| 释义 |
Turk's head
[Turk n.1]
†1. The Melon-thistle; = Turk's cap 3; also called Englishman's head, pope's head. Obs.
1725Sloane Jamaica II. 159 Turks head. This has a great many..roots,..which send up a very strange plant, or masse. 1760J. Lee Introd. Bot. App. 330 Turk's Head, Cactus.
2. Naut. An ornamental knot resembling a turban.
1833Marryat P. Simple vi, Whether something should not be fitted with a mouse or only a Turk's head. c1860H. Stuart Seaman's Catech. 5 The train tackles are fitted with a Turk's head on the standing part. 1909Blackw. Mag. Apr. 536/2 He could work a Turk's head, cover a manrope, or point a lashing for the cabin table.
3. A round long-handled broom or brush; also called pope's head.
1859F. S. Cooper Ironmongers' Catal. 34 Turks' Heads. 1889Huxley in 19th Cent. XX. 102 Phyllis, gracefully wielding her long-handled ‘Turk's head’.
4. (See quot.) ? Obs.
1853Ure Dict. Arts I. 345 This colour is generally known by the name of solitaire bistre, and sometimes turks-head.
5. A round pan for baking cake, having a conical core in the centre.
1891in Cent. Dict.
6. attrib. and Comb., as Turk's-head besom, Turk's head broom, Turk's head brush (= 3); Turk's-head grass, Lagurus ovatus, having a rounded inflorescence; hare's-tail grass.
1851Regul. R. Engineers xix. 95 The bore must be well brushed out..with a Turks-head brush. 1853Lytton My Novel x. xx, Dick was all for sweeping away other cobwebs,..he saw a great Turk's-head besom poked up at his own. 1882Garden 14 Jan. 28/3 Lagurus ovatus (the Turk's-head Grass) is one of the most distinct kinds, as well as one of the best for keeping purposes. 1910Chron. Lond. Mission. Soc. Mar. 44/1 What looks more like a turks-head broom than anything else. |