| 释义 |
red lattice Obs. exc. arch.
A lattice painted red as the mark of an alehouse or inn; hence transf. an alehouse, tavern, inn.
1575–97[see lattice 1 b]. 1612Breton Wits Private Wealth (1879) 11/2 The world goes hard with pride, when a Lady lyes at a red Lattice. 163.,1689[see lattice 1 b]. a1704T. Brown Wks. (1708) III. ii. 107 Drinking burnt Brandy..at the next Red Lattice.
attrib.1598Shakes. Merry W. ii. ii. 28 Your Cat-a-Mountaine-lookes, your red-lattice phrases. 1827Hor. Smith Tor Hill (1838) II. 191, I will not be letted by any such red-lattice swaggerer. |