| 单词 | brass plate |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbrass plate brass plate n. †(a) copperplate for engraving (obsolete); (b) a plate of brass, bearing an inscription, e.g. on or at a door or gate, bearing the resident's name; also a monumental ‘brass’ (sense 2a). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > printmaking > engraving > intaglio printing > [noun] > copperplate engraving > material brass plate1663 copper1668 copperplate1668 society > communication > writing > written text > an inscription > [noun] > inscribed tablet, slab, or plate tableOE tabletc1350 titlea1382 tablature1578 aback1592 plate1668 breastplate1773 stela1776 stele1820 brass plate1836 palimpsest1876 plaque1922 society > communication > indication > that which identifies or distinguishes > labelling > [noun] > label, tag, or ticket > name plate door-plate1823 brass plate1836 nameplate1858 scutcheon1875 1663 Marquis of Worcester Cent. Names & Scantlings Inventions §100 All..of these Inventions..shall be Printed by Brass-plates. 1771 Encycl. Brit. III. 511/1 The compositor..puts..this slip of brass-plate..in the composing-stick. 1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 1st Ser. I. 96 A brass-plate on the private door with ‘Ladies School’ legibly engraved thereon. 1860 E. C. Gaskell Right at Last 34 I saw a brass-plate with Doctor James Brown upon it. 1894 H. Caine Manxman v. vi A line of houses having brass plates. brass plate b. A small (usually metal) panel bearing a name or inscription, for affixing to a wall, door, or other surface; a plaque, a tablet. Now chiefly in brass plate.coffin, door, letter, nameplate: see the first element. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > written text > an inscription > [noun] > inscribed tablet, slab, or plate tableOE tabletc1350 titlea1382 tablature1578 aback1592 plate1668 breastplate1773 stela1776 stele1820 brass plate1836 palimpsest1876 plaque1922 1668 P. Fisher (title) The Catalogue of Most of the Memorable Tombes, Grave-stones, Plates, Escutcheons, or Atchievements in the..Churches of London. 1815 W. Wordsworth White Doe of Rylstone vii. 130 Plate of monumental brass Dim-gleaming among weeds and grass. 1841 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop i. xxxiii. 277 Of no greater importance than the plate, ‘Brass, Solicitor,’ upon the door. 1894 H. Caine Manxman v. vi A line of houses having brass plates. 1900 J. L. Robertson Horace in Homespun 186 Nae pillars rise at my door-cheeks, Nae plate adorns my door. 1989 J. Gardam Dixie Girls in Showing Flag (1990) 23 A brass plate announced The Grove and beneath it a brown plate added ‘Retirement Home. No tradesmen’. < as lemmas |
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