(a) Black cloth used for mourning garments or draperies; garments made of this cloth; also figurative. (b) Black colour, as a symbol of death and…
| 单词 | θ17439 |
| 释义 | the world > life > death > obsequies > formal or ceremonial mourning > [noun] > mourning drapery (7) mourning blacka1425 (a) Black cloth used for mourning garments or draperies; garments made of this cloth; also figurative. (b) Black colour, as a symbol of death and… mournings1634 In plural. Now chiefly Scottish and English regional (northern). mourning1663 The dress or customary clothes (in Western society usually black) worn by mourners. Also: the black draperies placed on furniture, the walls of… mortcloth1837 Funeral hangings. Obsolete. rare. Subcategories:— type of (2) — type of cloth (1) |
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