单词 | half-head |
释义 | > as lemmashalf-head half-head n. and adj. now historical (a) n. (apparently) (on a bed or bedstead) a canopy which only covers the head end; (b) adj. (apparently) designating a bed or bedstead with a canopy which only covers the head end; = half-headed adj. 1.Alternative explanations of this term have been proposed: see, e.g., quot. 1899. Π 1564 in F. G. Emmison Essex Wills (1993) (modernized text) VIII. 74 A bedsteadle with a half head. 1598 Inv. King's Coll. in R. Willis & J. W. Clark Archit. Hist. Univ. Cambr. (1886) III. 325 Item a halfe head bedsteade of walnuttree. 1602 in F. G. Emmison Essex Wills (1990) (modernized text) VII. 142 2 flock beds with half-heads. 1700 Case J. Haviland (single sheet) 2/1 One Half-head Bedstead, with the Cord and Mat. 1861 Sheffield & Rotherham Independent 12 Jan. 4/3 Sold by Auction..Half-head Bed, very handsome Tudor Iron Bedsteads, [etc.]. 1899 B. W. Green Word-bk. Virginia Folk-speech 175 Halfhead bedstead, a bedstead with posts lower than the headboard, not as high as a teaster [sic]. 1966 F. Hill Georgian Lincoln vi. 161 When Widow York went into the house she took with her one half-head bedstead. < as lemmas |
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