| 释义 |
ˈmortar-board
[f. mortar n.2 + board n.]
1. A board for holding mortar: (a) see quot. 1876; (b) the small square board on which a bricklayer carries mortar; = hawk n.3
1876Papworth in Encycl. Brit. IV. 457 (art. Building) The mortar is placed on ledged boards about 3 feet square..; and the bricks are strewn on the scaffold between the mortar boards. 1882Young Every Man his own Mech. §1141 The mortar-board..is held in the left hand by the handle below while pointing.
2. A popular name for the academic or college cap, which consists of a stiffened head-piece surmounted by a square of ‘board’, the whole being covered with black cloth.
1854‘C. Bede’ Verdant Green ii. iii, ‘I don't mind this ere mortar-board’,..as he pointed to the academical cap. |