| 释义 |
plumage|ˈpluːmɪdʒ|
Also 5 plomage, 7 plummage.
[a. OF. plumage (14th c., plumaige, in Littré), f. plume plume: see -age.]
1. Feathers collectively; the natural covering of a bird.
1481Caxton Myrr. ii. xvi. 102 The pecock..is moche prowde of his fair fethers and plumage. 1486[see mail n.1 5]. 1630Drayton Noah's Flood Wks. (1748) 467/1 Pruning his plumage, cleansing every quill. 1678Phillips (ed. 4), Plumage, a term in Hawking for the Feathers under a Hawks Wing. 1742Gray Spring 47 No painted plumage to display. 1801Strutt Sports & Past. ii. i. 54 We are not..to conclude, that the goose alone afforded the plumage for the arrows. 1859Darwin Orig. Spec. i. (1873) 16 The period at which the perfect plumage is acquired varies.
fig.1852Mrs. Stowe Uncle Tom's C. xvi, While she was thinking what to say, Marie gradually wiped away her tears, and smoothed her plumage in a general sort of way.
†b. spec. in Falconry. Feathers given to a hawk as a casting (casting vbl. n. 3 c). Obs.
1486Bk. St. Albans A iij b, Euer fede hir with vnwassh meet and looke that hir castyng be plumage. 1575Turberv. Falconrie 117 Giue hir casting or plumage agayne according as hir state dothe require. 1633Latham Falconry Words Art Expl., Plummage are small downy feathers which the Hawke takes, or are giuen her for casting.
2. fig.
a. In reference to the use of plumes.
1805Wordsw. Prelude vi. 296 All the strength and plumage of thy youth. 1823Scott Peveril xii, This expression of liberality and trust..gave full plumage to Mistress Deborah's hopes. 1862Goulburn Pers. Relig. ix. (1873) 327 The false plumage of an expiation.
b. Jocularly applied to dress.
1895Rashdall Univ. Europe I. 22 The Doctor of Music, who in spite of his gorgeous plumage is not a member of Convocation.
3. A bunch or tuft of feathers used as an ornament; a plume. Now rare.
1656Blount Glossogr., Plumage, feathers or a bunch of feathers. 1677Lond. Gaz. No. 1206/1 Having Scarlet, and other fine Coats, all richly laced, and bearing very rich Plumages, Scarfs, and Embroidered Belts. 1738Glover Leonidas i. 400 The purple plumage nods. 1858Carlyle Fredk. Gt. ix. x. (1872) III. 174 Nothing of the soldier but the epaulettes and plumages.
4. attrib. and Comb., as plumage-stitch (Embroidery), a stitch or arrangement of stitching designed to imitate plumage; plumage-work: see quot. 1886.
1886Lady Alford Needlework as Art vi. 207 The ‘Opus Plumarium’ is one of the most ancient groups, and includes all flat stitches... I propose to restore its original title of plumage work. 1901L. F. Day & Mary Buckle Art in Needlework vii. (ed. 2) 62 [Feather-stitch] is not to be confounded with what is called ‘plumage-stitch’, which..is a version of satin-stitch. Ibid. x. 100 The worker adapts..the length of the stitch to the work to be done, directing it also according to the form to be expressed, and so arrives,..by way of satin-stitch, at what is called plumage-stitch. |