单词 | tap-dressing |
释义 | > as lemmastap-dressing tap-dressing n. decoration of wells at Whitsuntide, a Derbyshire custom. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > specific Christian festivals > Pentecost > [noun] > dressing of wells at well-dressing1819 well-flowering1823 tap-dressing1851 1851 in Notes & Queries 2nd Ser. IX. 431/1 A great deal of taste and fancy is exhibited in the..‘tap-dressing’. 1860 Notes & Queries 2nd Ser. IX. 430/2 [He] was collecting [flowers] for the Pilsley ‘Well’ or ‘Tap’ dressing. 1892 Daily News 22 Sept. 3/1 The Rev. G. S. Tyack's account of the curious custom of well-dressing, or ‘tap-dressing’, as it is called. < as lemmas |
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