单词 | chantepleure |
释义 | chantepleuren. 1. A mixture or alternation of joy and sorrow, esp. as a literary image or device. rare after 16th cent.Now only with reference to medieval literature. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > joy, gladness, or delight > [noun] > mixture of joy and sorrow chantepleurec1425 merry-go-sorry1599 society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poem or piece of poetry > other types of poem > [noun] > sad poem > poem combining joy and sorrow chantepleurec1425 c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) ii. l. 914 Conformyng hem to þe chauntplure [emended in ed. to chaunteplure], Now to synge & sodeinly to wepe. a1450 (c1375) G. Chaucer Anelida & Arcite (Tanner 346) (1878) l. 320 I fare as dothe the songe of chaunteplure [a1500 Harl. 7333 Chaunte pleure] For now I pleyn and now I pley. 1554 Lydgate's Falles Most Notable Princes (new ed.) i. vii. f. xi/1 It is not like to the chauntepleure Ginning with ioy, ending in wretchednesse. 1997 H. A. Kelly Chaucerian Trag. (2000) iv. 167 Perhaps he [sc. Lydgate] regarded the chantepleure as the lyric counterpart to the narrative form of tragedy. 2004 ELH 71 533 Lydgate might have encountered the chantepleure in a variety of French texts. ΚΠ 1714 tr. French Bk. of Rates 38 Chante Pleures, or Woodden Gods, 02 00 per 100 Weight. 3. A type of medieval watering pot, in the form of a (long-necked) earthenware jug with holes in the bottom, formerly sometimes used as a badge or heraldic device indicative of sorrow. historical.The chantepleure was immersed in water to fill it, then the thumb placed over the neck hole, keeping the water in by means of suction. When the thumb was removed, the water flowed out through the holes in the bottom. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > equipment and buildings > [noun] > watering apparatus watering pot1448 water-pot1530 garden pot1548 watering can1685 watering pan1702 spout head1733 garden engine1744 chantepleure1842 waterer1884 1842 T. Ewbank Descriptive & Hist. Acct. Hydraul. & Other Machines for raising Water App. 567 His widow, as a symbol of her distress.., adopted the chantepleure or garden pot as an heraldic device. 1867 Art-Jrnl. Aug. 181/3 Valentine took for device the watering-pot (chantepleure) between two letters S. 1907 Archaeologia 60 428 The occurrence of a similar badge..suggests that this sheath may itself have been made at some time of conspicuous bereavement,..for the chantepleure is not likely to have been selected at random at a period when its symbolic meaning was a matter of common knowledge. 1975 Secular Spirit (Metrop. Mus. Art, N.Y.) 105/1 (caption) Two types of watering pots were familiar to the medieval household, of which the present example, known as a chantepleure, was the more usual. 2012 R. Moss Dreaming Soul back Home xiii. 220 I..stumbled upon the mysterious word from my ‘old’ dream—chantepleure. There was a picture of one in the book: a long-necked globular vessel spouting large tear-shaped drops from multiple holes in the bottom. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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