Flandersn.
/ˈflɑːndəz/, /ˈflandəz/, U.S. /ˈflændərz/ I. Compounds.† 3. depreciative, with reference to something disappointing or imperfect.
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a. attributive, with the sense ‘of, relating to, or characteristic of Flanders; Flemish’. Cf. Flemish adj.
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c1300 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Otho) (1963) l. 3610 And Cesar wende in Flandres lond [c1275 Calig. Flaundre lond], wandrenge bi see-strond.
1444 in J. Raine Testamenta Eboracensia (1855) II. 99 Item j cathedram magnam de Flaunders worke.
1480 Table Prouffytable Lernynge (Caxton) (1964) 16 Thise ben grotes of englond. Suche ther be of flaundres Plackes and half plackes [Fr. patards et demi patards].
1497 in M. Oppenheim Naval Accts. & Inventories Henry VII (1896) 99 Halberdes of fflaunders making..cxx. Halberdes of London making..x. Halberdes of the forest of Deuon..lx.
1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. xxxv The next daye..the forward passed a bridge..into Flaunders syde & there lay.
1589 R. Hakluyt tr. J. Hasse in Princ. Navigations ii. 275 The Areshine I take to be as much as the Flanders ell, and their Locut halfe an English yard.
1635 J. Taylor Old, Old, very Old Man sig. D4 There was no Starch used in England. A Flaunders woman..brought in the use of Starck.
1664 J. Dryden Rival Ladies iii. i. 38 He Lov'd that Flanders shape, that Lump of Earth And Flegm together.
1679 in T. B. Howell State Trials (1816) VII. 347 There are no lieutenants in all the Flanders companies, only Captains and Alfara's.
1702 Vindic. Magna Charta 8 The Flanders Ruyters, or Cavaliers, who now by Magna Charta were expressly..order'd to be expelled the Kingdom.
1799 T. R. Malthus Diary 29 May (1966) 36 The country girls have a little of the Flanders make in their persons.
1824 W. Irving Tales of Traveller I. 56 A plump Flanders lass, with long gold pendants in her ears.
1840 F. Marryat Olla Podrida I. iv. 34 Ghent, which is nothing but a Flanders Birmingham.
1882 Cultivator & Country Gentleman Feb. 132/1 This type may be fixed by the use of in-bred flanders bulls on in-bred flanders cows.
1928 Garden & Home Builder Aug. 555/3 A Flanders battle scene in manganese violet, made in Rotterdam in 1700.
1977 G. Nicholson Great Bike Ride (1978) v. 69 This was a typical little Flanders climb over heavily cambered pavé.
2006 Field July 6/1 I used to do a lot of wildfowling and rough-shooting in the Flanders countryside.
b. Flanders horse n. now historical a horse of a Flemish breed, typically strong and of large stature, and often used to pull coaches; cf. Flanders mare n. at sense 1d.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by breed > [noun] > Flanders-horse
Flanders horse1566
Flanders mare1613
Flanders1718
1566 T. Blundeville Bredynge of Horses ii. f. 9v, in Fower Offices Horsemanshippe The Flaunders horse in his shape, disposition, and pace, differeth in a maner nothinge from the Almayne horse: sauing that for the most parte he is of a greater stature and more puissant. The Mares also of Flaunders be of a great stature.
1649 Bloudy Fight Dublin 5 A sumptuous Caroach studden with massie silver, and six gallant Flanders horses of great value.
c1721 W. Gibson True Method dieting Horses i. 14 Flanders Horses..are thereby render'd the more heavy and unactive.
1807 H. J. Pye Sportsman's Dict. (ed. 5) 464/1 The Flanders horse and mare both have a hard trot, but are much used in the harness with us in England.
1906 Baroness Orczy I will Repay xxx. 320 A huge travelling chaise already stood in readiness, and four good Flanders horses had been pawing the ground impatiently for the past half hour.
2012 T. Pickeral Majesty of Horse 141 The Shire's roots are in the great horses of Belgium and France—the Brabant (Flanders Horse or Flemish Horse) and Ardennais.
c. Flanders cherry n. now historical and rare a variety of cherry grown in England, thought to have been introduced from Flanders.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > stone fruit > cherry > types of cherry
black cherry1530
geana1533
Plinian1577
mazzard1578
mazardc1595
merry1595
Flanders cherry1597
heart cherry1599
cherrylet1605
agriot1611
morel1611
cœur-cherry1626
bigarreau1629
May-cherry1629
morello1629
urinal cherry1629
white-heart cherry1629
duracine1655
heart1658
black heart1664
carnation1664
duke1664
honey cherrya1671
nonsuch1674
merise1675
red-hearta1678
prince royal1686
lukeward1707
white-heart1707
May duke1718
Royal Ann1724
ox-heart1731
ratafia1777
choke-cherry1785
mountain cherry1811
rum cherry1818
sour cherry1884
Napoleon1886
Napoleon cherry1933
1597 J. Gerard Herball iii. 1322 The Birds Cherrie tree..vsed for stocks to graffe other Cherries vpon, of better taste, and more profite, as especially those called Flanders Cherries.
1629 J. Parkinson Paradisi in Sole iii. xii. 571 The Flanders Cherrie differeth not from the English, but that it is somewhat larger, and the Cherry somewhat greater and sweeter, and not so sower.
1653 R. Austen Treat. Fruit-trees 106 The Flanders-Cherry is most generally planted here in England.
1716 Worlidge's Compl. Syst. Husbandry & Gardening vii. 169 For the Orchard or Field, the Flanders Cherry excels.
1846 Cultivator Sept. 285/2 The large Flanders cherry..a peculiar fruit, and much the finest species of cherry known.
1860 R. Hogg Fruit Man. 52 Cluster (Cerise à Bouquet; Bouquet Amarelle; Flanders Cherry).
1978 Garden Hist. 6 44 [Ralph] Austen refers to the following crops... Cherries—Blackheart, ‘great bearing cherry’, Charoone, Flanders Cherry, [etc.]
d. Flanders mare n. (a) a mare of a Flemish breed, typically strong and of large stature, and often used to pull coaches (cf. Flanders horse n. at sense 1b); (b) depreciative a tall or strongly built woman (usually with the implication of unattractiveness); spec. (a nickname for) Anne of Cleves (1515–57), the fourth wife of Henry VIII.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by breed > [noun] > Flanders-horse
Flanders horse1566
Flanders mare1613
Flanders1718
1613 W. Browne Britannia's Pastorals I. v. 98 A stubborne Nagge of Galloway..or a Flaunders Mare.
1658 D. Lupton Flanders 3 'Tis grown into a proverb; to call a tall and lusty woman, a great Flanders Mare.
1679 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Reformation: 1st Pt. iii. 271 He [sc. Henry VIII] swore they had brought over a Flanders Mare to him.
1728 H. Fielding Love in Several Masques v. xiv. 78 Six Flanders Mares the former drives, The latter but a Pair.
1816 W. Scott Old Mortality ii, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. II. 37 A wheel-carriage..dragged by eight long-tailed Flanders mares.
1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia I. iii. xiii. 306 Sibylla (Sister of the Flanders Mare),..In favour of whom her Father, the then reigning Duke of Cleve, made a marriage-contract.
1880 C. Knight Pop. Hist. Eng. II. xxiv. 444 Queen Catherine Howard appeared in public on the 8th of August—a beautiful girl, the very opposite of ‘the Flanders mare’, whom Henry had rejected.
1983 R. W. Harris Clarendon & Eng. Revol. xix. 410 As the Chancellor approached in a coach drawn by six Flanders mares.., the Masters and doctors of the University processed to receive him.
1999 N. Davies Isles vii. 456 Thomas Cromwell himself, executed in 1540 for persuading Henry to marry a plain-looking German woman, Anne of Cleves, ‘the Flanders Mare’.
2007 M. A. Stusser Dead Guy Interviews 145 I called her a Flanders mare, and that was a compliment.
2. spec. Designating goods or manufactured articles of Flemish origin or style.† d. Flanders counter n. Obsolete a type of counting table (see counter n.3 3) from Flanders.
a. Flanders tile n. now historical a tile of Flemish origin or style; spec. (a) = clinker n.1 1; (b) = pantile n. 1; (c) = Dutch tile n. at Dutch adj., n.1, and adv. Compounds 1b.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > polishing > [noun] > implement for polishing > implements for polishing metal
Flanders tilea1399
white brick1468
Flanders brick1651
scratch-brush1797
buff1831
Bath-brick1837
scratch card1839
buffer1854
rag wheel1869
bob1879
buff-stick1881
scratch-knot1905
a1399 in W. G. Benham Oath Bk. Colchester (1907) 9 (MED) Flandres tyl, j mille jd.
1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iv. f. 161v To beate in powder Bricke, or Flaunders Tyle.
1600–1 Trinity Coll. Acc. in R. Willis & J. W. Clark Archit. Hist. Univ. Cambr. (1886) II. 483 Flaunders tyles to paue the chimney in the..great chamber.
1636 W. Westby Brit. Patent 92 (1857) 1 Makeing of pantiles or Flanders tyles, by the way wch hitherto hath not beene done by any in this Kingdome.
1681 R. Burton Hist. Remarques London & Westminster ii. 12 They repaired, or rather new built it [sc. Aldgate], after the manner of the Normans, with strong Arches, and Bulwarks of Stone, small brick, and Flanders Tile.
1795 Ship Owner's Man. (ed. 7) 217 Clinkers or Flanders tiles.
1890 Building Age Jan. 21/3 Flanders tiles of this period are sometimes met with—they are of foreign manufacture and have their patterns depicted in superficial colors.
2004 J. Holmes 100 New Yorkers 114 Traditional houses..fronted with glazed red and yellow Flanders tiles.
b. gen.
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the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Europe > Low Countries > [adjective] > Belgium > Flanders
Flanders1400
Flandrian1637
1400 in J. Raine Testamenta Eboracensia (1836) I. 270 (MED) j magnam patellam, & j flawndirsark.
1483 in T. Thomson Acts Lords Auditors (1839) 112*/1 A fut mantle..a Flandris hat.
1516 in J. D. Marwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Edinb. (1869) I. 161 Ane Flandris schryne, ane greit round coffyr.
1582 in W. Fraser Chiefs of Grant (1883) III. 156 Tua Flanderis werdouris, with xij pellit coweringis.
1635 Rates Marchandizes sig. E7 Double Sayes or Flaunders Searges... Milde Sayes the piece.
1649 Perfect Occur. No. 142 1268 Divers commodities entred to be sold, as Tobacco, Bag-Holland, Flanders Frying-pans, and household-goods.
a1690 S. Jeake Λογιστικηλογία (1696) 65 In 1 Piece of Rashes, Flanders Serges, &c. 15 Yards.
1712 J. Browne tr. P. Pomet et al. Compl. Hist. Druggs I. 180 Leaving it to dry..to the Consistence of Flanders Glue.
1775 Politician's Dict. I. 260 The Flanders lint is in great esteem; that of Picardy comes near to it.
1848 J. E. Taylor tr. G. Basile Pentamerone 38 To his amazement he saw invisibly spread on it a Flanders tablecloth, with dishes full of roast meats, and viands of various kinds.
1880 Jrnl. Soc. Arts 16 Apr. 450/2 We read ‘Andres Jüger,’ and this inscription on some Flanders books of the sixteenth century is well known.
1920 Bull. Pan Amer. Union June 627 The grand staircase ascends, adorned with an ancient Flanders tapestry.
2011 C. DeBenedetti Great Amer. Ale Trail 355 Flanders Brown, a sour tasting beer originating from the Flemish region of Belgium.
c. Flanders chest n. now historical a type of large wooden chest from Flanders, typically made of oak and often decorated with elaborate carvings.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > cupboard or cabinet > [noun] > other cupboards or cabinets
Flanders chest1400
warestall1508
livery cupboard1571
boy1656
by-closet1696
corner-cupboard1711
India cabinet1721
pot-cupboard1789
housemaid's cupboard1843
monocleid1885
vargueño1911
console1925
cocktail cabinet1928
storage unit1951
1400 in J. Raine Testamenta Eboracensia (1836) I. 257 (MED) Unam flaundres kyst.
1460 Inventory in J. T. Fowler Acts Church SS. Peter & Wilfrid, Ripon (1875) 365 De j flandyrs kyst, iijs.
1567 in J. Raine Wills & Inventories N. Counties Eng. (1835) I. 272 One flanders chist one litle cupstole, one [c]hare.
1652 Inventory of T. Teanby in E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. (1889) (at cited word) One fflaunders chist.
1859 M. Walcott Guide South Coast Eng. 145 An ancient carved Flanders chest stands in the vestry.
1929 F. Roe Anc. Church Chests & Chairs ii. 17 In the square-towered church of Northchurch..is a typical specimen of the best type of ‘Flanders Chest’.
1993 H. Thomas Conquest xxxvi. 548 He went to his room and was seen to open four large Flanders chests full of gold bars and jewels.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > table > [noun] > counter
chequer1178
counterc1369
counting-boardc1440
counting-tablec1440
Flanders counter1534
accounting table1649
table counter1667
1534 in J. Imrie et al. Burgh Court Bk. Selkirk (1969) II. 144 Item ane Flanderis counter with the formes.
1557 in J. Raine Wills & Inventories N. Counties Eng. (1835) I. 158 In the Halle ij flanders counters wth ther carpetts xxs.
1588–9 Will R. Wadsworth in G. R. Sitwell Hurts of Haldworth (1903) iv. 57 Flaunders counter.
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(a) Flanders lace n. now chiefly historical any of a variety of laces manufactured in Flanders; (in early use) esp. a kind of tape lace with characteristic scalloped borders.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric manufactured in specific way > [noun] > consisting of loops or looped stitches > lace > made or originating in specific place
Flanders lace1641
Flandersa1685
Honiton lace1688
Mechlin lace1689
Mechlin1701
Valenciennes lace1717
Valenciennes1801
Malines lace1830
Maltese lace1851
Alençon1857
Maltese1859
Binche1865
Maltese guipure1865
Valc1890
1641 A. Brome Canterbury Tale sig. A3v Here's Flanders Lace, which is most closely woven.
1664 Newsman 26 May in Mrs. Palliser Lace vii. 102 A black lute-string gown with a black Flanders lace.
a1685 M. Evelyn Mundus Muliebris (1690) 3 With a broad Flanders Lace below.
1726 J. Swift Cadenus & Vanessa 20 [She] Scarce knows what difference is between Rich Flanders Lace, and Colberteen.
1754 O. Goldsmith Let. 6 May (1928) 22 The object of his apetite..wears a large friez cap with a deal of flanders lace.
a1854 E. Grant Mem. Highland Lady (1988) I. xvi. 344 The high clear cap of fine muslin, trimmed..with Flanders lace.
1882 C. M. Yonge Unknown to Hist. I. xix. 324 The daintily-fashioned little cap of Flanders lace.
1902 M. Jourdain & A. Dryden Palliser's Hist. Lace (rev. ed.) vii. 135 The first Binche lace has the character of Flanders lace.
2003 G. Maguire Mirror, Mirror 66 She'd covered her face in a fine veil that looked to be of Flanders lace.
(b) Flanders-laced adj. now rare made of, or decorated with, Flanders lace.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric manufactured in specific way > [adjective] > lace > made or originating in specific place
Flanders-laced1670
Chantilly1806
Limerick lace1839
Carrickmacross1861
Limerick1886
Binche1902
Teneriffe1907
1670–82 Royoters Ruine (single sheet) Formerly I..obout my neck wore, A fine flanders lac'd Band.
1686 London Gaz. No. 2170/4 An open Flanders.lac'd Neck~cloth.
1740 S. Richardson Pamela I. vii.12 Two Suits of fine Flanders lac'd Headcloths.
1893 G. Hill Hist. Eng. Dress II. vi. 138 A lace handkerchief then cost something like ten pounds, and a Flanders laced head and ruffles about eighty pounds.
f. Flanders brick n. now historical (a) a small and very hard kind of brick, manufactured in Holland, and typically used for paving; = clinker n.1 1; (b) = Bath-brick n. at Bath n.2 Compounds 3.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > polishing > [noun] > implement for polishing > implements for polishing metal
Flanders tilea1399
white brick1468
Flanders brick1651
scratch-brush1797
buff1831
Bath-brick1837
scratch card1839
buffer1854
rag wheel1869
bob1879
buff-stick1881
scratch-knot1905
1651 R. Child Large Let. in S. Hartlib Legacie 85 Also Sea-owse is not onely good to lay on land, but at Dover, and other places, the inhabitants make bricke thereof, called Flaunders-brickes.
1662 B. Gerbier Brief Disc. Princ. Building 33 White or yellow (twice burnt) Flanders Bricks, in Dutch called Clinkart.
1789 Gentleman's Mag. Feb. 108/1 The windows are made of baked earth, of whitish yellow colour (like Flanders bricks).
1834 T. Hood Tylney Hall III. iv. 78 As if he was only a dealer in Flanders bricks.
1840 Mag. of Sci. 23 May 64/1 Bridgewater is, I believe, the only place at which scouring bricks are made.—Their names then of Bath bricks and Flanders bricks are both inappropriate.
1853 S. J. Hale New Househ. Receipt Bk. i. 28 The best article for cleaning [knives and forks] is the powder of the well-known Flanders bricks.
1875 R. Hunt & F. W. Rudler Ure's Dict. Arts (ed. 7) II. 401 Flanders Bricks, commonly called Bath bricks.
a1907 London Crier (song) in Jrnl. Folk-song Soc. (1910) 4 102 Harf-stones and Flanders brick, a penny a lump, who'll buy?
1956 Archaeol. Jrnl. 112 128 From the Netherlands came plants, trees and shrubs for the garden, a few Flanders bricks and tiles, [etc.].
2008 P. Cattermole Archit. Excellence 96/2 [He] brought in Flemish craftsmen to undertake the construction work in Flanders brick.
g. Flanders flax n. flax grown in Flanders (or, more generally, in the Low Countries), typically viewed as of the finest quality.
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1756 T. Hale et al. Compl. Body Husbandry vi. li. 322/1 The Flax of Flanders is better than the Flax of England, as before observed. The Seed of Flanders Flax, gathered there, and sown here, will produce as good Flax as there.
1833 Daily National Intelligencer (Washington) 20 Apr. One pound of Flanders flax, worth twelve cents, is often worked up into a commodity equal..to £200 sterling.
1842 J. R. McCulloch Dict. Commerce at Flax Flanders or Dutch flax is..of the finest quality.
1921 Amer. Industries June 41/2 Egyptian flax compares favorably with Flanders flax.
2000 Guardian (Nexis) 12 Sept. 3 Linen, no doubt, woven from the finest Flanders flax?
h. Flanders baby n. now chiefly Scottish or historical a wooden doll with expressive painted features, dressed to display fine or fashionable clothes; (more generally) a child's doll; (also in extended use) = doll n.1 3.
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society > leisure > entertainment > toy or plaything > doll > [noun] > other dolls
aglet babya1616
Flanders baby1782
wax doll1786
Flanders doll1801
paper doll1843
golliwog1895
Jumeau1897
voodoo doll1906
kewpie1909
Barbie1959
Barbie doll1961
Gonk1964
Ookpik1964
Action Man1966
kachina doll1968
1782 Young Coalman's Courtship to Creelwife's Daughter (ed. 10) in D. Graham Coll. Writings (1883) II. 55 Keeps her face ay like a Flanders baby.
1823 J. Galt Entail I. xix. 156 Yon Flanders baby is no for a poor man's wife.
1827 C. I. Johnstone Elizabeth de Bruce I. vi. 130 It's been lang thought he has an ee to Captain Wolfe for his Flanders -baby o' a maiden.
1895 New Rev. Aug. 214 ‘Painted Flanders baby!’ one can hear Mrs. Pawkie call her.
1926 K. Parker My Ladie Dundie i. 7 A ‘Flanders Baby’ or doll, dressed in black velvet bodice and brocaded cushioned petticoat, like the finest lady in the Hague.
1962 G. White Dolls of World 86 The most well-known dolls from these parts are those known as Flanders babies. These ‘Dutch’ dolls, made entirely of wood, were popular in England..during the 18th, 19th and early part of the 20th centuries.
2005 Sc. National Dict. New Suppl. in Dict. Scots Lang. (Electronic text) at Flanders baby My ma had a Flanders baby when she wis a bairn.
i. Flanders doll n. now rare = Flanders baby n. at sense 2h. Also occasionally Flanders doll-baby.
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society > leisure > entertainment > toy or plaything > doll > [noun] > other dolls
aglet babya1616
Flanders baby1782
wax doll1786
Flanders doll1801
paper doll1843
golliwog1895
Jumeau1897
voodoo doll1906
kewpie1909
Barbie1959
Barbie doll1961
Gonk1964
Ookpik1964
Action Man1966
kachina doll1968
1801 Monthly Mirror Aug. 139 Her stage appearance..might be mistaken for a Flander's doll, moved by wires.
1833 J. Kennedy Geordie Chalmers vi. 77 They should all be taught the use of the needle; without which a poor woman is a scarecrow; and a rich, a Flanders doll in a cabinet of toys.
1846 C. I. Johnstone Edinb. Tales II. 381/1 The things we prize the most would have been no more thought of than the baby-clouts that lassie-bairns busk their Flanders dolls wi'.
1920 E. B. Knipe & A. A. Knipe Mayflower Maid xix. 229 Why should she care, that Priscilla hath blue eyes and pink cheeks like to a Flanders doll-baby?
1951 J. A. Fleming Four Maries vii. 156 Among the presents that he fetched for his sweetheart was a Flanders doll.
a. Flanders piece n. Obsolete a picture whose effect is better when viewed from a distance than from close up.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > [noun] > a picture > types of
emblemc1430
Flanders piece1659
night scenea1798
life study1837
colour picture1856
roundel1879
scrap1880
artist's impression1887
sleeve-picture1959
sleeve design1977
1659 D. Pell Πελαγος 115 Flanders peeces, of whom it is said, that they are fairer further off than near at hand.
1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Flanders-pieces, Pictures that look fair at a distance, but coarser near at Hand.
b. Flanders-fortune n. Obsolete a small amount of money or wealth.
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society > trade and finance > money > sum of money > [noun] > small sum
parcelc1400
plack1530
dodkinc1555
triflec1595
denier1597
driblet1659
song1698
Flanders-fortune1699
pin money1702
doit1728
drab1828
picayune1838
sprat1883
shoestring1904
peanut1910
1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Flanders-fortunes, of small Substance.
4. Flanders wagon n. Military (now historical) a type of wagon used in the British Army in the 18th and 19th centuries for transporting supplies.
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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > cart or wagon for conveying goods > [noun] > types of > wagon (usually four-wheeled) > other types
telega1579
trewerne1667
box wagon1825
lumber-wagon1831
morphoditea1852
Flanders wagon1855
1855 Colburn's United Service Mag. Feb. 279 Every description of military carriage.., such as the store cart, French cart, and Flanders wagon.
1864 F. Miller Equipm. Artillery 353 Flanders wagons are employed in carrying light stores, powder barrels, metal-lined cases, and boxes of projectiles, but the general service wagon being equally applicable to these purposes no more Flanders wagons will be made.
1876 G. E. Voyle Mil. Dict. (ed. 3) Flanders Wagon, a wagon suited to the transport of all light stores.
2006 M. Adkin Waterloo Compan. viii. 307 To make a bridge over a river of under 100 metres wide required..16 Flanders wagons.
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a. attributive with reference to fighting in Flanders during the First World War (1914–18). Now historical.The sections of the Allied and German front lines situated in Flanders saw some of the heaviest fighting and greatest loss of life during the war. See also Wipers n.
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1914 Muscatine (Iowa) Jrnl. 24 Oct. 1/3 (headline) Flanders battle is greatest.
1917 Times of India 13 Aug. 9/6 Welsh troops had borne themselves with particular gallantry during the opening stages of the Flanders offensive.
1918 Country Gentleman 30 Nov. 4/2 I recall a conversation I had last winter with a British artillery officer in France who was back from the Flanders Front on leave.
1943 C. H. Ward-Jackson It's a Piece of Cake 10 In 1914–1918 ‘plonk’ was Flanders slang for ‘mud’.
1983 K. Francis Wildlife Ranger i. 4 The boss limped over, bullet scarred long ago on the Flanders battlefields.
2013 Derby Evening Tel. (Nexis) 29 Mar. 16 [He] shares letters from dad Walter, written in Flanders trenches.
b. Flanders field n. now historical a battlefield in Flanders during the First World War (1914–18).
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1914 Escanaba (Mich.) Daily Press 11 Nov. 1/1 When the fog which enveloped the Flanders field lifted, the furious fighting resumed.
1915 J. McCrae in Punch 8 Dec. 468/3 In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row.
2004 Times 11 Nov. 18/3 Many, many brave Irishmen fought and died in Flanders fields.
c. Flanders mud n. now historical the muddy conditions which characterized the trenches and battlefields of the First World War (1914–18) in Flanders, and came to symbolize the suffering of soldiers during the war. Cf. Wipers n.
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1914 N.Y. Times 14 Nov. 1/7 (headline) Soldiers crouch in Flanders mud while wind and shells shriek wildly overhead.
1933 A. G. Macdonell England, their England i. 13 An eleven-inch or eight-inch howitzer, both fortunately rare in Flanders mud.
2005 D. Jeffreys Aspirin ii. vi. 98 The Royal Navy was able to control events at sea to far greater an extent than the Allied armies struggling in the Flanders mud.
d. Flanders poppy n. a red poppy used as the emblem of the Allied soldiers who fell in the First World War (1914–18); (also) = poppy n. 8.
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society > communication > representation > physical representation of abstraction > symbolizing > [noun] > a symbol > specific symbols > plants
rose of Sharon1626
Sharon's rose1640
royal oak1759
Flanders poppy1918
palm1918
Easter lily1926
1918 Lowell (Mass.) Sun 13 Dec. 5 In our store the Christmas spirit finds eloquent expression in our decorations of evergreen and Flanders Poppies.
1921 Times 21 Oct. 13/6 All will be able to buy a Flanders poppy.
1921 Times 29 Oct. 11/5 The King..has expressed his desire to include Flanders poppies in his wreath to be placed on the Cenotaph on that day.
1971 Guardian 21 May 2/8 Mr. Heath..laid a wreath on the tomb of the unknown soldier beneath the Arc de Triomphe..a simple circle of Flanders poppies.
2007 Daily Record (Glasgow) (Nexis) 15 June 11 That any ex soldier is forced to depend on a rattled can in November should turn our faces redder than a Flanders poppy.
II. Simples uses.† 6. Short for Flanders horse n. at sense 1b, Flanders mare n. at sense 1d. Obsolete.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by breed > [noun] > Flanders-horse
Flanders horse1566
Flanders mare1613
Flanders1718
1679 T. Shadwell True Widow v. 75 Shall I flant it in the Park with my grey Flanders, crowd the Walk with my Equipage, and be the Envy of all the Butterflyes in Town?
1718 C. Cibber Non-juror ii. 19 Does he keep his..Chariot, and Berlin with six flouncing Flanders?
7. Short for Flanders lace n. at sense 2e(a).
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric manufactured in specific way > [noun] > consisting of loops or looped stitches > lace > made or originating in specific place
Flanders lace1641
Flandersa1685
Honiton lace1688
Mechlin lace1689
Mechlin1701
Valenciennes lace1717
Valenciennes1801
Malines lace1830
Maltese lace1851
Alençon1857
Maltese1859
Binche1865
Maltese guipure1865
Valc1890
a1685 M. Evelyn Mundus Muliebris (1690) 3 Four Cushion-Cloths are scarce enough, Of Point, and Flanders.
1771 C. Powys Passages from Diaries Mrs. Powys (1899) 77 'Twas our own country-women that could arrive at such perfection in this work, as I hope will prevent our ladies from forming the least wish to have the right Flanders.
1854 Putnam's Monthly Mar. 265/2 His lace is Flanders or Point de Venise.
1905 W. J. Mills Caroline of Courtlandt Street xiv. 157 Some frills of snuff-colored Flanders caressed his smooth chin.
1980 Antiquaries Jrnl. 60 275 Lace started at 11s. a yard for coloured flanders in 1662, and 14s. a yard for blackbone lace.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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