单词 | well-harnessed |
释义 | well-harnessedadj. Now historical and rare. Esp. of a soldier: well armed or equipped. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > arming or equipping with weapons > [adjective] weaponedc1000 armedc1300 well-armedc1300 well-weaponeda1325 armed to the teethc1380 well-steeledc1390 warlikec1420 anarm1426 boden1429 well-harnesseda1450 geared1488 well-geared1488 well-boden1496 warly1508 enarmedc1540 burled1616 undisarmed1649 of (good) force1697 tooled up1959 weaponized1973 a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Hist. Holy Grail xliv. l. 638 (MED) Ful wel Iharneysed tho they were. c1450 (?a1400) T. Chestre Sir Launfal (1930) l. 377 (MED) Þan come þer þorwgh þe cyte ten Well yharneysyth men. 1481 R. Cely Let. 26 Jan. in Cely Lett. (1975) 103 I treste to Jhesu that I am whelharnest to kepe London wyth. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) 1 Macc. iv. 7 They sawe that the Heithen were mightie and wel harnessed. 1606 G. W. tr. Justinus Hist. xxxviii. 121 The Scithians besides that they be well harnessed, and well harted. 1677 G. Miege New Dict. French & Eng. ii. sig. Y2/3 A Souldier well harnessed, un Soldat bien armé de pié en cap. 1829 S. Turner Hist. Reigns Edward VIth, Mary, & Elizabeth (ed. 2) III. ix. 283 He sent to the London magistracy for the immediate levy of one thousand well-harnessed men. 1996 M. Bush Pilgrimage of Grace iii. 83 Harry Lytherland..had sent to the Yorkshire host an unspecified number of well-harnessed men. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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