释义 |
pap-boat [f. pap n.2 + boat n. 2 a.] 1. A boat-shaped vessel for holding pap for feeding infants.
1782F. Burney Cecilia vi. viii, I have a vast inclination to get a pap-boat myself, and make him a present of it. 1854Thackeray Rose & Ring iii, [She] merely sent her compliments and a silver papboat for the baby. 2. A shell of the family Turbinellidæ, as Turbinella rapha, used on the Malabar coast to hold anointing oil.
1886in Cassell's Encycl. Dict. |