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单词 footmantle
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footmantlen.

Brit. /ˈfʊtˌmantl/, U.S. /ˈfʊtˌmæn(t)əl/
Forms: see foot n. and mantle n.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: foot n., mantle n.
Etymology: < foot n. + mantle n. With use in sense 2 compare earlier foot-cloth n.
1. An overgarment worn by women to protect clothing, esp. when riding a horse. Now rare (historical in later use).
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > that covers or protects other clothing > other
footmantlec1405
cover-slut1639
Johnny1920
smock1938
c1405 (c1387–95) G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 474 A foot mantel aboute hir hypes large.
1842 Metrop. Mag. 35 48 Her footmantle..was of fine scarlet cloth.
1870 Manch. Weekly Times 19 Nov. The drawings are necessary for the understanding of parts of the dresses described by Chaucer as the Wife of Bath's foot-mantle round her hips, &c.
1898 A. M. Earle Home Life in Colonial Days 295 When riding, women in the colonies wore..a safeguard, a long over-petticoat to protect the gown from mud and rain. This was sometimes called a foot-mantle.
1927 Aberdeen Press & Jrnl. 12 Sept. 3/7 The footcloth or footmantle, which was tucked round the feet after the lady had mounted.
2000 Chaucer Rev. 34 390 A foot-mantle would have been particularly necessary for a woman..wearing skirts while riding astride.
2. A large, richly decorated cloth laid over the back of a horse; = foot-cloth n. 2. Now chiefly historical and rare.
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > horse-gear > [noun] > trappings, housing, or caparison
steed shrouda1300
coverturec1300
trap13..
horse-house1316
attiringa1375
trapping1398
trappera1400
saddlecloth1415
house1463
foot-cloth1480
summock1506
reparelling1513
base1548
furniture1553
coperture1555
housing-cloth1569
caparison1602
footmantlec1610
bear gear1613
horse-furniture1613
bearing gear1616
housing1698
pad-cloth1795
rumbler1849
1488 in T. Dickson Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1877) I. 147 Item, for thre elne of veluus til a fut mantil, price of the elne iij li.
c1610 J. Melville Mem. Own Life (1735) 91 With them came a Servant of Lord Robert's with a Horse and Foot-mantle of velvet..for me to ride upon.
1685 London Gaz. No. 2031/1 Six Heralds in Coats with Foot-Mantles, bearheaded, two and two.
1720 in tr. G. Wishart Compl. Hist. Wars Scotl. App. p. vi An Horse in State, with a rich Footmantle, two Lacquies in rich Livery, and his Parliament Badges.
1792 Spalding's Hist. Troubles Scotl. (new ed.) I. 21 The provost went to his horse in good order, having a rich saddle with a black velvet foot mantle.
1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian iii*, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. I. 108 Horse-graith and harnessing, forby broidered robes and foot-mantles, that wad hae stude by their lane wi' gold brocade.
1921 Times 18 May 9/6 The purchase of foot mantles to be worn in the ceremonial riding of the Parliament from Holyrood Palace to the Parliament House.
1997 R. Maxwell Secret Diary Anne Boleyn 2 She turned and continued..toward her fine chestnut stallion trapped in a footmantle laced with gold.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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