| 单词 | greywork |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgreywork greywork n. [probably after Middle Low German grāwerk, grāwark, grauwerk] now historical grey furs collectively; goods made of grey fur; cf. sense B. 3. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > skin or hide > skin with hair attached or fur > [noun] panec1300 greywork1311 pelure?c1325 furrurea1387 peltrya1450 peltry warea1450 furs1555 bundwork1663 peltage1698 peltries1763 furrieries1784 society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with skins > [noun] > furriery > product of greywork1311 1311 Liber Horn in D. A. Trotter Multilingualism in Later Medieval Brit. (2000) 162 Grisovere [glossed] graiwerk. 1349 in M. T. Löfvenberg Contrib. Middle Eng. Lexicogr. & Etymol. (1946) 21 (MED) [A tun full of fells called] Greywerk. a1399 in W. G. Benham Oath Bk. Colchester (1907) 7 A Tymber Grey Werk, j quart. 1480 Table Prouffytable Lernynge (Caxton) (1964) 2 Of makers of greywerke. a1500 (a1451) in Ld. Clermont Wks. J. Fortescue (1869) I. 553 They brynge grete Merchandyse, as..23 Grey werke, 24 Rede werke, and all maner of 25 Peltry. 1891 A. Chase & E. Clow Stories Industry II. 66 ‘Gray work’ comprises the furs of the gray squirrel and of the domestic cat. 1985 E. W. Moore Fairs of Medieval Eng. i. i. 58 Of some £375 spent by royal agents on greywork, no less than £207..was marketed at the fairs of Boston..and Ely. < as lemmas |
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