单词 | side front |
释义 | > as lemmasside front side front n. now somewhat rare †(a) a type of boundary fence (obsolete); (b) an aspect of something seen from the side; (chiefly) spec. the side elevation of a building (in quot. 1635 as part of an extended metaphor). ΚΠ a1541 in J. A. Twemlow Liverpool Town Bks. (1918) I. 4 All hedboltes and sydfrountes be leafullye made all the tyme of the yeare, upon [payne] of every defaulte iiiid. 1624 in G. Chandler Liverpool under James I (1960) 281 Item we agree that all Headboultes and sydefrontes shall be made..between this and the second of February. 1635 G. Wither Coll. Emblemes i. Writ of Prevention Upon the Right-Side-Front of this Building (or before the Second Booke) One Inscription to the most hopefull Prince... On the other Side-Front..One Inscription to the gratious Princesse. 1775 R. B. Sheridan Rivals iv. ii I wish the lady would favour us with something more than a side-front. 1882 F. H. Groome Ordnance Gazetteer Scotl. II. 495/2 The County Hall..presents a main front to County Square, an ornamental side front to Lawnmarket, and..a very plain rear front to George IV. Bridge. 1951 N. Pevsner Middlesex 27 A brick front behind two magnificent monkey-puzzle trees, the side front of the house half-timbered. < as lemmas |
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