| 释义 |
† cat-band Sc. Obs.
‘A bar or iron for securing a door; a chain drawn across a street for defence’ (Jam.). The exact sense is doubtful.
1650Row Hist. Kirk (1842) 507 Also the toun..made catbands of yron to hold off horses, brought the canons..within the toune, &c. a1670Spalding Troub. Chas. I (1829) 80 To make preparations for defence..to big up their own back gates, closes, and ports, have their catbands in readiness. 1671Acts of Sederunt 11 Feb. (Jam.) In case they have not sufficient catbands upon the doors of their prisons. |