单词 | anglet |
释义 | angletn. rare. A small angle; a niche. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > angularity > [noun] > angle or corner > internal or pointing inward > in an enclosed space or a nook > small nookc1380 angletc1450 nooklet1847 c1450 tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Lyfe Manhode (Cambr.) (1869) 34 (MED) Elles ther mihte be gret suspeccion that in sum anglet, or in sum heerne or crook or cornere, the filthe were heled or heped. c1545 R. Copland tr. P. Tommai Art of Memory sig. A. iii The places are the wyndowes set in walles, pyllers, & anglets, with other lyke. 1596 Z. Jones tr. M. Barleti Hist. G. Castriot xii. 486 It [sc. the town of Valmes] is seated in an anglet or litle corner of Epyre. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Anglet, An Anglet, or Angle, a corner. 1816 C. James New Mil. Dict. (ed. 4) 16 Anglet (Fr.), an anglet, a corner; also a small right-angled cavity. 1899 tr. B. Palissy in A. F. Sieveking Praise of Gardens (new ed.) 48 The first [cabinet]..shall face the North wind at the corner and anglet of the garden, at the bottom and adjoining the foot of the mountain or rock. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.c1450 |
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