| 单词 | belt of wampum |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbelt of wampum 11. A broad, patterned strip of wampum beads strung together, made by some eastern North American Indian peoples as records or symbolic representations of important messages, events, speeches, treaties, etc., and hence also used as ceremonial gifts; see wampum n. 1a. Frequently in belt of wampum (cf. wampum belt n. at wampum n. Compounds 2).peace belt, war belt: see the first element. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > jewellery > jewellery of specific shape or form > [noun] > bead(s) > belt made of beads wampum belt1676 belt of wampum1694 wampum record1881 1694 Acct. Treaty between Benjamin Fletcher & Indians of Five Nations 27 The Senekes of late have sent a Belt of Wampum to the Indians of Delaware River, requiring them to take up the Hatchet of War, and fight along with them. 1750 W. Douglass Summary State Brit. Settlements N.-Amer. (1752) II. 219 Our Indians formerly accounted by single Wampum, by Strings of Wampum, and by Belts of Wampum; in the same Manner as the English account by the Denominations of Pence, Shillings, and Pounds. 1786 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 76 234 It is incumbent on the survivor to replace him, by presenting to his family either a scalp, a prisoner, or a belt consisting of some thousands of wampum. 1844 R. W. Emerson Ess. 2nd Ser. i. 21 Life, which can dwarf any and every circumstance, and to which the belt of wampum, and the commerce of America, are alike. 1960 J. L. Beattie Split in Sky xxi. 173 A papoose board with leather trappings, a turtle rattle,..and two belts of wampum. 2012 Timaru (N.Z.) Herald (Nexis) 21 Mar. (Features section) 11 The new narrative was reinforced with physical symbols, akin to a currency or a flag, in the form of belts of beads made of wampum. < as lemmas |
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