| 单词 | town chest |
| 释义 | > as lemmastown chest town chest n. now historical a chest containing the public funds, documents, etc., of a town; = town box n. ΚΠ 1591 H. Barrow Plaine Refut. Giffardes Bk. iii. 146 They gather and keepe the Church stocke and treasurie... They keep one of the keyes of the towne cheste. 1682 Galway Corporation Bk. B in Jrnl. Galway Archaeol. & Hist. Soc. (1908) 135 Ordred in Councell that..the two Sherriffs..make inspecion into the Towne Chest for a..copy of Andrew Lynches grant. 1730 S. Dale Taylor's Hist. & Antiq. Harwich iv. 220 The Mayor..at these Sessions hath had a Silver Oar carried before him, still preserved in the Town Chest. 1860 Farmer's Mag. July 20/2 Equal changes since Roman times in the estuary of the Yare are attested..by the Saxon map in the town chest of Yarmouth. 1946 Eng. Hist. Rev. 61 10 The tailors' gild was willing to pay 100s. into the town chest in 1406 for this protection. 2003 B. Masters in J. T. Smith & M. A. North St Albans 1650–1700 i. iii. 58 The town chest, housing among other things the common seal made of silver, was probably kept here. < as lemmas |
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