单词 | sarcenet |
释义 | sarcenetn. 1. a. A very fine and soft silk material made both plain and twilled, in various colours, now used chiefly as a lining material and in dressmaking; a dress made of this. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from silk > [noun] > types of > thin or light weight > for lining sarcenet1463 Persian silk1594 Persian1696 ardass1701 satin de Lyon1868 1463 in S. Tymms Wills & Inventories Bury St. Edmunds (1850) 41 My tepet of blak sarsenet. 1477 Rolls of Parl. VI. 189/1 It shal be leefull..to use and were in their Colers, Ventes, and Slefes of their Gownes and Hukes, Sateyn, Chamelet, Sarcenet, or Tarteron. 1496–7 in H. Littlehales Medieval Rec. London City Church (1905) 30 Item, ij Curtens of Russet sarsynet frengid with sylke. 1542 in W. H. Stevenson Rec. Borough Nottingham (1885) III. 220 Dublet lyned wyth sarcenet. 1581 in A. Feuillerat Documents Office of Revels Queen Elizabeth (1908) 346 Tincells, taffeta, sarcenetes, & single sarcenetes. 1662 S. Pepys Diary 15 Apr. (1970) III. 65 We saw some new-fashion pettycoates of Sarcenet. 1687 London Gaz. No. 2302/4 A Scarlet Coat lined with green Sarcenet. 1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 265. ¶9 The palest Features look the most agreeable in white Sarsenet. a1817 J. Austen Northanger Abbey (1818) I. xv. 283 I remember too, Miss Andrews drank tea with us that evening, and wore her puce-coloured sarsenet . View more context for this quotation 1881 W. Besant & J. Rice Chaplain of Fleet I. viii. 182 The citizens..and their daughters making gallant show in hoops, patches, lace, sarsnet and muslin. ΚΠ 1483 Coronat. Rich. III in Antiq. Repert. II. 250 The other [shert] made of ij yerds di' of sarsynet crymysyn. ?1507 C. Brandon et al. Iustes of Maye (de Worde) sig. A.vv Of horse and man fyrst day was theyr araye Sarcenet blue. 2. a. attributive passing into adj. Composed of sarcenet. ΚΠ 1521 in J. Raine Testamenta Eboracensia (1884) V. 133 My best sayrsnett tippit. 1547 A. Borde Breuiary of Helthe i. f. xxiv Hange ouer the eye or eyes a grene sarsenet cloth. 1672 in R. Willis & J. W. Clark Archit. Hist. Univ. Cambr. (1886) II. 295 For making up ye Sarcenet Curtain. 1728 A. Pope Dunciad iii. 204 Yonder cloud..Whose sarcenet skirts are edg'd with flamy gold. 1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 1st Ser. II. 328 The linen-drapers of Hammersmith were astounded at the sudden demand for blue sarsenet ribbon, and long white gloves. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > [adjective] > agreeable in manner > bland or suave > of conduct or words smoothc1400 sarcenet1598 fair-spoken1611 urbane1659 velvety1861 1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 iii. i. 247 You sweare like a comfit-makers wife..And giuest such sarcenet surety for thy oathes, As if thou neuer walkst further then Finsbury. Sweare me Kate..A good mouthfilling oath. View more context for this quotation 1646 King Charles I in T. Carte Coll. Orig. Lett. (1736) II. App. 14 I have received your sarsenet dispatches by this bearer. 1820 W. Scott Monastery I. ii. 105 With many a fye and nay pshaw, and such sarsenet chidings as tender mothers give to spoiled children. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1909; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1463 |
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