单词 | ulster |
释义 | Ulstern. 1. plural. Ulstermen (forming a regiment). rare. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > unit of army > named companies, regiments, etc. > [noun] > British Ulsters1649 Scots Guardsa1675 fusilier1680 guards1682 Scots Dragoons1689 Scots Fusiliers1689 Inniskilling1715 Scots Greys1728 blue1737 Black Watch1739 Oxford blues1766 green linnets1793 Grenadiers1800 slashers1802 the Buffs1806 tartan1817 Gay Gordons1823 cheesemongers1824 Green Jacket1824 The Bays1837 RHA1837 dirty half-hundred1841 die-hard1844 lifeguard1849 cherry-picker1865 lancer-regiment1868 cheeses1877 Territorial Regiment1877 the Sweeps1879 dirty shirts1887 Scottish Rifles1888 shiner1891 Yorkshire1898 imperials1899 Irish guards1902 Hampshires1904 BEF1914 Old Contemptibles1915 contemptibles1917 Tank Corps1917 the Tins1918 skins1928 pioneer corps1939 red devils1943 Blues and Royals1968 U.D.R.1969 1649 O. Cromwell Let. 19 Dec. (Carlyle) Being informed that..Lieutenant-general Ferral with his Ulsters was to march out of Waterford,..I ordered Colonel Zanchy..to march..to the relief of our friends. 1649 O. Cromwell Let. 19 Dec. (Carlyle) The Ulsters..made indeed for the time a good resistance. 2. The king-of-arms for Ireland. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > heraldry > herald > [noun] > King of Arms > Ulster Ulster1552 1552 King Edward VI Jrnl. in Lit. Rem. (Roxburghe Club) II. 395 [February] 2. Ther was a king of armes made for Irland, whose name was Ulster, and his province was al Irland. 1627 King Charles I in State Papers, Ireland (1900) 223 You shall also see Ulster (who is the Chief Herald) countenanced in a herald's commission of visitation of various places in Ireland. 1712 London Gaz. No. 4970/2 Coat of his Arms carried by Ulster King of Arms. 1857 Lit. Rem. Edw. VI (Roxburghe Club) II. 395 (note) The arms given to the office of Ulster were, Argent, St. George's cross, and on a chief gules a lion between a harp and portcullis, all or. 1880 Encycl. Brit. XI. 688/1 In Ireland also there is but one king-at-arms, Ulster. 3. A long, loose overcoat of frieze or other rough cloth, frequently with a waist-belt. The ‘Ulster Overcoat’ was introduced by J. G. M‘Gee & Co. of Belfast in 1867; the abbreviated name has been in common use from 1879. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > coat > types of > overcoat > types of pee1483 shuba1598 surtout1686 wrap-rascal1716 pea-jacket1717 box coat1718 toggy1742 jockey-coata1745 redingote1770 Polonese coat1774 pea coat1790 spencer1795 grego1809 benjamin1810 bang-up1835 pilot jacket1839 pilot coat1840 Petersham1842 taglioni1843 Chesterfield1852 siphonia1853 raglan1857 Inverness overcoat1865 immensikoff1870 Ulster1876 ulsterette1881 coat1889 polonaise1890 covert coata1893 benny1903 macfarlane1920 1876 L. Troubridge Jrnl. 31 Dec. in J. Hope-Nicholson Life amongst Troubridges (1966) 149 [I] came swaggering into Dulcie's bedroom..in an ulster, revealing the immortal check trousers. 1877 A. Trollope Amer. Senator I. xx. 209 She once offered to lay an Ulster to a sealskin jacket. 1878 H. S. Leigh Town Garland 87 When the Ulster descends from its home on the hook, And the warmth-giving wrappers return from the wash. 1879 M. E. Braddon Cloven Foot xii. 110 Celia running home..with all her wedding finery smothered under a waterproof Ulster. 1888 H. R. Haggard Col. Quaritch III. xi. 169 He put on a pair of shooting-boots, an old coat, and an ulster. 4. attributive. a. Used to designate the custom prevalent in Ulster by which a tenant has certain rights of occupancy, disposal, or compensation, in regard to land held by him; usually Ulster tenant-right. Π 1870 Act 33 & 34 Victoria c. 46 §1 The usages prevalent in the province of Ulster, which are known as, and in this Act intended to be included under, the denomination of the Ulster tenant-right custom, are hereby declared to be legal. 1878 W. S. Jevons Polit. Econ. x. 93 Tenant right..has existed for a long time in the north of Ireland, where it is called the Ulster tenant right. A new tenant there pays the old tenant a considerable sum of money for the privilege of getting a good farm with various improvements. 1879 H. George Progress & Poverty (1881) vi. i. 291 If what is known as the Ulster tenant right were extended to the whole of Great Britain, it would be but to carve out of the estate of the landlord, an estate for the tenant. 1882 M. Arnold Irish Ess. 28 It has been suggested..by the Ulster custom of compensating them [sc. tenants] for their improvements, and letting them sell the value which by their improvements they had added to the property. b. Ulsterman n. (also Ulsterwoman) a native or inhabitant of Ulster; cf. Ultonian n. ΘΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > the Irish > [noun] > native or inhabitant of Ireland > part of Ireland Ultagh1649 Corkonian?1770 southern1773 Ultonian1781 Northern Irishman1818 yellowbelly1826 Ulsterman1845 mountainy man1851 Ulsterite1920 Dub1973 1845 T. Carlyle in O. Cromwell Lett. & Speeches I. 497 Lieutenant-General Ferral with his Ulsters. [Note] Ulster-men. 1868 (title) Modern Ireland: its Vital Questions, Secret Societies, and Government: by an Ulsterman. 1971 Guardian 18 Sept. 9/6 A lady assures us that she is proud to be an Ulsterwoman. 1981 A. T. Q. Stewart Edward Carson v. 87 An Ulsterwoman who was the wife of a high official. c. Ulster fry n. (see quots.). Π 1941 J. D. Carr Case of Constant Suicides 43 That stuff that looks like slices of boloney is called Ulster Fry. 1978 J. Galway Autobiogr. (1979) v. 57 I remember eating liver and sausages, roast beef for dinner on Sunday and, of course, an Ulster fry for breakfast—bacon, eggs, potato and soda bread. 1979 Guardian 22 June 19/5 The notorious ‘Ulster fry’—most things you can think of cooked in a pan. Derivatives (from sense 3.) ˈUlsterite n. temporary a native or inhabitant of Ulster. ΘΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > the Irish > [noun] > native or inhabitant of Ireland > part of Ireland Ultagh1649 Corkonian?1770 southern1773 Ultonian1781 Northern Irishman1818 yellowbelly1826 Ulsterman1845 mountainy man1851 Ulsterite1920 Dub1973 1920 Glasgow Herald 11 Nov. 9 The amendment was criticised by a number of members in addition to the Ulsterites. 1921 D. Lloyd George Let. 24 Nov. (1973) viii. 195 The Irish negotiations have taken a turn for the worse... This time it is the Sinn Feiners. Last week it was the Ulsterites. 1925 J. O'Connor Hist. Ireland 1798–1924 II. xx. 260 Southerners hope and think, and the Ulsterites fear and affect to think that the four counties could not stand by themselves. Ulsteriˈzation n. the policy of replacing British security forces in Northern Ireland by Northern Irish ones; also in extended use. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > Irish politics > [noun] > principles or policies whiteboyism1777 Defenderism1795 United Irishism1800 republicanism1807 Orangeism1811 Rockism1824 repeal1830 unionism1831 whitefootism1832 West Britonism1841 Young Irelandism1846 Home Rule1858 Fenianism1866 Land-leaguism1881 nationalism1885 Sinn Feinism1907 partition1919 Ulsterization1977 1977 Belfast Tel. 28 Feb. 1/6 Attempts by the Government to move towards an ‘Ulsterisation’..of the security forces. 1979 An Phoblacht 29 Sept. 1/3 Given Britain's Ulsterisation policy, then that increased repression is likely to be led by the RUC. 1980 Times 15 Sept. 12/3 One could be speaking about the ultimate ‘Ulsterization’ of the West Bank and Gaza. ˈulstered adj. wearing an ulster. Π 1880 R. Broughton Second Thoughts I. i. v. 62 A few ulstered, comfortered men, stamping up and down, waiting for the night mail. 1889 J. H. Skrine Mem. E. Thring 201 The group of flannelled and ulstered players. ulsteˈrette n. a small or light ulster. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > coat > types of > overcoat > types of pee1483 shuba1598 surtout1686 wrap-rascal1716 pea-jacket1717 box coat1718 toggy1742 jockey-coata1745 redingote1770 Polonese coat1774 pea coat1790 spencer1795 grego1809 benjamin1810 bang-up1835 pilot jacket1839 pilot coat1840 Petersham1842 taglioni1843 Chesterfield1852 siphonia1853 raglan1857 Inverness overcoat1865 immensikoff1870 Ulster1876 ulsterette1881 coat1889 polonaise1890 covert coata1893 benny1903 macfarlane1920 1881 J. W. Buel Border Outlaws 187 Each wearing a long linen ulsterette over a heavy fall coat. 1887 J. Ashby-Sterry Lazy Minstrel (1892) 171 My smart ulsterette, e'en a poet might sing, 'Tis white corduroy, with a rose-coloured lining! 1888 Cambridge (Mass.) Tribune 24 Nov. These ‘Inverness’ overcoats are close-fitting, and when worn without the cape have the appearance of an ulsterette. ˈulstering n. material suitable for ulsters. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric for specific purpose > [noun] > for clothing > for coats, cloaks, or shawls coating1802 shawlingc1806 Petersham1812 cloaking1840 frocking1864 overcoating1865 ulstering1888 pink1889 mantling1893 covert cloth1895 coat-facing1900 covert coating1900 bluey1934 1888 Myra's Jrnl. Nov. 656/1 Patterns of Cloths, Homespuns, and Ulsterings for ladies' and children's jackets and ulsters. 1890 Textile News 20 June (List Manufacturers) Fancy meltons, ulsterings, costumes, coatings, &c. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1552 |
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