单词 | torret |
释义 | torretturretn. Obsolete or dialect. a. A swivel ring on a dog's collar by which a string can be attached. ΘΚΠ 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. ΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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). < n.c1386 |
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