| 释义 |
† rug gown Obs.
[f. rug n.2]
1. A gown made of rug.
1558Lanc. Wills (Chetham Soc.) II. 114 That six poor men..shall have every of theme a black rugge gowne. 1591Florio 2nd Fruites 7 A night gown of chamlet, a rugge gown. 1611Tourneur Ath. Trag. ii. v, The Gentleman tooke the dog in shagge-haire to be some Watch-man in a rugge gowne. 1639Horn & Rob. Gate Lang. Unl. xlvii. §517 Cloakes, rug-gownes, and the like outermost garments, we put on uppermost. 1657R. Ligon Barbadoes (1673) 44 Rug Gowns, such as poor people wear in Hospitals.
2. One wearing a rug gown; spec. a watchman.
1619Fletcher Mons. Thomas iv. ii, Down comes a Constable, and the Sow... A whole stand of rug gowns rowted manly And the Kings peace put to flight. 1646J. Hall Horæ Vac. 9 What a grand ornament our Gentry would Soon loose, if every rug-gown might be bold To rail at such Heroick feats?
Hence † ˈrug-gowned a. Obs.
c1622Fletcher Prophetess ii. ii, I had rather meet An enemy in the field, than stand thus nodding Like to a rug⁓gown'd Watch-man. 1624Massinger Renegado v. ii, With as much ease..As ever gallants..Have set upon a drunken constable, And bore him from a sleepy rug-gown'd watch.
transf.1630J. Taylor (Water P.) Wks. ii. 259/2 The Peare, the Apple, and the rug-gown'd Peache. |