| 单词 | table-coverer |
| 释义 | > as lemmastable-coverer table-coverer n. now rare an attendant who sets or lays the table for a meal; cf. table decker n. [In quot. 1958 after Uzbek dasturxonchi steward, butler ( < dasturxon tablecloth, meal, spread of food + -chi, suffix forming agent nouns).] ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > setting table > [noun] > one who table-coverer1723 table decker1728 1723 J. Chamberlayne Present State Great Brit. (ed. 26) II. iii. 566 Table-Coverer to the Bed-Chamber Women Andrew Adamson. 1737 Chamberlayne's Magnæ Britanniæ Notitia (ed. 33) ii. iii. 220 Table-Coverer to the Chaplains. 1842 tr. J. G. Kohl Russia x. 81 Whole companies of stable-boys, stove-heaters, scullions, lamplighters, couriers, table-coverers [Ger. Tafeldeckern], and housemaids, were easily admitted into a household. 1958 F. Maclean Person from Eng. 54 He had informed the Tsar's plenipotentiary that for the settlement of his business he might in future address himself to the head Destur Khandji or ‘Table-coverer’, in other words to his butler. < as lemmas |
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