A wand, rod, or staff carried as a symbol of office, authority, etc.; hence in figurative phrase under the yard, under (the) rule or discipline (of)…
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| 释义 | society > authority > subjection > in or into subjection [phrase] > under control > under the rule or control of (3) under the yardc1275 A wand, rod, or staff carried as a symbol of office, authority, etc.; hence in figurative phrase under the yard, under (the) rule or discipline (of)… under the wandc1400 under the wand: liable to corporal correction. Hence (with influence of sense 6), subject to (the) rule (of a person): = medieval Latin sub virga… (to have, hold) under one's girdle1541 In various phrases and proverbial sayings. girdle of chastity = chastity belt n.; girdle of Venus: see Venus, n.1 9. |
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