单词 | fontange |
释义 | fontangen. Now historical. A tall headdress made of ribbons, lace, and linen frills usually supported by a wire frame, in fashion from about 1680 to 1710. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > tall turret1473 high head1580 towerc1612 fontange1685 commodea1687 cop1688 toppingc1690 cock-up1692 1685 N. Tate Cuckolds-Haven iii. iii. 38 I have not dole enough to see her in this miserable Case, without her Silks, Point, Jewel, Fontanges of seven Stories:..or any thing that is fit for a Lady. 1689 T. Shadwell Bury-Fair ii. 17 What d'ye lack, Ladies? fine Mazarine Hoods, Fontanges, Girdles. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 98. ¶1 These old fashioned Fontanges rose an Ell above the Head. 1737 tr. C. de Bruyn Trav. into Muscovy I. 54/2 His bride..with her head-dress set off with diamonds; and behind her hung a great tress of hair, under her fontange, a fashion which has been long in use with the Germans. 1883 F. G. Stephens Catal. Prints Brit. Mus. IV. 282 An ugly old one-eyed woman in a fontange. 2013 Birmingham Post (Nexis) 10 Oct. The women wore as a headpiece the towering fontanges of the 17th century encrusted with diamonds. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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