单词 | window-leaf |
释义 | > as lemmaswindow-leaf window-leaf n. [compare leaf n.1 7b] now rare each of a pair shutters for a window; usually in plural. ΚΠ 1466 in E. Hobhouse Church-wardens' Accts. (1890) 104 For angyng of wyndow-levys in the treser-howse vjd. c1547 MS Harl. 1419 f. 58 Twoo wyndowe leves. 1628 Inventory in E. Lega-Weekes Some Stud. in Topogr. Cathedral Close, Exeter (1915) 52 Wth casements, glasse dorrs & lockes & kayes, wth two Window leaves in the kitchen. 1758 W. Borlase Nat. Hist. Cornwall 57 In the Smith's shop the window-leaves shook, and the slating of the house cracked. 1959 R. Howard tr. A. Robbe-Grillet Jealousy in Two Novels (1965) 62 Between the two window-leaves, as through the half-open right one, is framed the left side of the courtyard. < as lemmas |
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