单词 | scarf-wise |
释义 | scarf-wiseadv. In the manner of a scarf; passing from the shoulder across the breast and tied beneath the arm. Cf. French en écharpe. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [adverb] a belefc1400 scarf-wise1581 jacket-wise1587 baldric-wise1590 foldedly1613 scarfways1653 beltwisea1667 polonaise-wise1888 toga-wise1902 stolewise1922 slinkily1935 1581 Goldwel in J. Nichols Progresses Queen Elizabeth (1788) II. 129 A scrowle or band of silver, which came scarfe-wise over the shoulder, and so downe under the arme. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xxxiii. iii. 462 Let them have their chains of gold as large as they list under their arms or crosse over their sides, scarfe-wise. 1653 H. Cogan tr. F. M. Pinto Voy. & Adventures xl. 160 Great chains of gold scarf-wise about them. 1900 Daily News 26 Nov. 7/4 A wide red ribbon with green edges athwart his chest scarfwise. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.1581 |
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