单词 | furbelow |
释义 | furbelown. 1. A piece of stuff pleated and puckered on a gown or petticoat; a flounce; the pleated border of a petticoat or gown. Now often in plural as a contemptuous term for showy ornaments or trimming, esp. in a lady's dress. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > parts of clothing > [noun] > trimmings or ornamentation > ruffle or frill ruff?1523 chitterling1576 hand-ruff1581 peak1591 frislet1607 fall1634 ruffle1659 furbelow1706 flounce1726 Valenciennes1764 ruche1806 ruching1847 volant1851 flouncing1865 balayeuse1882 cascade1882 goffering1889 tier1934 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > parts of clothing > [noun] > trimmings or ornamentation > other jace1399 loopa1475 shakers1506 aglet1530 nerve1531 pipe1533 targeting1563 pinion1583 pinioning1597 tzitzit1618 loop-lace1632 button1671 tip1681 fal-lal1703 falbala1705 furbelow1706 jewelling1718 weeper1724 pompom1748 chiffons1765 foliage-trimming1818 mancheron1822 piping1825 manchette1835 patte1835 streamer1838 waterfall1841 paillette1843 brandenburgs1873 motif1882 patch1884 smocking1888 jockey1896 strapping1898 steel1899 sparklet1902 slotting1923 1706 S. Centlivre Basset-table iv. ii. 52 [Lady Revel] Discovers a purse in the Furbeloes of her Apron. c1710 C. Fiennes Diary (1888) 15 Their peticoates silke yt were with furbellows one above another with Ribons. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 15. ¶4 A Furbelow of precious Stones, an Hat buttoned with a Diamond. 1760 C. Johnstone Chrysal II. i. i. 8 Here, Jane, settle the furbelows of my scarf. 1827 W. M. Praed Poems (1865) II. 355 The Baron bows low to a furbelow, If it be not my Lady's dress. 1862 M. E. Braddon Lady Audley's Secret III. i. 31 My lady smiled as she looked at the festoons and furbelows which met her eye upon every side. 2. Anything resembling a flounce. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > [noun] > fringe-like fash1558 fringe1665 furbelow1742 frill1860 1742 H. Baker Microscope made Easy ii. xxvi. 203 Its Wings are encompassed with a Furbelow of long Feathers. 1875 W. B. Carpenter Microscope (ed. 5) xi. §481. 584 The beautiful Chrysaora remarkable for its long ‘furbelows’ which act as organs of prehension. 3. A name for Laminaria bulbosa, a seaweed with a large wrinkled frond. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > algae > seaweed > [noun] > kelp and allies > furbelow sea-hanger1633 sea-furbelow1808 furbelow1846 1846–51 W. H. Harvey Phycol. Brit. III. Pl. ccxli This is the largest British species of the Laminarieæ..Its common name is Furbelows. 1864 Ld. Tennyson Sea Dreams 257 You..made The dimpled flounce of the sea-furbelow flap..to please the child. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Mollusca > [noun] > Testacea (shelled molluscs) > shelled mollusc > shell seashella900 shale1561 buckie1596 caracol1622 valve1661 spire1681 umbilicus1688 conch-shell1697 wart-shell?1711 needle1713 multivalve1753 concha1755 periosteum1758 conch1773 devil's claw1773 furbelow1776 peewit's egg1776 worm-tube1776 rosebud1815 sheath1815 periostracum1833 epicuticle1885 epicuticula1886 leg of mutton1891 trivalve1891 1776 E. M. da Costa Elements Conchol. 289 The Furbelow from Falkland Island; Baccinium Fimbriatum. 5. attributive passing into adj. ; chiefly in the sense ‘having furbelows’, pleated. †Also as the name of a kind of pear. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > folding or folded condition > [adjective] > arranged in folds or pleated rideledc1400 plaited1440 rivelled1482 pleated1483 pinched1500 plighted1502 plightc1530 tucked1530 well-plighted1590 furbelowc1680 quilled1694 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [adjective] > having specific parts > ornamented or trimmed > ruffled or flounced ruffled1602 furbelowc1680 furbelowed1702 flounced1709 ruffly1859 flouncy1906 c1680 Crys of London in Bagford Ballads I. 116 Will you buy any Furbeloe Pears. 1705 London Gaz. No. 4177/4 Lost..a blue Furbelow Coach-Box Cloth. 1710 G. Farquhar Recruiting Officer (rev. ed.) iv. i. 53 I'll buy you a furbuloe Scarf. 1712 J. Arbuthnot John Bull Still in Senses i. 6 Crimpt Ribons in her Head-dress, Furbulow-Scarfs and Hoop'd-Petticoats. 1803 M. Charlton Wife & Mistress (ed. 2) III. 221 If you were to put round you a heap of furbelow veils, you would look picturesque enough. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022). furbelowv. transitive. To ornament with a furbelow, or with something resembling a furbelow. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > tailor or make clothes [verb (transitive)] > other fur13.. buttonc1380 lashc1440 pointa1470 set1530 tuft1535 vent1547 ruff1548 spangle1548 string1548 superbody1552 to pull out1553 quilt1555 flute1578 seam1590 seed1604 overtrim1622 ruffle1625 tag1627 furbelow1701 tuck1709 flounce1711 pipe1841 skirt1848 ruche1855 pouch1897 panel1901 stag1902 create1908 pin-fit1926 ease1932 pre-board1940 post-board1963 1701 London Gaz. No. 3743/4 Lost..a Deal Box..having in it a rich Scarf forbulo'd with a rich Gold Lace. 1731 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. I. at Chelone Many flat Seeds that are furbelo'd on the Edges. 1772 J. Adams tr. A. de Ulloa Voy. S. Amer. (ed. 3) I. 157 It is furbeloed with a richer stuff, near half a yard in depth. 1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge xviii. 22 Many a private chair too, inclosing some fine lady, monstrously hooped and furbelowed. 1865 L. Oliphant Piccadilly (1870) 222 Trains of daughters, furbelowed and flounced by the same dressmakers. Derivatives ˈfurbelowed adj. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [adjective] > having specific parts > ornamented or trimmed > ruffled or flounced ruffled1602 furbelowc1680 furbelowed1702 flounced1709 ruffly1859 flouncy1906 1702 G. Farquhar Inconstant ii. i. 13 Have you got home your Fourbeleau'd Smocks yet? 1713 Guardian 24 Aug. 2/2 I am now rearing up a Sett of fine Furbelowed Dock-Leafs. 1835 W. Beckford Recoll. Monasteries Alcobaça & Batalha 104 Under a most sumptuously fringed and furbelowed canopy of purple velvet. 1861 J. R. Greene Man. Animal Kingdom II. 123 It terminates in four furbelowed lips. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1680v.1701 |
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