| 释义 |
[habenry
Inferred from: ‘Habenries, architectural decorations of some kind, but the exact meaning of the term does not appear to be known. It occurs in Chaucer, some copies reading barbicans’ (Halliwell). The source is Chaucer's House of Fame 1189 (= iii. 99), where Skeat, by emendation, reads ‘Babewinnes’ (see baboon 1), MSS. and early printed edd. having various misreadings: MS. Bodl. Rabewynnes, MS. Pepys Babeweuries, edd. 1532 (Thynne), 1598 (Speght) babeuries, 1602 (Speght) habeuries, 1721 (Urry) Barbicans.
1882Ogilvie, Habenry, a barbican; a corner turret. [So Cent. Dict.] 1888Cassell's Encycl. Dict. [following Halliwell].] |