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单词 hat tree
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hat treen.

Brit. /ˈhat ˌtriː/, U.S. /ˈhæt ˌtri/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: hat n., tree n.
Etymology: < hat n. + tree n.
1. A piece of furniture, typically a free-standing post with projecting arms, on which hats and coats may be hung; a hat stand.Cf. mug tree n. at mug n.1 Compounds.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > stand > [noun] > hat-stand
hat stand1805
hat tree1819
hat rack1828
1819 Resolves Gen. Court Mass. 87 Bryant, Nathaniel, for two hat trees,..16 00.
1858 H. D. Thoreau Chesuncook in Atlantic Monthly June 3/1 Moose-horns..are sometimes used for ornamental hat-trees, together with deers' horns, in front entries.
1940 J. P. Marquand H. M. Pulham, Esq. (1941) xi. 109 He would hang his black overcoat and his derby hat carefully on a hat tree in the corner.
1981 Washington Post 11 Jan. k14 The hat tree that sits against the wall in the entrance hall is also an antique English piece.
2009 D. Johnson Nobody Move iv. 180 By the front door, a hat-tree. On the hat-tree a dark suit coat on a hanger.
2. Australian. A bottle tree, Brachychiton discolor, native to eastern Australia and widely planted as an ornamental tree, having fibrous grey bark, hairy lobed leaves, and velvety bell-shaped flowers of a deep pink colour. Cf. kurrajong n., sycamore n. 3b.The bark of the tree was formerly used for weaving hats.
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1888 F. M. Bailey Queensland Woods 14 Sterculia discolor... The Sycamore or Hat-tree of New South Wales.
1895 Agric. Gaz. New S. Wales 6 590 The..so-called hat-tree (S. lurida), which obtains its common name owing to the circumstances that rough hats are made by weaving the numerous thin layers of the bark.
1922 Searl's Key to Austral. Gardening 94 Brachychiton Lurida (Hat tree).—Pink, bell-shaped flowers. Height, 50 feet.
1948 Townsville (Queensland) Daily Bull. 15 May 5 The Brachychiton clan..includes the ‘hat tree’ or Australian sycamore.
2013 J. H. Wiersema & B. León World Econ. Plants (ed. 2) 110/2 Brachychiton discolor F. Muell. CN: brush kurrajong, hat-tree, lace kurrajong,..white-poplar.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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