单词 | sonnette |
释义 | † sonnetten. Obsolete (rare in later use). A bell, esp. a small one. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > percussion instrument > bell > [noun] bella1000 sonnettec1400 clock1483 tan-tan1653 tintinnabule1834 c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness (1920) l. 1415 Notes of pipes, Tymbres and tabornes,..Symbales and sonetez. 1494 in J. Gairdner Lett. Reigns of Richard III & Henry VII (1861) I. 394 Their hors richely trapped.., enramplised with sonnettes of silver. 1577 R. Willes & R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Hist. Trauayle W. & E. Indies f. 388 The priest..hath his armes and feete garnyshed with siluer plates and pendantes, in such sorte, that whyle hee moueth, they make a certayne noyse, much lyke vnto sonettes or Haukes belles. 1653 J. Davies tr. C. Sorel Extravagant Shepherd 38 I have seen Sonnettes [Fr. sonnettes] or little Bells at the Knees of Morrice-dancers, and at the Collars of little Dogs. 1873 L. Mercier & E. C. King tr. J. Verne From Earth to Moon ii. 9 A sonnette [Fr. sonnette], which, when required, could give forth a report equal to that of a revolver. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.c1400 |
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