单词 | girella |
释义 | girellan. rare. A vane or weather-cock. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > study or science of weather > meteorological instruments > [noun] > wind-vane or weather-cock cock?a1300 weathercocka1300 fanec1386 vane1425 fan?a1500 thane1570 weather-flag1611 eagle-cock1694 girella1720 weathervane1721 dogvane1769 weather-fane1773 girouette1822 wind-vane1858 pendant1860 wind-cock1920 1720 J. Strype Stow's Surv. of London (rev. ed.) I. ii. viii. 149/2 A lofty Tower with a Clock and Chimes: and at the top of it a Grashopper for the Vane, or Girella. 1790 Bailey's Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. (ed. 25) Girella, a Vane, Weathercock. Ital. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1720 |
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