单词 | gilt spurs |
释义 | > as lemmasgilt (also †gilded) spurs c. gilt (also †gilded) spurs, as the distinctive mark of a knight. Now Historical. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > symbol of rank > [noun] > specific insignia of knight gilt (also gilded) spurs1377 false stirrupc1485 orle1834 1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xviii. 14 Þe kynde of a knyȝte þat cometh to be dubbed, To geten hem gylte spores. a1400 Coer de L. 5346 Syxty thousand ther wer telde, Off gylte spores in the felde. 1480 W. Caxton Higden's Polychron. viii. xxvi He toke sire Umfrayes salade and this brygantyns.., and also his gylt spores. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Edward IV f. cxcj He was disgraded of the high ordre of knighthode..by cuttyng of his gylt sporres. 1604 J. Marston & J. Webster Malcontent (new ed.) i. viii. sig. C4 As your knight courtes your Citty wi[dow] with jingling of his guilt spurres. 1641–54 J. Mennes & J. Smith Musarum Deliciæ (1817) II. 32 Gilded spurres do jingle at his heeles. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) Anciently the Difference between the Knight and Esquire was, that the Knight wore gilt Spurs,..and the 'Squire silver'd ones. 1808 W. Scott Marmion i. vii. 29 Behind him rode two gallant squires..They burned the gilded spurs to claim. 1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth ix, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. III. 249 Here, strike me this man's gilt spurs from his heels with thy cleaver. 1879 Encycl. Brit. IX. 544 The ‘Day of the Spurs’ was a fitting name for a carnage after which four thousand gilt spurs were hung as trophies in Courtrai cathedral. < as lemmas |
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