| 释义 |
† ˈwalland, a. dial. Obs.
[Of obscure origin.
The E. Anglian glossary is prob. correct in reading walland as one word, not wall and as printed in Bloomfield's poem. Cf. the Yorkshire wallband whip, ‘a whip of plaited leather thongs’ (Eng. Dial. Dict.).]
(See quot. 1895.)
1802Bloomfield Rur. Tales, Richard & Kate 29 She straight slipp'd off the Wall and Band. 1895E. Angl. Gloss. (citing Rev. E. S. Taylor), Walland band, the leather used in spinning. |