单词 | tam-o-shanter |
释义 | tam-o'-shantern. In full, Tam o' Shanter bonnet, Tam o' Shanter cap: A soft woollen bonnet with flat circular crown, the circumference of which is about twice that of the head, formerly worn by Scottish ploughmen, etc.; introduced, in a modified form, c1887 as a head-dress for girls and young women. Abbreviated tam n.1, tammy n.3 ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > cap > types of > made from specific material > woollen Scottish cap1553 blue bonnet1568 blue capa1586 Scotch cap1591 statute cap1598 Monmouth1638 Scotch bonnet1641 Highland bonnet1724 Welsh wig1797 scone1820 glengarry1841 beret1850 Balmoral1857 tam-o'-shanter1884 toboggan cap1886 tammy1894 tam1895 toboggan1907 tam1972 1840–50 [Remembered in use]. 1884 West. Daily Press 29 May 3/7 The Tam o' Shanter is still occasionally worn [by men]. 1887 Sc. Leader 24 Sept. 5 Mr. O'Brien..was wearing an overcoat and a Tam o' Shanter, for the morning air was chilly. 1887 Sc. Leader 19 Oct. 4 The head-dress [adopted by Dundee factory girls] is the modest one of either a single or double-peaked cap or a Tam o' Shanter bonnet, and those workers who have adopted this..have been jeered at, and in some cases mobbed, while passing along the street. 1887 J. Ashby-Sterry Lazy Minstrel (1892) 26 Or if you think it right or wrong—I'll wear my Tam o' Shanter. 1888 W. Black Strange Adventures House-boat vi A grey Tam o' Shanter..impervious to the wet. 1895 Daily News 8 Apr. 6/7 The ‘Tams’ as the Tam O'Shanters are now universally called by shopkeepers, are favourites for windy weather. Derivatives tam-o'-shantered adj. wearing a tam-o'-shanter. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [adjective] > wearing headgear > wearing a cap > types of cauled1393 coifed1520 biggined1607 night-capped1607 blue-bonneted1648 black-capped1658 red-capped1663 thrum-capped1708 white-capped1751 fool's-capped1849 calpacked1852 mob-capped1854 pileated1856 bearskinned1857 fezzed1864 tam-o'-shantered1894 cloth-capped1935 1894 G. Du Maurier Trilby I. 81 He married the..tartaned and tam-o'-shantered barmaid at the Montagnards Ecossais. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1840 |
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