| 单词 | bum roll |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbum roll bum roll n. now historical a stuffed pad tied around the waist beneath a skirt, gown, or petticoat to accentuate the shape of the hips or buttocks; cf. bustle n.2 ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > underwear > [noun] > contrivance for expanding skirts > bustle, pads, or cushion bum roll1602 roll1602 Scotch bum1607 Scotch fall1607 rump roll1707 rump1710 bustle1786 bustler1787 cushion1806 dress improver1842 improver1844 bishopa1860 tournure1872 1602 B. Jonson Poetaster ii. i. sig. Cv Before I disbast my selfe, from my Hood and my Fartingall, to these Bumrowles, and your Whale-bone Bodies. View more context for this quotation 1664 T. Killigrew Parsons Wedding iii. v, in Comedies & Trag. 117 Those vertues rais'd her from the flat Peticote, and Kercher, to the Gorget and Bum-roll. 1807 D. Hughson London IV. 553 Those dresses had been distinguished by an extension of the hips with fox-tails and bum-rolls. 1954 R. Davies Enthusiasms (1991) 155 This might be a bolster of horsehair, tied around the waist, and called a ‘hausse-cul’ in Europe, or a ‘bum-roll’ in England. 2013 B. Purdy Queen's Rivals 102 Sewing women flocked around my sisters, layering on the petticoats..and strapping on the padded bum rolls to lend an added fullness to their hips. < as lemmas |
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