| 释义 |
wincey|ˈwɪnsɪ|
Also winsey, -ie. Pl. -eys, occas. -ies.
[orig. Sc.; app. alteration of woolsey in linsey-woolsey, through the medium of the assimilated form *linsey-winsey.]
A very durable cloth having a linen warp and a woollen weft. (occas. A garment made of this.) Also attrib.
1808Jamieson, Winsey, adj. Of or belonging to wool... Cotton-winsey denotes what is made of cotton and wool; Linen-winsey, of linen and wool, linsey-woolsey. 1810J. Duff Poems (1816) 2 Her winsies war made by sweet Modesty's rule. 1858E. B. Ramsay Remin. v. (1859) 161 A striped wincey apron. 1862Cornh. Mag. Nov. 695 Some wincey and a number of pieces of coburg. 1862Catal. Internat. Exhib., Brit. II. No. 4032, Dress wincies. 1893Mrs. C. Praed Outlaw & Lawmaker xi, All varieties, from the honest brown and grey wincey to the Park turn-out. 1907Mrs. C. Kernahan Fraud iv. 29 She..wore a brown winsey dress. |