单词 | wantel |
释义 | † wanteln. Obsolete. A rope or band used to fasten the pack on a packsaddle or a load on the back of a horse; = wanty n. 2.Quot. 1599 may have the sense ‘a bundle, a pack’, perhaps arising from a misapprehension of Percyvall's Bibliotheca Hispanica (1591) which defines ‘garrote’ as ‘A cudgell to winde a cord, as Carriers do to packe with, Fustis quo funem torquent in ligandis sarcinis.’ ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > a journey > [noun] > luggage > used by pilgrims, beggars, etc. scripc1300 shripc1300 walletc1405 sherpe1426 wantel1536 bundle handkerchief1884 turkey1893 bindle1925 1536 Inventory 21 Oct. in J. M. Bestall & D. V. Fowkes Chesterfield Wills & Inventories 1521–1603 (1977) 14 Paksadula and wantals. 1563 T. Newbery Diues Pragmaticus sig. Bij I haue Harnesse Helmets Mayle cotes and Iackes, Gyrt webbes and Gyrtes, Sacke cloth and Sackes: Panyers for Pedders, and wantels for packes. 1599 J. Minsheu Percyvall's Dict. Spanish & Eng. at Garróte A cudgell to winde a cord as carriers do to packe their wantels with. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1536 |
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