| 释义 |
Moab University slang. ? Obs.|ˈməʊæb|
[See quot.; at Winchester College Moab is the name for the lavatories.]
A kind of hat: see quot. 1865.
1865Slang. Dict., Moab, a name applied to the turban-shaped hat fashionable among ladies, and ladylike swells of the other sex, in 1858–9. From the Scripture phrase ‘Moab is my washpot’ (Ps. lx. 8), which article the hat in question is supposed to resemble.—University. 1884Graphic 20 Sept. 307/2 His stiff brown ‘Moab’ of the newest fashion. |