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单词 torret
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torretturretn.

Forms: Middle English toret, Middle English torett, touret, Middle English–1500s torrett, turet(t, turrett, Middle English–1700s torret, 1500s (1800s) turret.
Etymology: Middle English toret , touret , < Old French toret, diminutive of tor (12th cent.), tour a round, circuit, circle, ring: see tour n. From the 15th cent. this word is also formed as ter(r)et , tyret , tyrret , which in senses b, d are the ordinary forms: see terret n.
Obsolete or dialect.
a. A swivel ring on a dog's collar by which a string can be attached.
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping dogs or cats > [noun] > keeping or affinity with dogs > place to exercise hounds > collars, leads, etc.
linea1000
collar1377
torretc1386
dog collar1485
doghook1528
terret1530
slip1564
dogwhip1583
trash1611
shangan1787
puzzle-peg1789
puzzle1792
shangy1825
leading-strap1856
nosepiece1865
dog tag1882
lead1893
harness1895
silent whistle1923
standing iron1934
c1386 G. Chaucer Knight's Tale 1294 Aboute his Chaar ther wenten white Alauntz..with mosel faste ybounde Colored of gold, and tourettes [v.rr. turrettes, torettys, torettes, torrettes, turettes, torettz] fyled rounde.
1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Turret of a dogges collare, vertibulum.
b. Each of the two rings by which the leash is attached to the jesses of a hawk. See terret n. b.
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Cf. c1247 Emperor Fredk. II's ‘De arte venandi cum avibus’ (1596) ii. xl. (heading) De tornetto, qualiter factum sit, et ad quid sit utile.]
c. A ring or the like, often moving on a swivel, whereby an object can be attached to a chain.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [noun] > ring attached to a swivel
torretc1400
turnel1469
turnet1543
c1400 ( G. Chaucer Treat. Astrolabe (Cambr. Dd.3.53) (1872) i. §2. 4 Thyn Ast[re]labie hath a ring to putten on the t[h]owmbe of thy ryht hand in takyng the heyhte of thynges... This ring rennyth in A Maner turet, fast to the Moder of thyn Astrelabie.
1463 in S. Tymms Wills & Inventories Bury St. Edmunds (1850) 16 My lityll bagge of blakke ledyr with a cheyne and toret of siluyr.
1554 in Shropshire Parish Documents (1903) 55 For three cheynes and two turettes for the sensor viiid.
1900 Notes & Queries 9th Ser. 6 235/2 Turettes, tirrets, tirets, or tyrritts, swivels (of metal), a term also used in heraldry. In the trickings of arms in many early heraldic MSS. these are represented as a ring at the end of a chain.
1910 Let. to Editor (O.E.D. Archive) The term ‘turret’ (pronounced ‘torret’) is still in use at Winterton, North Lincolnsh., though obsolescent, to indicate the bow and pendant of a watch case. The word is used principally by farm men. It is the local name for the swivel with which all plough traces are furnished to prevent them from becoming twisted.
d. In horse-harness, A ring on the harness of a horse through which a rein passes: see terret n. d.
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > horse-gear > [noun] > rings or loops
ringle1419
torret1429
button?1561
French buckle1691
bridge1795
dee1795
handpiece1840
pirn1846
thill-tug1859
Irish martingale1874
pipe-loop1875
kidney-link1883
1429–30 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1898) I. 230 In 4 renes, 2 colers de coreo novis cum turettes emptis.
1849 T. De Quincey Eng. Mail-coach in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Oct. 493/2 Inspecting professionally the buckles, the straps, and the silver turrets of his harness. [Note in 1854 ed.] The little devices through which the reins are made to pass... This same word..I heard uniformly used by many scores of illustrious mail-coachmen.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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