单词 | mitre |
释义 | Word Frequency mitre or US miter (ˈmaɪtə) noun 1. Christianity the liturgical headdress of a bishop or abbot, in most western churches consisting of a tall pointed cleft cap with two bands hanging down at the back 2. short for mitre joint 3. a bevelled surface of a mitre joint 4. (in sewing) a diagonal join where the hems along two sides meet at a corner of the fabric verb (transitive) 5. to make a mitre joint between (two pieces of material, esp wood) 6. to make a mitre in (a fabric) 7. to confer a mitre upon a mitred abbot Word origin C14: from Old French, from Latin mitra, from Greek mitra turban |
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