| 单词 | bride belt |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbride belt bride belt n. chiefly historical a girdle, esp. one worn by a bride as a symbol of chastity in ancient Greece or Rome; = cestus n.1 ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > belt or sash > types of > worn by specific people abnet1602 bride belt1606 posting belt1737 obi1872 waist-torque1891 1606 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iii. 99 Thou wed a Wife, another 'fore thy face Shall lose her Bride-belt [Fr. ceste]. a1693 C. Blount tr. Lucian in T. Ferne et al. tr. Lucian Wks. (1711) I. 262 On the Head she beareth Beams and a Tower, together with a Cestus, or Bride-belt [Gk. κεστὸν], wherewith they used to adorn none but the Celestial Venus. 1904 Museums Jrnl. Oct. 130 Among them one notices some beautiful carved distaff heads, an upright loom of ancient type, a bride-belt and a bride-book with silver ornaments. 2011 D. J. McIntosh Witch of Babylon ii. 21 A bride belt of hammer-beaten silver from the Ottoman period in Anatolia. < as lemmas |
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