单词 | ear flap |
释义 | ear flapn. 1. The pinna of the ear (pinna n.2 1b). In early use also: †an earlobe (of the human ear) (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > ear > [noun] > flap or lobe lapc1000 ear-lapOE list1530 lippet1598 lug1602 lappet1609 handle1615 libbet1627 auricle1650 flip-flop1661 pinna1682 helix1684 lobe1719 earlobea1785 ear flap1810 leaf1819 shell1831 pavilion1842 ear bud1953 1810 R. Southey Hist. Brazil I. xv. 486 The plunderers with brutal cruelty tore away ear-rings through the ear-flap. 1859 O. W. Holmes in Atlantic Monthly Jan. 96/2 Pretermit thy whittling, wheel thine ear-flap toward me, Thou shalt hear them answered. 1876 E. R. Lankester tr. E. Haeckel Hist. Creation I. i. 13 Our long-eared ancestors..moved their large ear-flaps freely. 1913 F. T. Barton Hounds iii. 59 The ear-flaps serve to protect the passage of the ear against the entrance of foreign bodies. 2011 New Yorker 21 Mar. 36/2 Sea lions are of the family Otariidae, the ‘eared’ seals. Their heads have small earflaps. 2. Either of two flaps of material attached to the side of a cap or hat, which come down to cover the ears for warmth, and often may be tied together beneath the chin. Usually in plural. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > parts of headgear > [noun] > part which covers ears lug1495 oreillet1548 ear1579 earpiece1653 ear lappet1670 ear flap1823 ear guard1842 ear tab1855 ear muff1859 1823 W. Scott Peveril III. ix. 185 A thick bonnet, of the same materials, with ear-flaps attached to it, and on the whole much resembling a night-cap, completed the equipment. 1899 A. H. S. Landor In Forbidden Land I. xli. 255 There are of course common cloth or fur caps, with ear-flaps; and it is not uncommon to see, in Tibet, soldiers wearing a silk kamarband bound tightly round the head, turban-fashion. 1907 Yesterday's Shopping (1969) 882/2 Motor caps... Seal fur caps, with earflaps. 1968 W. Garner Deep, Deep Freeze xxi. 198 He let down the ear-flaps of his fur hat. 1987 S. Barr & J. Poppy Flame iv. 46 They all had caps, either stocking caps or peaked caps with furry ear flaps. 2010 D. Devonshire Wait for Me! vii. 92 I persuaded Madame Rita..to make a copy in spotted muslin of a ‘fore and aft’, the traditional tweed cap worn by deer stalkers, the ear flaps tied with a white satin ribbon on top of my head. Derivatives ˈear-flapped adj. (of a cap) having ear flaps. ΚΠ 1883 Funny Folks 10 Feb. 46/1 By the jury's Arctic ear-flapped caps the cold was over-awed. 1894 A. Conan Doyle Sherlock Holmes 2 Sherlock Holmes, with his sharp, eager face framed in his ear-flapped travelling cap. 1925 E. F. Norton in E. F. Norton et al. Fight for Everest: 1924 51 Ear-flapped caps. 2000 S. Heighton Shadow Boxer iii. ii. 309 ‘Don't sweat yourself!’ he called, his eyes blurred behind big, green-tinted glasses set under the brim of an earflapped hunter's cap. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1810 |
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