单词 | head-line |
释义 | † head-linen.1 Obsolete. A covering for the head made of linen. Cf. head linen n. at head n.1 Compounds 4.Recorded earliest in bishop head-line.In quot. OE apparently ultimately reflecting Isidore Origines 19. 30. 4, which describes the headband worn by Roman priests (classical Latin infula: see infula n. 1), but perhaps in this gloss denoting a bishop's mitre or its lappets (mitres in their early form were apparently usually of white linen).The context in quot. a1200 is not entirely clear; it is possible the word denotes a priest's amice. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > head-cloth or -scarf headclothOE head-lineOE headrailOE head-kerchief1378 kercherc1380 coverchiefc1386 voluperc1386 kerchiefa1400 curch1447 amict1480 head-kercher1556 orhni1678 headscarf1688 handkerchiefa1774 kopdoek1911 scarf1917 OE Antwerp-London Gloss. (2011) 92 Infula, biscopheafodlin. a1200 MS Trin. Cambr. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1873) 2nd Ser. 163 Ðe chire[che] cloðes ben to brokene and ealde and hise wiues shule ben hole and newe; His alter cloð great and sole and hire chemise smal and hwit, and te albe sol and hire smoc hwit, þe haued line sward and hire winpel wit. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < |
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