window dressingn.

Brit.

/ˈwɪndə(ʊ) ˌdrɛsɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈwɪndoʊ ˌdrɛsɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: window n., dressing n.

Etymology: < window n. + dressing n. With sense 1 compare earlier dress v. 22c. With sense 2 compare earlier window dresser n. and also dress v. 22d. Compare later window dress v.

a. A frame or structure on an exterior wall surrounding a window, usually decorative and made of stone.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > architectural ornament > [noun] > door or window ornaments

frontal1578

antepagment1658

frieze-panel1678

chambranle1692

rybat1720

placard1728

window screen1772

window dressing1774

midwall shaft1872

lambrequin1883

frieze-rail-

1774 in Statutes at Large Reign George III (1776) XII. 168 That every Coping, Cornice, Facia, Window-dressing, Portico, Balcony, Balustrade, or other external Decoration or Projection whatsoever..shall externally be of Brick, Stone, Burnt Clay, or Artificial Stone [etc.].

1790 Act 30 Geo. III c. 53 §58 Copings, Cornices, Facies, Door, and Window Dressings.

1824 John Bull 31 May 183/3 Fine Portland stone window dressings.

1862 Internat. Exhib.: Illustr. Catal. Industr. Dept. II. x. §2266 These shutters may be fixed..without interfering with the existent window dressings.

1959 R. F. Weigley Quartermaster Gen. Union Army ii. iv. 76 [M. C. Meigs]..had installed iron rather than wooden door and window dressings.

2014 J. Dahl Invisible City iii. 51 The house itself is a peach-tinted stucco, with elaborate dormers and window dressings on all three floors.

b. Interior Decorating. In plural. The fittings, accessories, and decorative elements on or around a window, such as curtains, shutters, pelmets, etc.

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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > window or door > parts of windows > [noun] > fittings or ornaments of windows

windowing1612

window treatment1874

window dressing1894

1894 Decorator & Furnisher Nov. 84/1 We are beyond precedent without a rival in these superb fabrics known as window dressings.

1903 Harper's Bazar Aug. 754 Over-elaborate lace-trimmed window-dressings..are likely to degenerate into the merely ostentatious.

1975 Winterthur Portfolio 10 69/1 This pictorial essay presents a selection of representative nineteenth-century window dressings.

2012 D. S. Boyer & H. Tabandeh Macular Degeneration vi. 87 Having furniture, tables, walls, and window dressings all in a neutral color palette can make it difficult to distinguish items.

2. The arrangement of an attractive display of goods in a shop window; a display of this type.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > selling > [noun] > shopkeeping or shopwork > window-dressing

window trimming1842

dressing1843

window dressing1850

1850 Times 25 May 9/4 (advt.) Wanted, a clever, pushing, business man, as salesman, &c, and who understands window dressing.

1895 Daily News 17 Oct. 5/4 Prizes are to be given to tradesmen for the best display of what is called window dressing.

1939 M. Hoffman Sculpt. Inside & Out i. vi. 91 The commercial artist's province is more in line with advertising, fashions, and window dressing.

1977 Irish Times 8 Oct. 10/6 Why is it I wonder that..the shop window dressing is so appalling?

2012 J. V. Cinchett Vintage Tampa Storefronts & Scenes 7 The elaborate window dressings found in the many department stores lining downtown's sidewalks.

3. figurative.

a. The manipulation of a balance sheet or portfolio by a company, organization, or financial institution so as to give a false impression of a strong financial position.

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the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > defrauding or swindling > [noun] > instance or piece of

lurch1533

fool-finder1685

chouse1708

swindle1778

swindling1814

do1821

shave1834

steal1872

fiddle1874

diddle1885

ramp1888

tweedle1890

take-down1892

window dressing1892

gyp1898

bobol1907

flanker1923

hype1926

have-on1931

chizz1953

scam1963

rip-off1968

rip1971

society > trade and finance > management of money > keeping accounts > [noun] > book-keeping > misleading

window dressing1892

creative accounting1967

creative accountancy1981

1892 Standard 15 June 7/1 The Joint Stock and other Banks will require, perhaps half a million, perhaps more, for ‘window dressing’ in the half-yearly balance-sheets.

1898 Westm. Gaz. 24 Sept. 6/1 [The finances of Chili] are..in a chaotic state despite all the elegant window-dressing.

1939 Scotsman 28 Dec. 2/1 It is the deposit banks..which by their ‘window-dressing’ of end-year balance-sheets make these end year adjustments in money necessary.

1977 Guardian 13 Aug. 16/5 Justice authorities charged the Geneva branch manager of the Union Bank..with helping in the ‘window dressing’ of the books.

2014 C. Fullenkamp & C. Rochon Reconsidering Bank Capital Regulation iv. 19 Several instances of ‘window dressing’ on the part of financial institutions were discovered.

b. Something employed as a superficial or cosmetic addition or alteration, esp. something intended to create a falsely favourable or attractive impression.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > semblance, outward show > [noun]

hue971

glozea1300

showingc1300

coloura1325

illusionc1340

frontc1374

simulationc1380

visage1390

cheera1393

sign?a1425

countenance?c1425

study?c1430

cloak1526

false colour1531

visure1531

face1542

masquery?1544

show1547

gloss1548

glass1552

affectation1561

colourableness1571

fashion1571

personage?1571

ostentation1607

disguise1632

lustrementa1641

grimace1655

varnish1662

masquerade1674

guisea1677

whitewash1730

varnish1743

maya1789

vraisemblance1802

Japan1856

veneering1865

veneer1868

affectedness1873

candy coating1885

simulance1885

window dressing1903

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > semblance, outward show > [noun] > creating fair appearance

colouring?1435

cloaking1513

disguising1587

varnishment1593

fucation1612

artinga1620

veneering1808

duffing1826

whitewash1882

window dressing1903

1903 Citizen (Gloucester) 5 Nov. 3/2 Many Unionist M.P.'s will be glad of delay for the ‘window dressing’—by which I mean the passing of small popular measures and the lowering of taxation which generally precurse distributions.

1939 N.Y. Times 10 Oct. 4/5 The conference and agreement apparently were merely window dressing for the German ‘peace offensive’.

1974 A. J. P. Taylor Let. 9 June in Lett. to Eva (1991) 188 We are being put on purely as window-dressing. Once they get their contracts, I expect the show will be killed.

2009 ‘R. Keeland’ tr. S. Larsson Girl who played with Fire v. 88 The law is pure window-dressing. It isn't enforced.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	window dressing
释义	window dressingn. Brit. /ˈwɪndə(ʊ) ˌdrɛsɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈwɪndoʊ ˌdrɛsɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: window n., dressing n. Etymology: < window n. + dressing n. With sense 1 compare earlier dress v. 22c. With sense 2 compare earlier window dresser n. and also dress v. 22d. Compare later window dress v. 1. a. A frame or structure on an exterior wall surrounding a window, usually decorative and made of stone. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > architectural ornament > [noun] > door or window ornaments frontal1578 antepagment1658 frieze-panel1678 chambranle1692 rybat1720 placard1728 window screen1772 window dressing1774 midwall shaft1872 lambrequin1883 frieze-rail- 1774 in Statutes at Large Reign George III (1776) XII. 168 That every Coping, Cornice, Facia, Window-dressing, Portico, Balcony, Balustrade, or other external Decoration or Projection whatsoever..shall externally be of Brick, Stone, Burnt Clay, or Artificial Stone [etc.]. 1790 Act 30 Geo. III c. 53 §58 Copings, Cornices, Facies, Door, and Window Dressings. 1824 John Bull 31 May 183/3 Fine Portland stone window dressings. 1862 Internat. Exhib.: Illustr. Catal. Industr. Dept. II. x. §2266 These shutters may be fixed..without interfering with the existent window dressings. 1959 R. F. Weigley Quartermaster Gen. Union Army ii. iv. 76 [M. C. Meigs]..had installed iron rather than wooden door and window dressings. 2014 J. Dahl Invisible City iii. 51 The house itself is a peach-tinted stucco, with elaborate dormers and window dressings on all three floors. b. Interior Decorating. In plural. The fittings, accessories, and decorative elements on or around a window, such as curtains, shutters, pelmets, etc. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > window or door > parts of windows > [noun] > fittings or ornaments of windows windowing1612 window treatment1874 window dressing1894 1894 Decorator & Furnisher Nov. 84/1 We are beyond precedent without a rival in these superb fabrics known as window dressings. 1903 Harper's Bazar Aug. 754 Over-elaborate lace-trimmed window-dressings..are likely to degenerate into the merely ostentatious. 1975 Winterthur Portfolio 10 69/1 This pictorial essay presents a selection of representative nineteenth-century window dressings. 2012 D. S. Boyer & H. Tabandeh Macular Degeneration vi. 87 Having furniture, tables, walls, and window dressings all in a neutral color palette can make it difficult to distinguish items. 2. The arrangement of an attractive display of goods in a shop window; a display of this type. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > selling > [noun] > shopkeeping or shopwork > window-dressing window trimming1842 dressing1843 window dressing1850 1850 Times 25 May 9/4 (advt.) Wanted, a clever, pushing, business man, as salesman, &c, and who understands window dressing. 1895 Daily News 17 Oct. 5/4 Prizes are to be given to tradesmen for the best display of what is called window dressing. 1939 M. Hoffman Sculpt. Inside & Out i. vi. 91 The commercial artist's province is more in line with advertising, fashions, and window dressing. 1977 Irish Times 8 Oct. 10/6 Why is it I wonder that..the shop window dressing is so appalling? 2012 J. V. Cinchett Vintage Tampa Storefronts & Scenes 7 The elaborate window dressings found in the many department stores lining downtown's sidewalks. 3. figurative. a. The manipulation of a balance sheet or portfolio by a company, organization, or financial institution so as to give a false impression of a strong financial position. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > defrauding or swindling > [noun] > instance or piece of lurch1533 fool-finder1685 chouse1708 swindle1778 swindling1814 do1821 shave1834 steal1872 fiddle1874 diddle1885 ramp1888 tweedle1890 take-down1892 window dressing1892 gyp1898 bobol1907 flanker1923 hype1926 have-on1931 chizz1953 scam1963 rip-off1968 rip1971 society > trade and finance > management of money > keeping accounts > [noun] > book-keeping > misleading window dressing1892 creative accounting1967 creative accountancy1981 1892 Standard 15 June 7/1 The Joint Stock and other Banks will require, perhaps half a million, perhaps more, for ‘window dressing’ in the half-yearly balance-sheets. 1898 Westm. Gaz. 24 Sept. 6/1 [The finances of Chili] are..in a chaotic state despite all the elegant window-dressing. 1939 Scotsman 28 Dec. 2/1 It is the deposit banks..which by their ‘window-dressing’ of end-year balance-sheets make these end year adjustments in money necessary. 1977 Guardian 13 Aug. 16/5 Justice authorities charged the Geneva branch manager of the Union Bank..with helping in the ‘window dressing’ of the books. 2014 C. Fullenkamp & C. Rochon Reconsidering Bank Capital Regulation iv. 19 Several instances of ‘window dressing’ on the part of financial institutions were discovered. b. Something employed as a superficial or cosmetic addition or alteration, esp. something intended to create a falsely favourable or attractive impression. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > semblance, outward show > [noun] hue971 glozea1300 showingc1300 coloura1325 illusionc1340 frontc1374 simulationc1380 visage1390 cheera1393 sign?a1425 countenance?c1425 study?c1430 cloak1526 false colour1531 visure1531 face1542 masquery?1544 show1547 gloss1548 glass1552 affectation1561 colourableness1571 fashion1571 personage?1571 ostentation1607 disguise1632 lustrementa1641 grimace1655 varnish1662 masquerade1674 guisea1677 whitewash1730 varnish1743 maya1789 vraisemblance1802 Japan1856 veneering1865 veneer1868 affectedness1873 candy coating1885 simulance1885 window dressing1903 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > semblance, outward show > [noun] > creating fair appearance colouring?1435 cloaking1513 disguising1587 varnishment1593 fucation1612 artinga1620 veneering1808 duffing1826 whitewash1882 window dressing1903 1903 Citizen (Gloucester) 5 Nov. 3/2 Many Unionist M.P.'s will be glad of delay for the ‘window dressing’—by which I mean the passing of small popular measures and the lowering of taxation which generally precurse distributions. 1939 N.Y. Times 10 Oct. 4/5 The conference and agreement apparently were merely window dressing for the German ‘peace offensive’. 1974 A. J. P. Taylor Let. 9 June in Lett. to Eva (1991) 188 We are being put on purely as window-dressing. Once they get their contracts, I expect the show will be killed. 2009 ‘R. Keeland’ tr. S. Larsson Girl who played with Fire v. 88 The law is pure window-dressing. It isn't enforced. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1774
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