Trafalgarn.

Brit.

/trəˈfalɡə/, U.S.

/trəˈfælɡər/,

/trəˈfɔlɡər/,

/trəˈfɑlɡər/

Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Trafalgar.

Etymology: < the name of Cape Trafalgar on the south coast of Spain, famed for a great victory of the British fleet over the combined fleets of France and Spain on 21 Oct. 1805, in which Admiral Nelson was killed.In celebration of Nelson's victory, many streets and places in the British Isles were named after Cape Trafalgar, e.g. Trafalgar Square in London.In some specific uses, there is also a pronunciation with stress falling on the final syllable, as it does in the original Spanish. Cambr. Eng. Pronouncing Dict. (ed. 18, 2011) 500 notes: 'Trafalgar - in Spain: /trəˈfalgə/; - archaic and poetical: /ˌtraflˈgɑː/ (US /trəˈfælgər/); - Square: /trəˈfalgə/ (US /-gər/); - Viscount: /trəˈfalgə/ (US /-gər/); - House near Salisbury: /ˌtraflˈgɑː/, /trəˈfalgə/ (US /ˌtræfəlˈɡɑr/, /trəˈfælgər/). Note: The present Lord Nelson pronounces the family name as /trəˈfalgə/ (US /-gər/). Previous holders of the title pronounced /ˌtraflˈgɑː/ (US /-ˈgɑr/).' (Symbols converted to OED model.)

I. Compounds.

a. Trafalgar dress n. now historical and rare a white satin evening gown trimmed with gold or silver.

ΚΠ

1806 La Belle Assemblée Feb. 61/1 Trafalgar Dress, white satin, trimmed with gold, or silver and lace.

2009 E. K. Johnson in M. D. Goggin & B. F. Tobin Material Women, 1750–1950 viii. 149 They wore Mamalouc turbans, Russian cloaks, Wellington boots, Cossack mantles, and Trafalgar dresses, named after the revered military heroes of the Napoleonic wars.

b. Trafalgar chair n. any of various types of chair named in honour of the Battle of Trafalgar; (in later use chiefly) a light, graceful, Regency chair with legs curving outwards, often ornamented with nautical motifs such as ropes or anchors.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > seat > chair > [noun] > other chairs

farthingale chair1552

side chair1582

high chair1609

scroll chair1614

Turkey chair1683

curule chair1695

reading chair1745

rush-bottom1754

conversation-chair1793

Windsor tub1800

Trafalgar chair1808

beehive-chair1816

nursing chair1826

Hitchcockc1828

toilet seat1829

kangaroo1834

prie-dieu1838

tub-chair1839

barrel-chair1850

Cromwell chair1868

office chair1874

swivel-chair1885

steamer-chair1886

suggan chair1888

lawn chair1895

saddle seat1895

Bombay chair1896

veranda-chair1902

X chair1904

Yorkshire chair1906

three legs and a swinger1916

saddlebag1919

riempie stool1933

gaspipe chair1934

slipper chair1938

Eames chair1946

contour chair1948

sling-back1948

sling chair1957

booster chair1960

booster seat1967

beanbag1969

sack chair1970

papasan1980

Muskoka chair1987

1808 Morning Chron. 2 Jan. A complete Parlour Suite of 15 capital mahogany Trafalgar Chairs, with Morocco loose Seats.

1934 M. Jourdain Regency Furnit. 1795–1830 48/2 The well-known Trafalgar chair..was designed as a light ‘parlour’ chair, and made normally of beech..with caned seat and loose squab cushion.

2007 J. Miller Antiques Investigator (2009) 196/1 One of the most idiosyncratic chairs of the Regency period is the Trafalgar chair.

†c. Trafalgar cotton n. Obsolete a type of cotton thread similar to India cotton.

ΚΠ

1809 Leeds Mercury 20 May India and Trafalgar Cottons, Netting, Knitting and Sewing Cottons, &c. &c.

1826 Haberdasher's Guide 15 Trafalgar Cottons, for working muslins, &c.

1880 Girl's Own Paper 1 May 277/2 This design is worked on coarse musquito net, with three-thread Trafalgar cotton and a fine wool embroidery needle.

2. Trafalgar Day n. the anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar on 21 October 1805.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > particular time > an anniversary > [noun] > of battles, wars, treaties, etc.

day of truce1486

Evil May Dayc1590

Bonfire Night1661

Pope Day1769

Pope Night1773

the Fourth (of July)1779

Town Taking Day1788

Independence Day1791

Independent Day1803

Guy Fawkes day1825

Bastille Day1837

Trafalgar Day1837

Turkey Day1870

Canada Day1882

Juneteenth1890

flag-day1894

Patriots' Day1894

Remembrance Day1895

twelfth1896

Quatorze Juillet1899

quatorze1915

Armistice Day1918

Poppy Day1921

Remembrance Sunday1925

VJ-day1944

Commonwealth Day1958

1837 Chelmsford Chron. 10 Nov. I dare say there are still some folks left in Essex who know that 21st of October is Trafalgar day.

1918 A. Huxley Let. 30 Oct. (1969) 167 On Trafalgar Day this year Cobby made precisely the same remarks about Lord Nelson and Lady Hamilton as last year.

2018 News Post Leader (Nexis) 2 Nov. Members of the Northumbria Unit of The Maritime Volunteer Service (MVS) joined in the celebrations for Trafalgar Day.

II. Simple uses.

3. Typography. A size of type one size larger than two-line double pica and one size smaller than canon. Now chiefly historical.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > printing > types, blocks, or plates > relating to type > [noun] > height of type > names of type sizes

English1539

great primer1539

long primer1553

pica1553

brevier1598

nonpareil1656

pearl1656

small pica1657

minion1659

canon1683

small body1683

minim1706

paragon1706

bourgeois1755

diamond1778

ruby1778

Trafalgar1807

agate1831

minikinc1870

minionette1871

brilliant1875

gem1888

excelsior1902

1807 Lincoln, Rutland, & Stamford Mercury 18 Dec. W. Caslon, jun. has just finished a new Great Primer, and a new font which he intends to call Trafalgar, No. 1. It is a size between Canon and Two-line Great Primer, and he trusts will be found very useful.

1841 W. Savage Dict. Art of Printing 803 Minion, Brevier, and Trafalgar, may be classed as irregular bodied letters, for they bear no specific regular proportion to any other size.

1905 Inland Printer June 357/2 Cap and foolscap, royal and imperial, elephant and pot, would go the way of canon and paragon, emerald and trafalgar.

1993 D. Knott in M. Perkin Illustr. Processes & Binding in Provinces 42 Caslon and Livermore's Trafalgar open (italic)..is present, as is the same founders' five-line pica antique.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	trafalgar
释义	Trafalgarn. Brit. /trəˈfalɡə/, U.S. /trəˈfælɡər/, /trəˈfɔlɡər/, /trəˈfɑlɡər/ Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Trafalgar. Etymology: < the name of Cape Trafalgar on the south coast of Spain, famed for a great victory of the British fleet over the combined fleets of France and Spain on 21 Oct. 1805, in which Admiral Nelson was killed.In celebration of Nelson's victory, many streets and places in the British Isles were named after Cape Trafalgar, e.g. Trafalgar Square in London.In some specific uses, there is also a pronunciation with stress falling on the final syllable, as it does in the original Spanish. Cambr. Eng. Pronouncing Dict. (ed. 18, 2011) 500 notes: 'Trafalgar - in Spain: /trəˈfalgə/; - archaic and poetical: /ˌtraflˈgɑː/ (US /trəˈfælgər/); - Square: /trəˈfalgə/ (US /-gər/); - Viscount: /trəˈfalgə/ (US /-gər/); - House near Salisbury: /ˌtraflˈgɑː/, /trəˈfalgə/ (US /ˌtræfəlˈɡɑr/, /trəˈfælgər/). Note: The present Lord Nelson pronounces the family name as /trəˈfalgə/ (US /-gər/). Previous holders of the title pronounced /ˌtraflˈgɑː/ (US /-ˈgɑr/).' (Symbols converted to OED model.) I. Compounds. 1. a. Trafalgar dress n. now historical and rare a white satin evening gown trimmed with gold or silver. ΚΠ 1806 La Belle Assemblée Feb. 61/1 Trafalgar Dress, white satin, trimmed with gold, or silver and lace. 2009 E. K. Johnson in M. D. Goggin & B. F. Tobin Material Women, 1750–1950 viii. 149 They wore Mamalouc turbans, Russian cloaks, Wellington boots, Cossack mantles, and Trafalgar dresses, named after the revered military heroes of the Napoleonic wars. b. Trafalgar chair n. any of various types of chair named in honour of the Battle of Trafalgar; (in later use chiefly) a light, graceful, Regency chair with legs curving outwards, often ornamented with nautical motifs such as ropes or anchors. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > seat > chair > [noun] > other chairs farthingale chair1552 side chair1582 high chair1609 scroll chair1614 Turkey chair1683 curule chair1695 reading chair1745 rush-bottom1754 conversation-chair1793 Windsor tub1800 Trafalgar chair1808 beehive-chair1816 nursing chair1826 Hitchcockc1828 toilet seat1829 kangaroo1834 prie-dieu1838 tub-chair1839 barrel-chair1850 Cromwell chair1868 office chair1874 swivel-chair1885 steamer-chair1886 suggan chair1888 lawn chair1895 saddle seat1895 Bombay chair1896 veranda-chair1902 X chair1904 Yorkshire chair1906 three legs and a swinger1916 saddlebag1919 riempie stool1933 gaspipe chair1934 slipper chair1938 Eames chair1946 contour chair1948 sling-back1948 sling chair1957 booster chair1960 booster seat1967 beanbag1969 sack chair1970 papasan1980 Muskoka chair1987 1808 Morning Chron. 2 Jan. A complete Parlour Suite of 15 capital mahogany Trafalgar Chairs, with Morocco loose Seats. 1934 M. Jourdain Regency Furnit. 1795–1830 48/2 The well-known Trafalgar chair..was designed as a light ‘parlour’ chair, and made normally of beech..with caned seat and loose squab cushion. 2007 J. Miller Antiques Investigator (2009) 196/1 One of the most idiosyncratic chairs of the Regency period is the Trafalgar chair. †c. Trafalgar cotton n. Obsolete a type of cotton thread similar to India cotton. ΚΠ 1809 Leeds Mercury 20 May India and Trafalgar Cottons, Netting, Knitting and Sewing Cottons, &c. &c. 1826 Haberdasher's Guide 15 Trafalgar Cottons, for working muslins, &c. 1880 Girl's Own Paper 1 May 277/2 This design is worked on coarse musquito net, with three-thread Trafalgar cotton and a fine wool embroidery needle. 2. Trafalgar Day n. the anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar on 21 October 1805. ΘΚΠ the world > time > particular time > an anniversary > [noun] > of battles, wars, treaties, etc. day of truce1486 Evil May Dayc1590 Bonfire Night1661 Pope Day1769 Pope Night1773 the Fourth (of July)1779 Town Taking Day1788 Independence Day1791 Independent Day1803 Guy Fawkes day1825 Bastille Day1837 Trafalgar Day1837 Turkey Day1870 Canada Day1882 Juneteenth1890 flag-day1894 Patriots' Day1894 Remembrance Day1895 twelfth1896 Quatorze Juillet1899 quatorze1915 Armistice Day1918 Poppy Day1921 Remembrance Sunday1925 VJ-day1944 Commonwealth Day1958 1837 Chelmsford Chron. 10 Nov. I dare say there are still some folks left in Essex who know that 21st of October is Trafalgar day. 1918 A. Huxley Let. 30 Oct. (1969) 167 On Trafalgar Day this year Cobby made precisely the same remarks about Lord Nelson and Lady Hamilton as last year. 2018 News Post Leader (Nexis) 2 Nov. Members of the Northumbria Unit of The Maritime Volunteer Service (MVS) joined in the celebrations for Trafalgar Day. II. Simple uses. 3. Typography. A size of type one size larger than two-line double pica and one size smaller than canon. Now chiefly historical. ΘΚΠ society > communication > printing > types, blocks, or plates > relating to type > [noun] > height of type > names of type sizes English1539 great primer1539 long primer1553 pica1553 brevier1598 nonpareil1656 pearl1656 small pica1657 minion1659 canon1683 small body1683 minim1706 paragon1706 bourgeois1755 diamond1778 ruby1778 Trafalgar1807 agate1831 minikinc1870 minionette1871 brilliant1875 gem1888 excelsior1902 1807 Lincoln, Rutland, & Stamford Mercury 18 Dec. W. Caslon, jun. has just finished a new Great Primer, and a new font which he intends to call Trafalgar, No. 1. It is a size between Canon and Two-line Great Primer, and he trusts will be found very useful. 1841 W. Savage Dict. Art of Printing 803 Minion, Brevier, and Trafalgar, may be classed as irregular bodied letters, for they bear no specific regular proportion to any other size. 1905 Inland Printer June 357/2 Cap and foolscap, royal and imperial, elephant and pot, would go the way of canon and paragon, emerald and trafalgar. 1993 D. Knott in M. Perkin Illustr. Processes & Binding in Provinces 42 Caslon and Livermore's Trafalgar open (italic)..is present, as is the same founders' five-line pica antique. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1806
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