| 单词 | box pew |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbox pew box pew n. any of various types of church pew enclosed by wooden walls or partitions.This style of pew was prevalent from the 17th to the 19th cent. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > furniture > seat > pew > [noun] > with high sides box pew1847 horse-box1884 1847 Devizes & Wilts. Gaz. 13 May 4/6 I have seen no church with a more disreputable interior... The faded and tattered baize which here and there shows itself..makes the great square box pews..redolent of damp and decomposition! 1990 W. Stewart Right Church Wrong Pew (1991) x. 70 We still have box pews in our church, where the grandees sit. 2010 Whitby Gaz. (Nexis) 27 Apr. Old St Stephen's is an historic gem, unaltered from 1821 when it was built, with box pews and a three-decker pulpit. < as lemmas |
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