| 单词 | to your roof-tree |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto your (his, etc.) roof-tree Scottish. to your (his, etc.) roof-tree: as a toast to prosperity for home and family. Now chiefly historical. ΚΠ 1754 E. Burt Lett. N. Scotl. II. xvi. 41 As we say..—To your Fire-Side; he says much to the same Purpose—To your Roof Tree. 1809 J. Carr in Eclectic Rev. Apr. 307 It is usual, as a compliment to the host, to drink to his roof-tree, alluding to the principal beam, which by its weight enables the roof to resist the pressure of a mountain squall. 1842 D. Vedder Poems 141 We'll a' haud a ranting holiday, An' drink success to the laird's roof-tree. 1883 Ogilvie's Imperial Dict. (new ed.) III. 726/3 To your roof-tree, in Scotland, a toast expressive of a wish for prosperity to one's family, because the roof-tree covers the house and all in it. < as lemmas |
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