| 释义 |
† mamelle Obs.
Also mammill.
[a. F. mamelle:—L. mamilla, dim. of mamma breast.]
A woman's breast. Also fig.
c1430Hymns Virg. (1867) 1 Thi mammillis, moder, ful weel y meene, Y had to my meete þat y myȝt not mys. 1483Caxton Gold. Leg. 135 b/2 Thenne Quyncianus..comanded that her brestis and mamellis shold be drawen & cutte of. Ibid. 419/1 Nourysshed by the pappes and mamellys of the Scrypture of holy chyrche. |