An image or picture of a lion. (A favourite sign for inns and taverns: usually Red, White, Golden, etc. Lion.)
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| 释义 | the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > drinking place > [noun] > tavern or public house > tavern sign (23) lion?a1366 An image or picture of a lion. (A favourite sign for inns and taverns: usually Red, White, Golden, etc. Lion.) ale stake1396 A stake or post set up as the sign for a public house or tavern, originally having a branch or bunch of leaves attached, later supporting the… ivy14.. Used as a sign that wine was sold within; cf. ivy-garland n. at compounds 4, and ivy-bush, n. Obsolete. sunc1400 A depiction or stylized representation of the sun, esp. as surrounded by rays. Also: an ornament, vessel, or other object having or incorporating… tokenc1440 The sign of an inn, etc. Obsolete. rare. eagle1449 A representation of an eagle. Cf. spread eagle, n. 1. A representation of an eagle on an inn or pub sign. Hence: (the name given to) any of… chequerc1460 A chessboard as the sign of an inn; hence a generic proper name for a public house. wisp?1507 in various special uses, e.g. as an ale-house sign; hung outside a house as a sign of the plague; as a plug, strainer, or wad; (of herbs) as a… Saracen's head1510 the head of a Saracen, Arab, or Turk used (a) as a charge in heraldry, (b) as an inn sign, etc. ale-pole1523 A pole or post set up as the sign for a public house or other place where ale is sold; an ale stake. bush1532 A branch or bunch of ivy (perhaps as the plant sacred to Bacchus) hung up as a vintner's sign; hence, the sign-board of a tavern. wine garland1533 a tavern sign in the form of a garland or bush of ivy. ivy-garland1553 a garland of ivy, formerly the sign of a house where wine was sold: cf. ivy-bush, n. tavern-bush1553 bush, n.1 5. lattice1575 A window of latticework (usually painted red), or a pattern on the shutter or wall imitating this (see chequer, n.1 4), formerly a common mark of an… ivy-bush1576 (a) A bushy branch of ivy; figurative a place of concealment or retirement. †(b) spec. A bush of ivy or a representation of it, placed outside a… alebush1599 A bunch of ivy or other plant hung up as a tavern sign; = bush, n.1 5a. red lattice1604 An alehouse, a tavern, an inn, in allusion to the customary colour of the lattices of such establishments (see lattice, n. 1b). Also attributive. elephanta1616 As the sign of an inn; the modern ‘Elephant and Castle’. sagittarya1616 ? As the name of an inn. grate1622 transferred. Applied to the chequers on the doorpost of a tavern. Obsolete. wine-bush1638 = bush, n.1 5. popinjay1687 Heraldry. A representation of a parrot as a charge or bearing. |
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