单词 | bed-maker |
释义 | bed-makern. 1. One who constructs beds. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > producer > maker of furniture or furnishings > [noun] > bed-maker bed-maker?1518 bed-joiner1725 bedder1803 ?1518 Cocke Lorelles Bote sig. B.vj Bed makers, fedbed makers, and wyre drawers Founders..and broche makers. 2. One who arranges beds for use again, after they have been slept in; the official name in the English universities for old women or men who make the beds and sweep the rooms in college. ΘΚΠ society > education > educational administration > university administration > [noun] > college servants bed-maker1465 sacrist1638 gyp1676 skip1699 scout1708 society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > domestic servant > [noun] > servant having care of bedchambers > bedmaker dortourerc1430 bed-maker1465 1465 in Manners & Househ. Expenses Eng. (1841) 184 Iteme..the bede-maker a pelow. 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Bedde maker, Lectisterniator. 1678 Young Man's Calling 107 His health..is his best bed-maker, that makes his bed so easie to rest on. 1691 Case of Exeter-Coll. 18 For fear she should..lose her place of Bed-maker. 1701 C. Cibber Love makes Man i. 11 He never spoke six words to any Woman in his Life, but his Bed-maker. 1789 H. L. Piozzi Observ. Journey France II. 118 A person not unlike an Oxford or Cambridge bed-maker. 1825 J. Bentham Rationale Reward 337 The barbers, cooks, bed-makers, errand-boys, and other unlettered retainers to the university, are sworn in English to the observance of these Latin statutes. Derivatives bed-making n. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > household linen > bedclothes > [noun] > ordering of used beds bed-making1670 1670 J. Eachard Grounds Contempt of Clergy 16 To prevent Sizars over-heating their Brains: Bed-making, Chamber-sweeping, and Water-fetching, were doubtless great preservatives. 1691 Case of Exeter-Coll. 19 Her Employ of Bed-making in Exeter Colledge. 1883 Glasgow Weekly Herald 21 Apr. 8/4 Ladies' Baking, Cooking and Bedmaking Aprons. 1885 Oxf. Student's Handbk. 235 In addition, £7 a year for bedmaking. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1465 |
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