单词 | hassocked |
释义 | hassockedadj. 1. Formed into or covered in clumps, tufts, or hassocks (hassock n. 1). rare. ΚΠ 1834 R. Whiffin Job 46 Man is not born to..pleasure..; But stoop his shoulders to a world of sin, And bring his hassocked brows rebellious To fit the Atlantean burthen. 1984 J. Morris Matter of Wales i. 11 Cattle..stand up to their hocks in the shallows of the estuary..and the hussocked grass of the saltings is overlooked by gentle green woods. 2002 T. Humphries in C. Walsh Arrows in Flight: Short Stories from New Ireland 184 A young man with his new girl, walking the hassocked field on the far shoulder of Claw Hill. 2. Esp. of a church or pew: furnished or provided with a hassock or hassocks (hassock n. 4). Now somewhat rare. ΚΠ 1836 S. Warren Merchant's Clerk 37 A seat in..the church.., commanding a distant view of the great central pew—matted, hassocked, and velvet-cushioned. 1850 Eliza Cook's Jrnl. 30 Nov. 75/1 The comfortable hassocked pew.., beneath the marble tablet which plausibly records the virtues of a long list of deceased Plausibles. 1906 Athenæum 31 Mar. 387/1 An old-fashioned Evangelical church, with its gowned verger, its cushioned pulpit and hassocked sanctuary. 1946 London Q. & Holborn Rev. 171 113 The august back pews of the central block (cushioned, hassocked, and with private cupboards) occupied by the best people. 2015 @museumsmith 9 Apr. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) Our latest stop—a small hassocked gem, reminds me of the church I grew up in. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1834 |
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