| 释义 |
‖ poˈsteen, poˈstīn
Also erron. poshteen, -tin.
[Pers. postīn leathern, f. pōst skin, hide.]
‘An Afghan leathern pelisse, generally of sheepskin with the fleece on’ (Yule).
1815Elphinstone Acc. Caubul (1842) II. 59 At that season, they also wear brown and Grey woollen great coats, and posteens. 1862Punjab Trade Rep. 65 (Y.) Otter skins from the Hills and Kashmir, worn as Postīns by the Yarkandis. 1882B. M. Croker Proper Pride II. ii. 25 The head-man of [an Afghan] village, in a richly-embroidered poshteen. 1895Kipling Day's Work (1898) 212 William, wrapped in a poshteen—silk-embroidered sheepskin jacket trimmed with rough astrakhan—looked out with moist eyes and nostrils that dilated joyously. 1904Blue bk. Papers relating to Thibet, We would recommend that both escort and support should have clothing on winter scale with poshtins for sentries. 1910Encycl. Brit. I. 314/1 Poshtins (sheepskin clothing) and the many varieties of camel and goat's hair cloth..are still the chief local products of that part of Afghanistan. 1961P. Fleming Bayonets to Lhasa xi. 151 Saved from death by his thick poshteen. 1973‘W. Haggard’ Old Masters viii. 99 Bentinck was wearing moleskin trousers and..a sort of poshteen which would keep out the cold. |