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单词 pelure
释义 I. peˈlure1, ˈpellure Obs.
Forms: 4–5 pellure, pelure, pellour, pelour(e, pelur, (4 peolour, pelore, pellere, 5 peloer, pillour).
[a. AF. pellure (14th c.), in OF. peleure, pelure, f. pel, in mod.F. peau:—L. pell-em skin, fur: see -ure.]
Fur, esp. as used for the lining or trimming of a garment; furred garments collectively, furs.
c1325in Rel. Ant. II. 19 Hir wede, Purfiled with pellour doun to the teon.c1330R. Brunne Chron. Wace (Rolls) 11195 Oþer pelure ynowe þer were..Lomb or boge, conyng or hare.1370Robt. Cicyle 267 Ther was never ȝyt pellere half so fyne.c1400Beryn 3928 A mantell..I-furrid with peloure.1475Bk. Noblesse (Roxb.) 80 The usaige of pellure and furres they have expresselie put away.
Hence pelured a. Obs., adorned with fur, furred; pelury Obs. = pelure.
c1400St. Alexius (Laud 622) 398 Ciclatounes þat weren of prijs, Pelured wiþ Ermyne and wiþ grijs, Alle she cast away.1460Lybeaus Disc. 875 Her mantyll was rosyne, Pelvred wyth ermyne.c1460Launfal 237 Har manteles wer of grene felwet,..I-pelvred with grys and gro.c1470Harding Chron. lxxiv. xiii, All in graye of pelury pre⁓ordinate, That was full riche, accordyng to their estate.
II. pelure2|pəlyr|
[F. pelure, OF. peleüre, f. peler to peel, lit. peeling.]
1. Paper as thin as an onion peeling. Usually pelure-paper.
1887Postage Stamps of Australia & Oceania 78 New Zealand..Issue III. Upon very thin greyish paper (the pelure of catalogues).Ibid., Issue IV. The paper..is sometimes as thin as the so-called pelure-paper of Issue III.1891‘Phil’ Penny Postage Jubilee xiii. 204–5 Then we have ribbed, quadrillé, pelure, bâtonné, etc., papers... Pelure is somewhat of a thin hard and crisp texture.
2. pelure d'oignon |dɔŋɔ̃| [lit. ‘onion-skin’], a tawny colour in wines; a wine of this colour; spec. the name of a wine produced in the Jura region of France; also attrib.
1935Schoonmaker & Marvel Compl. Wine Bk. i. 46 The red and pelure d'oignon wines of Arbois were among the many life-long favourites of that..lover of charming ladies and good wines—Henri IV.Ibid. viii. 188 A good red wine is red, a deep crimson when young,..a rather more delicate red when old, with that faint but unmistakable brownish tinge which the French call ‘pelure d'oignon’.1951H. W. Allen Natural Red Wines vii. 263 The depth and brightness of its divine reds, purples and browns, the perfect example of the pelure d'oignon hue.1952A. Lichine Wines of France xiii. 175 When old, the red Hermitages are enormously rich in aroma and after-taste... Instead of having the complete red spectrum, the wines have a brownish tinge, which the French call pelure d'oignon, or onion skin.1962Harper's Bazaar Oct. 159/2 You will also find some unexpected Rhône wines..and Pelure d'Oignon (onion skin colour).1965A. Sichel Penguin Bk. Wines iii. 160 The best red wine of the Jura..is light in colour and is often referred to as ‘pelure d'oignon’—onion skin.1965O. A. Mendelsohn Dict. Drink 255 Pelure d'oignon,..used to denote the characteristic shiny brown hue that aged red wines may acquire.1967P. Purser Twentymen xxvii. 187 The day's third bottle of Pelure d'Oignon, beaded with condensation from the refrigerator.1971Guardian 12 Nov. 9/3 The Montrichard..is a pale pink—nearer the rosy yellow of pelure d'oignon than red.1976‘J. Fraser’ Who steals my Name? xvi. 188 Aveyard examined his crystal glass appreciatively, then replenished it with the delicious Pelure d'Oignon Rosé wine.
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