| 单词 | porter's knot |
| 释义 | > as lemmasporter's knot 5. More fully porter's knot: ‘A kind of double shoulder-pad, with a loop passing round the forehead, the whole roughly resembling a horse-collar, used by London market-porters for carrying their burdens’ ( Encycl. Dict.).Perhaps originally a rope tied or knotted into a loop. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance by carrying > [noun] > by a person > shoulder pad porter's knot1719 1719 in T. D'Urfey Wit & Mirth V. 75 Tom the Porter, Companion of the Pot, Who stands in the Street with his Rope and Knot. 1793 J. Boswell Principal Corrections Life Johnson 1/2 Mr. Wilcox..eyed his robust frame attentively, and with a significant look, said, ‘You had better buy a porter's knot.’ 1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge xlix. 220 Preceded by a man who carried the immense petition on a porter's knot through the lobby to the door of the House of Commons. 1866 Daily Tel. 12 Jan. 5/5 Fathers of families who should have carried porters' knots, so heavy was their fardel of toys. porter's knot porter's knot n. (see knot n.1 5.) < as lemmas |
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