| 单词 | veil-cloth |
| 释义 | > as lemmasveil-cloth veil-cloth n. (a) Christian Church a cloth used in a church to drape or conceal the altar, or a crucifix, image, etc., esp. during Lent (cf. sense 3a) (historical in later use); (b) (as a count noun) a piece of cloth worn as a veil over the face, hair, or the body; (as a mass noun) light or gauzy fabric of a type suitable for making veils. ΚΠ 1516–17 Churchwardens' Accts. Heybridge, Essex in J. Nichols Illustr. Manners & Expences Antient Times (1797) 155 Item, payed to..Reve, of Chelmesforde, for a lyne for the vaile clothe agense Lent. 1844 H. Smith tr. G. Crusius Compl. Greek. & Lat. Lexicon 304/2 A headband, a veil-cloth, a female head covering, with which the whole face could be covered. 1869 Trans. Essex Archæol. Soc. 4 314 The images were covered with veil cloths marked with red crosses. 1919 East Liverpool (Ohio) Rev. 26 Nov. 11/4 Lost—Saturday, a pair of diamond ear studs, wrapped in piece of gray veil cloth. 1965 J. E. Oxley Reformation in Essex 175 Berners, Ayloffe and Brown usually allowed churches to keep a chalice, a cope, surplices, an altar-cloth, towels and a ‘veil-cloth’ (stretched before the altar at Lent). 1989 Amer. Square Dance Apr. 16/1 The Sheik sent to the harem for a bolt of veil cloth. Each woman wound her arms and head, beginning at one hand, wrapping around the arm, looping around head and face. 2008 Feminist Rev. 89 39 A burqa..is a large veil-cloth worn on the head, which covers the entire body including the face, with a mesh screen over the eyes. < as lemmas |
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