单词 | girding |
释义 | girdingn.1 1. The action of gird v.1, in various senses. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > surrounding > [noun] girdingc1400 umbesetting1543 environing1586 engirting1599 circumtension1603 environment1603 cincture?1615 encompassing1629 encircling1632 begirding1641 circumsession1652 circumambience1720 circumscription1858 circumjacence1884 encirclement1919 c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (1839) x. 122 Othere there ben, that men clepen Cristene men of Gyrdynge: for thei ben alle gyrt aboven. 1592 J. Stow Annales 362 The king..created him at Westminster by the girding of a sworde. 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §419 To make Roses, or other Flowers come late..The Seuenth [Meanes] is, the Girding of the Body of the Tree about with some Pack-threed. a1716 R. South Serm. Several Occasions (1744) X. 117 Patience is (as it were) the girding up of the soul, which like the girding up of the body gives it both strength and decency too. 2. That which girds; esp. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > belt or sash > types of > worn around waist girdlec1000 seynta1350 ceintec1386 senturea1400 love-lacec1400 girdinga1425 cinglec1430 seynturec1460 cenglea1492 waist1550 waist-girdle1553 centure1562 zone1608 cummerbund1616 cincture1667 waist-belt1672 centurine1696 faja1841 ceinture1856 crios1899 a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Isa. xi. 5 And riȝtfulnesse schal be the girdil of hise leendis, and feith schal be the girdyng of hise reynes. c1430 Syr Gener. (Roxb.) 4224 Laces and stringes he kerue on twoo, and the girding of the shelde also. 1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) III. 402 Scho come sic speid, Than in the girding grittar ay scho growis. b. dialect. A saddle-girth. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > horse-gear > [noun] > girth wanty1297 wame-towc1310 womb ropea1325 girth1377 surcingle1390 warrok1392 garthc1425 cinglec1430 girt1563 wanty rope1569 girse1591 saddle banda1604 mail girt1607 saddle girt1613 saddle girth1635 mail-girth1673 girding1680 body girth1688 roller1688 wombtack1729 breast-girth1805 girthing1805 cinch1866 latigo1873 1680 ‘Philalethes’ tr. G. Buchanan De Jure Regni apud Scotos 114 Are not sadless, girdings and spurrs made for horses? 1788 R. Burns in J. Johnson Scots Musical Museum II. 168 The girdin brak, the beast cam down. ΚΠ 1577 W. Harrison Descr. Eng. (1877) ii. xii. i. 233 Groundsels..transoms, and such principals, with here and there a girding, wherevnto they fasten their splints or radels. Compounds girding-beam n. = girder n.1 1. ΚΠ 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Girding Girding-beams, in Building, the same as Girders. girding-place n. the part of the body round which the girdle or girth is fastened. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > trunk > [noun] > middle of trunk or waist middleeOE mideOE girdlec1275 rondelc1300 girdlesteadc1330 waistc1386 belt steadc1540 girding-place1601 midriff1823 beltline1892 midsection1956 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 274 It must (they say) be..kept fast bound neere vnto the middle or girding place of the patient. 1682 London Gaz. No. 1727/8 A large Chesnut Gelding..between 15 and 16 hands high..a white Rim under the Belly near the girding place. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2022). girdingn.2 The action of gird v.1 ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > management of artillery > [noun] > discharge of artillery cannon shot1567 cannonrya1583 cannoning1583 girding?c1600 cannoneering1699 playing1711 ball-firing1783 ?c1600 (c1515) Sc. Field (Lyme) 325 in I. F. Baird Poems Stanley Family (D.Phil. thesis, Univ. of Birm.) (1990) 243 There was gurding furth of gunnes with many greate stones. b. Jeering, gibing. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > jeering, taunting, or scoffing > [noun] teenOE scoffing1377 jeering1561 gibing1579 scoffery1589 girding1605 scoffagea1639 jeer1660 scommatism1664 chi-hike1915 signifying1929 picongc1938 1605 R. Verstegan Restit. Decayed Intelligence v. 130 He fell to taunting and girding at them. 1681 Sanderson's XXXV Serm. 159 Bitter invectives, unmannerly jeers, petulant girding at those that are in authority. 1863 C. C. Clarke Shakespeare-characters ii. 37 Shakespeare..never misses an opportunity of girding at your pompous and affectedly pensive character. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online September 2021). girdingn.3 dialect. The action of fitting (barrels) with hoops. ΚΠ 1609 in J. Barmby Churchwardens' Accts. Pittington (1888) 289 For girding of barels, ijd. c1817 J. Hogg Tales & Sketches IV. 17 John Jardine, the cooper, chanced to come to Knowe—back in the course of his girding and hooping peregrinations. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2019). girdingadj.1 That girds, in senses of the verb. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > surrounding > [adjective] circumjacent1490 circumstant1545 circumvoisin1548 environing?a1560 encompassing1571 ambient1572 succingent1578 embracing1590 circling1594 girdling1598 circumdant1600 rounding1600 all round?1611 circumferent1620 circumsistent1625 circuiting1632 circulating1632 encircling1632 surrounding1637 begirting1645 circumambient1648 circumstantial1650 girding1658 skirtingc1735 entwining1737 circumadjacent1780 belting1808 engirdling1843 encyclic1850 engirding1852 zoning1853 roundaboutc1860 begirding1877 wraparound1957 1658 W. Gurnall Christian in Armour: 2nd Pt. 149 Walk (Christian) in the view of Gods omniscience, this is a girding consideration. 1708 J. Ozell tr. N. Boileau-Despréaux Lutrin iv. 79 So, Abandon'd by its Girding Wood, Sinks an old Roof, which had for Ages stood. 1764 W. Falconer Shipwreck (new ed.) ii. 80 To cut the girding stay they run. 1834 S. Cooper Good's Study Med. (ed. 4) III. 246 The use of stiff and girding stays..to produce deformity where it does not exist. 1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. App. 543 The Russo-Siberians gave us vaguely a girding-line of ice. 1869 R. D. Blackmore Lorna Doone II. i. 11 'Tis the ripening of the oats! All the day they have been dancing..Waiting for the girding hook. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online December 2019). girdingadj.2 That girds, scoffs, or jeers. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > jeering, taunting, or scoffing > [adjective] > jeering, taunting, or scoffing scoffing1538 jesting1551 gibing1574 jeering1581 scommatizing1613 girdinga1617 flirting1651 signifying1947 a1617 P. Baynes Comm. Ephes. (1658) 168 Prophane, filthy, and girding jests. 1691 A. Gavin Observ. Journy to Naples 126 The Receiver..told us, in a very girding manner, that [etc.]. 1882 Spectator 2 Dec. 1535 They..believe in girding speeches as foolish Communists believe in petroleum. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < n.1c1400n.2?c1600n.31609adj.11658adj.2a1617 |
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