| 单词 | angel bed |
| 释义 | > as lemmasangel bed angel bed n. [after French lit d'ange (1653)] now historical a bed having a bedstead without posts and a curtained canopy over the head of the bed, typically suspended from the ceiling; cf. half-tester n. at half adj. Compounds 2. ΚΠ 1699 A. Boyer Royal Dict. at Bed An Angel-Bed, un Lit d'Ange. 1776 T. Harmer tr. J.-B. Le Mascrier in Observ. (ed. 2) I. 150 An angel-bed..of crimson velvet was in the middle of one of the apartments. 1993 Burlington Mag. Aug. 518/1 Examination..shows two holes..for foot posts of a four-poster bed. This undermines the claim that it was originally an ‘angel’ bed. < as lemmas |
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