释义 |
† buildress Obs. (or nonce-wd.) [f. builder + -ess.] A female builder.
1566J. Sandford tr. Agrippa's Van. Artes 12 b, Dido, the first buildresse of Carthage. 1650Fuller Pisgah ii. ix. §8 Sherah..the greatest Buildress in the whole Bible. 1822Blackw. Mag. XII. 657 Tragedianesses, sonneteeresses, or other ‘buildresses of the lofty rhyme’. |