单词 | dossal |
释义 | dossaldosseln. a. An ornamental cloth forming a cover for the back of a seat: = dosser n.1 1. archaic. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > covers or hangings > [noun] > cover for furniture > for seat banker?c1350 dosser1379 doss1475 dorsea1524 dossal1658 tidy1850 antimacassar1852 chair-back1858 sofa-back1878 1658–1706 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words A Dosel or Dorsel..a rich Canopie under which Princes sit, also the Curtain of a Chaire of State. 1848 E. Bulwer-Lytton Harold II. v. i. 6 The Earl's old hawk..perched on the dossel of the Earl's chair. b. Ecclesiastical. An ornamental cloth, usually embroidered, hung at the back of the altar or at the sides of the chancel. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > cloths, carpets, cushions > cloth (general) > altar cloth > [noun] > at back rear front1438 reredos1448 dosser1516 parafront1641 dossal1851 superfrontal1854 dorsal1870 1851 Ecclesiologist 324 A rich woven stuff suspended, as a dossel, behind the altar. 1866 J. Purchas & F. G. Lee Directorium Anglicanum (ed. 3) 6 There should be no Cross embroidered on the Dossal where the Altar-Cross is in use. 1866 J. Purchas & F. G. Lee Directorium Anglicanum (ed. 3) 353 Dossel. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < |
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