单词 | girdle of chastity |
释义 | > as lemmasgirdle of chastity c. In various phrases and proverbial sayings. girdle of chastity = chastity belt n.; girdle of Venus: see Venus n.1 9.Many of these refer to the practice of wearing keys hung at one's girdle. (to have, hold) under one's girdle: in subjection, under one's control. † ne'er an M by your girdle? = Haven't you the politeness to say ‘Master’? † to give up the girdle: to confess oneself beaten. † to turn one's girdle: ? to find harmless outlet for one's anger (see Schmidt and the commentators). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > absence of resistance > offer no resistance [verb (intransitive)] > give in descend?a1400 to give up the girdlea1400 submita1525 to give over1530 subscribe1560 yield1576 come1607 to give in1616 to give the stoop1623 buckle1642 incumb1656 to knock under board, under (the) table1692 capitulate1714 to strike underc1730 knuckle down1735 cave1844 to throw (also chuck) up the sponge1860 incline1866 to give (it) best1878 give way1879 to roll over1919 society > authority > subjection > in or into subjection [phrase] > under control > under the rule or control of under the yardc1275 under the wandc1400 (to have, hold) under one's girdle1541 a1400–50 Alexander 181 Bot gefe þaim vp þe girdill vs gaynes noȝt ellis. a1400–50 Alexander 758 And oþir recouyre me þi rewme or reche vp þe girdill. 1541 R. Barnes Wks. (1573) 203/2 If hee bee in Rome, and hath all Princes neckes vnder hys gyrdell. a1550 in R. Dyboski Songs, Carols & Other Misc. Poems (1908) 129 All the keis hange not bi on mannis girdill. a1556 N. Udall Ralph Roister Doister (?1566) iii. iii. sig. E.ij Neare an M by your girdle? 1598 R. Bernard tr. Terence Andria i. i, in Terence in Eng. 11 Iwis it is not long hence I must liue after an others pleasure, with my head vnder anothers girdle. 1599 H. Porter Pleasant Hist. Two Angrie Women of Abington sig. I4 I know you are as good a man..as was ere girt in a girdle. 1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing v. i. 141 Prince I thinke he be angry indeed. Claud. If he be, he knowes how to turne his girdle . View more context for this quotation 1617 J. Woodall Surgions Mate Pref. sig. ¶¶v In whose opinions they onely haue the keyes of Art at their girdles. 1660 R. Burney Κέρδιστον Δῶρον 80 He is curst in his Mothers Belly that would over-top such Princes, and bring their heads under his Girdle. 1668 S. Pepys Diary 14 Feb. (1976) IX. 71 Thereby [by allowing £70,000 a year for ‘intelligence’] Cromwell carried the secret of all the princes of Europ at his girdle. 1706 Fowler in T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. 20 Jan. (O.H.S.) I. 166 He depended upon none, and..would not be under any one's Girdle. 1802 F. W. Blagdon tr. P. S. Pallas Trav. Southern Provinces Russ. Empire I. 399 Their girls..are provided with laced stays, or a broad girdle made of untanned leather: this singular coat of mail is among the common people tightly sewed round the waist, but in the higher classes it is fastened with silver hooks, so that they are obliged to wear it till their wedding-night... Besides the girdle of chastity above mentioned there is another circumstance which contributes to preserve the elegant shape of the girls: they are sparingly nourished. 1858 T. P. Thompson Audi Alteram Partem (1859) II. lxxvii. 31 A leader who carries half the Scottish Church under his girdle. < as lemmas |
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