| 单词 | antler comb |
| 释义 | > as lemmasantler comb b. In sense 3, ‘made of antler’, as antler comb, antler haft, etc.; (also) relating to antler as a material, as antler-work, antler-worker, etc. ΚΠ 1893 Jrnl. Geol. (Chicago) 1 28 These objects and the antler knife-handle exhibited with them may be alluded to as the only finds so far made at Trenton. 1929 V. G. Childe Danube in Prehist. ix Antler axes and picks, so primitive as to recall Kitchen-midden types, were in general use. 1938 Antiquity 12 163 In style the engraving reminds one more of the cervids on the well-known Maglemose antler-haft. 1952 J. G. D. Clark Prehistoric Europe (1968) viii. 217 A number of more or less close parallels may be quoted between European neolithic antler tools and implements employed by the Eskimo for working skins. 1958 Proc. Soc. Antiquaries Scotl. 89 91 (heading) Notes on the Obanian with special reference to antler- and bone-work. 1987 Trout & Salmon Mar. 46/3 For emergencies we each carry a small antler whistle. 1991 J. Blair & N. Ramsay Eng. Medieval Industries xiv. 357 The antler-worker's tool-kit..was a simple one. 2001 Oxoniensia 65 187 A number of possible functions have been suggested for antler combs. It is possible that they were used as beaters-in in weaving. < as lemmas |
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