单词 | pochette |
释义 | pochetten. 1. A small violin, supposedly once carried in the pocket by French dancing masters; = kit n.2 ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > stringed instruments > bowable instrument > [noun] > violin > small violin kit?1520 pochette1654 violino piccolo1776 three-quarter fiddle1889 1654 R. Flecknoe Love's Dominion i. v. 11 A certain..Instrument, call'd a Whip, Worth a hundred of your Pochets and Violins To make such Gallants as you to frisk and caper. 1872 Times 5 June 6/6 The Conservatoire de Musique at Paris..still displays ‘a musette, with drones, of ivory and gold’, ‘a pochette by Stradiuarius’, [etc.]. 1915 H. G. Dwight Constantinople Old & New xvi. 464 Another played a violin as he marched, a quaint little instrument like a pochette or a viole d'amour. 1976 D. Munrow Instruments Middle Ages & Renaissance 28/2 It was as an instrument for dancing that the small rebec survived as the kit or pochette into the eighteenth century. 1989 Los Angeles Times (Nexis) 13 Aug. ii. 1/1 He crafted his own violin... Then he crafted a pochette, a working, miniature violin. 2. a. A handbag; spec. an envelope-shaped clutch bag. Also pochette bag. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > bag > [noun] > woman's bag ridicule1799 indispensable1800 reticule1801 pocketbook1830 handbag1873 purse bag1881 chain-bag1902 peggy bag1904 Dorothy bag1907 peggy purse1911 pochette1912 dolly-bag1926 purse1940 bucket bag1956 1912 Times 3 Dec. 11/1 (advt.) A new department of selected gold and silver gilt mounted hand bags, pochettes, cigarette cases, letter cases, purses, &c. 1968 Harrods Christmas Catal. 5/3 Satin evening pochette with gilt tuck-away chain handle. 1976 Evening Post (Nottingham) 16 Dec. 10/4 You can even get a pochette bag with the words ‘Gold-Rush’ as a motif. 1977 Times 29 Oct. 12/2 More and more men use pochettes to avoid bulging..their trousers. 2003 Los Angeles Times (Nexis) 4 Dec. 36 Real Murakami Pochette bags don't come with a bow. b. A small pocket, esp. a secret pocket concealed in a conjuror's clothing (see quot. 1998). ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > bag or pouch worn on person > [noun] > small pochette1913 1913 W. de la Mare Peacock Pie 80 A watch..He lifted from the hook where it was ticking And crammed in his Pochette. 1949 Amer. Speech 24 38 The secret pockets which the conjurer is so often suspected of using are of two types, the pochette and the profonde. They differ in position and in size, the latter being the larger. 1970 R. Davies Fifth Business v. iv. 243 His professional dress coat almost brought tears to my eyes, such a marvel was it of loading-pockets, pochettes and profondes. 1998 T. Ogden Compl. Idiot's Guide Magic Tricks 75 A pochette, literally French for ‘small pocket’, is a small, special pocket located in the back of the trousers at the top of the thigh, hidden by the tails of a swallowtail jacket. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1654 |
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