| 单词 | thrum cap |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthrum cap thrum cap n. (a) a cap made of thrums; transferred a person wearing a thrum cap; (b) Canadian (obsolete except in place-names), a small island with a conical shape suggestive of a thrum cap. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > cap > types of > made from specific material > made from thrums thrum cap1630 thrum1713 the world > the earth > land > land mass > island > [noun] > other desert island1607 holt1611 sister isle1612 atoll1625 floating island1638 sister island1659 tropical island1769 artificial island1775 home island1806 wooden island1808 fire-isle1817 coral-island1831 thrum cap1832 branch-island1834 island-continent1872 off-island1880 hover1892 phosphate island1909 1439Thrum cap: [see sense 2a]. 1630 P. Massinger Renegado i. iii. sig. C2v A Witch with a thrumbe Cappe That sells Ale vnder grownd. a1680 Lady Fanshawe in Lady Halkett & Lady Fanshawe Mem. (1979) 128 I..desired him [sc. the cabin-boy] to be so good as to give me his blue throm cap he wore and his tarred coat..and putting them on..I..stood upon the deck by my husband's side. 1690 J. Dryden Don Sebastian i. i. 17 Hold my dear Thrum-cap: I obey thee chearfully. 1720 J. Strype Stow's Surv. of London (rev. ed.) I. i. xxvi. 175/1 The Blew Coat Hospital. Their Habit being now..a round thrum Cap tyed with a red Band, Yellow Stockings. 1832 T. Baillie Acct. Province New Brunswick 120 Opposite to this point an islet or thrum-cap..was once considered available for the purpose of drawing fish. 1903 G. S. Wasson Cap'n Simeon's Store xi. 248 They had..taken to their boat and pulled for Thrumcap Island Light. 1966 T. H. Raddall Hangman's Beach ii. xiv. 217 ‘Why is this called the Thrum Cap?’ ‘Thrumb's a coarse kind of wool... Sailors used to wear knitted caps of red thrum... You notice the red bank of the knoll standing up like a thrum cap.’ < as lemmas |
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