| 单词 | resting staff |
| 释义 | > as lemmasresting staff resting staff n. (a) a stick on which to lean for support (earliest in figurative use); (b) (British regional) a stick used to support the shafts of a cart. ΚΠ 1587 J. Harmar tr. T. de Bèze Serm. xxvii. 372 Wherefore doth euerie one make vnto himselfe his particular ground & resting staffe? 1814 Ld. Byron Corsair i. vi. 7 In pensive posture leaning on the brand, Not oft a resting-staff to that red hand. 1859 Aberdeen Jrnl. 5 Jan. 4/6 A boy of nine years..was amusing himself at Jack's Brae, by swinging on the shafts of a cart, which was upheld by the resting staff. 1967 H. Orton & M. F. Wakelin Surv. Eng. Dial. IV. i. 167 Q[uestion]. What do you call this [stick], for supporting the shaft [of a cart] to give the horse a rest?.. [Devon] Resting-staff. < as lemmas |
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