii. 175 A vine..clambers with grey silver pointrels through the more glossy and darker green. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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