headrailn.¹

Brit.

/ˈhɛdreɪl/, U.S.

/ˈhɛdˌreɪl/

Forms: see head n.¹ and rail n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: head n.¹, rail n.¹

Etymology: < head n.¹ + rail n.¹ Compare headcloth n. and head-line n.¹ With later uses compare also head-kerchief n., headclothes n., etc.There appears to be no evidence to support the suggestion in sources such as quots. 1834, 1846 that the compound in Old English denotes specifically a woman's headdress (nor is there a corresponding Old English genitive compound attested in this sense as claimed in quot. 1834). The Old English compound is attested only in glosses. In quot. OE¹ the word renders the plural of post-classical Latin orarium napkin, handkerchief, stole (see orarium n.), used by Bede to refer to a garment (or perhaps a handkerchief) owned by a bishop (St. Cuthbert). In quot. OE² the word renders a figurative use of post-classical Latin poderes , poderis long robe, especially of the kind worn by Jewish priests (Vetus Latina, Vulgate), in a direct quotation from Ecclesiasticus 27:9. It is likely that the Old English word denotes a garment to be worn around the head (compare Old English compounds such as hēafodclāþ headcloth n., Old English hēafodgewǣde headdress, (ornamental) head covering, veil (compare weed n.²), and also later rail n.¹ 2), but the significance of the first element of the compound in Old English is not entirely certain. Compare also the following attestation of the Old English compound, where the word perhaps renders post-classical Latin capitule , capitula pillow (occasionally found as a rare variant of post-classical Latin capitale pillow, the original reading in the Latin source); compare Old English hrægl rail n.¹ in sense ‘cloth, sheet’. However, it may alternatively represent an erroneous gloss in sense ‘head covering, headdress’; compare post-classical Latin capitulum headdress (a636 in Isidore; first half of 11th cent. in a British source):OE Rule St. Benet (Tiber.) (1888) lv. 93 Stramenta..lectorum sufficiant..sagum, lena et capitulæ : bedreaf bedda genihtsumiað..hwitel & wesline [prob. read weslinc, i.e. wæstling] & heafudrægel.

Now historical.

A type of covering or garment for the head. In later use spec.: a type of woman’s headdress, esp. one consisting of a kerchief or veil fastened over the hair and extending over the shoulders and neck. Cf. coverchief n.In Old English only attested in apparently erroneous glosses, which have been variously interpreted (see etymological note); the relationship between these and the later evidence is uncertain. In later historical contexts the word has been used to denote various forms of head covering worn by women from the Anglo-Saxon period to the 17th cent.The precise sense of the word in quot. 1588 is unclear.

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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 Bede Glosses (Copenhagen Gl. Kgl. Sam. 2034) in H. D. Meritt Old Eng. Glosses (1945) 20/1 Oraria : i. uestes, heafodhrægel.

OE tr. Defensor Liber Scintillarum (1969) xiv. 145 Si sequeris iustitiam apprehendes illam et indues quasi poderem honorem [read honoris]: gif þu fyligst rihtwisnysse þu gegripst hi & þu ondest swylce heafudhrægel wyrðscype.

1588 in C. W. Cunnington & P. Cunnington Handbk. Eng. Costume 16th Cent. (1954) 170 For mendinge, washinge and starchinge of a heade raille of fine sipers..edged rounde aboute with white thred bone lace.

1834 J. R. Planché Hist. Brit. Costume 35 The head-dress of all classes is a veil or long piece of linen or silk wrapped round the head and neck..The Saxon name for it appears to have been hæfodes rægel (head-rail) or wæfles.

1846 F. W. Fairholt Costume in Eng. 44 The hood, coverchief, or head-rail (the latter being the genuine Saxon name).

1865 W. F. Collier Pictures of Periods ii. 51 The somewhat clumsy folds of the silken head-rail, in which both head and neck were swathed, went far to hide its [sc. her hair's] nut-brown luxuriance.

1927 H. Norris Costume & Fashion II. ii. 115 The ‘head rail’ is an oblong piece of linen with the right-hand side thrown over the left shoulder.

1958 V. A. LaMar Eng. Dress Age of Shakespeare 10 To set off the head, wired headrails of gauze were sometimes worn.

2009 J. S. Ainsworth Matilda's Song xiii. 67 She draped the veil of a couvrechef over her hair, fastening this headrail on each side with bone clips and tucking it into the neckband.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

headrailn.²

Brit.

/ˈhɛdreɪl/, U.S.

/ˈhɛdˌreɪl/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: head n.¹, rail n.²

Etymology: < head n.¹ + rail n.²

1. Nautical. Each of the rails of the head (rails of the head n. at rail n.² Phrases 2). Usually in plural.

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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > part of vessel above water > [noun] > rails or mouldings > at head

headrail1711

1711 W. Sutherland Ship-builders Assistant iii. 81 The upper part of the Ship will be found to be more perplex'd in Composition than the lower, which is caused by..the Conveniency of making the Head Rails spread.

1794 D. Steel Elements & Pract. Rigging & Seamanship II. x. 287 The head-rail and timber-head, on the fore side of the cathead.

1847 Hogg's Weekly Instructor 31 July 364/2 Green glassy waves, which, breaking over the head-rails, fairly deluged that part of the ship.

1898 Outing Apr. 61/1 She yawed vilely..every time she stooped over a sea, and put her headrails flush with the boiling crest before rising to the next.

1928 Pop. Sci. Monthly Apr. 119/2 The cutwater will be well supported when the headrails are on.

1998 J. L. Nelson Continental Risque xxii. 336 Biddlecomb could see the shots striking home, tearing sections of the frigate's head-rail away, leaving great gaps in her foresail.

2006 P. Kearney This Forsaken Earth i. 20 Men..gouged bloody slivers out of their hands as they climbed over the wrecked headrails.

2. slang (originally Nautical). In plural: the teeth. Now rare.

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the world > life > the body > digestive or excretive organs > digestive organs > mouth > tooth or teeth > [noun]

teetha900

munpinsc1475

gams1508

peg1598

tusk1632

masticator1681

headrail1767

ivory1783

tombstone1809

dominos1828

dental1837

toothy-peg1840

fang1841

cruncher1859

chomper1884

teg1886

Hampstead Heath1887

pearly1914

gnasher1919

tat1919

pearly whites1935

chopper1937

1767 ‘A. Barton’ Disappointment ii. 33 If one word goes thro' my head-rails, the devil blow me to jill-kicker!

1779 E. Neville Plymouth in Uproar i. 17 Speak such another word, and I'll stave in some of your Lordship's head rails.

1806 J. Davis Post-Captain xxx. 208 ‘What head-rails, Harry!’ ‘You'll be very happy, Tom!’

1854 ‘C. Bede’ Further Adventures Mr. Verdant Green (ed. 2) iv. 31 Your head-rails were loosened there, wasn't they?

1905 A. H. Rice Sandy v. 52 ‘This here grub is kinder hard on yer head-rails,’ said Ricks, trying to bite through a piece of stale bread.

1935 A. J. Pollock Underworld Speaks 52/1 Head rails, the teeth.

3. The upper horizontal piece of a door frame or window frame; cf. rail n.² 4a. Also: the long horizontal bar at the top of a window blind, which is placed along the top of a window frame and contains the mechanism by which the blind is opened or closed.

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the world > space > relative position > support > [noun] > that which supports > horizontal or transverse support > in a framework

platea1395

rail1678

headrail1857

1857 Appletons' Cycl. Drawing 245 The angles of the head rail should always be eased off, as shown at the top and bottom in fig. 2.

1895 Sci. Amer. (Building ed.) Apr. 67/1 Venetian blinds... The mechanism is contained in the headrail, which has swiveling pulleys, made of lacquered brass, over which the hoisting cords run.

1960 Perspecta 6 43/1 False beams applied at the head rail of sliding doors, are wedded to the whole structural fabric.

1995 Kay & Co. (Worcester) Catal. Autumn–Winter 842/2 Ready made vinyl blinds with 1in. slats. Automatic cord lock, wand tilt rod and heavy duty head rail.

1999 A. Bridgewater & G. Bridgewater Building Doors & Gates 46/2 Cutting list and fixtures (for one door)... A head rail 2 feet 8½ inches long.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	headrail
释义	headrailn.¹ Brit. /ˈhɛdreɪl/, U.S. /ˈhɛdˌreɪl/ Forms: see head n.¹ and rail n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: head n.¹, rail n.¹ Etymology: < head n.¹ + rail n.¹ Compare headcloth n. and head-line n.¹ With later uses compare also head-kerchief n., headclothes n., etc.There appears to be no evidence to support the suggestion in sources such as quots. 1834, 1846 that the compound in Old English denotes specifically a woman's headdress (nor is there a corresponding Old English genitive compound attested in this sense as claimed in quot. 1834). The Old English compound is attested only in glosses. In quot. OE¹ the word renders the plural of post-classical Latin orarium napkin, handkerchief, stole (see orarium n.), used by Bede to refer to a garment (or perhaps a handkerchief) owned by a bishop (St. Cuthbert). In quot. OE² the word renders a figurative use of post-classical Latin poderes , poderis long robe, especially of the kind worn by Jewish priests (Vetus Latina, Vulgate), in a direct quotation from Ecclesiasticus 27:9. It is likely that the Old English word denotes a garment to be worn around the head (compare Old English compounds such as hēafodclāþ headcloth n., Old English hēafodgewǣde headdress, (ornamental) head covering, veil (compare weed n.²), and also later rail n.¹ 2), but the significance of the first element of the compound in Old English is not entirely certain. Compare also the following attestation of the Old English compound, where the word perhaps renders post-classical Latin capitule , capitula pillow (occasionally found as a rare variant of post-classical Latin capitale pillow, the original reading in the Latin source); compare Old English hrægl rail n.¹ in sense ‘cloth, sheet’. However, it may alternatively represent an erroneous gloss in sense ‘head covering, headdress’; compare post-classical Latin capitulum headdress (a636 in Isidore; first half of 11th cent. in a British source):OE Rule St. Benet (Tiber.) (1888) lv. 93 Stramenta..lectorum sufficiant..sagum, lena et capitulæ : bedreaf bedda genihtsumiað..hwitel & wesline [prob. read weslinc, i.e. wæstling] & heafudrægel. Now historical. A type of covering or garment for the head. In later use spec.: a type of woman’s headdress, esp. one consisting of a kerchief or veil fastened over the hair and extending over the shoulders and neck. Cf. coverchief n.In Old English only attested in apparently erroneous glosses, which have been variously interpreted (see etymological note); the relationship between these and the later evidence is uncertain. In later historical contexts the word has been used to denote various forms of head covering worn by women from the Anglo-Saxon period to the 17th cent.The precise sense of the word in quot. 1588 is unclear. 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 Bede Glosses (Copenhagen Gl. Kgl. Sam. 2034) in H. D. Meritt Old Eng. Glosses (1945) 20/1 Oraria : i. uestes, heafodhrægel. OE tr. Defensor Liber Scintillarum (1969) xiv. 145 Si sequeris iustitiam apprehendes illam et indues quasi poderem honorem [read honoris]: gif þu fyligst rihtwisnysse þu gegripst hi & þu ondest swylce heafudhrægel wyrðscype. 1588 in C. W. Cunnington & P. Cunnington Handbk. Eng. Costume 16th Cent. (1954) 170 For mendinge, washinge and starchinge of a heade raille of fine sipers..edged rounde aboute with white thred bone lace. 1834 J. R. Planché Hist. Brit. Costume 35 The head-dress of all classes is a veil or long piece of linen or silk wrapped round the head and neck..The Saxon name for it appears to have been hæfodes rægel (head-rail) or wæfles. 1846 F. W. Fairholt Costume in Eng. 44 The hood, coverchief, or head-rail (the latter being the genuine Saxon name). 1865 W. F. Collier Pictures of Periods ii. 51 The somewhat clumsy folds of the silken head-rail, in which both head and neck were swathed, went far to hide its [sc. her hair's] nut-brown luxuriance. 1927 H. Norris Costume & Fashion II. ii. 115 The ‘head rail’ is an oblong piece of linen with the right-hand side thrown over the left shoulder. 1958 V. A. LaMar Eng. Dress Age of Shakespeare 10 To set off the head, wired headrails of gauze were sometimes worn. 2009 J. S. Ainsworth Matilda's Song xiii. 67 She draped the veil of a couvrechef over her hair, fastening this headrail on each side with bone clips and tucking it into the neckband. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). headrailn.² Brit. /ˈhɛdreɪl/, U.S. /ˈhɛdˌreɪl/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: head n.¹, rail n.² Etymology: < head n.¹ + rail n.² 1. Nautical. Each of the rails of the head (rails of the head n. at rail n.² Phrases 2). Usually in plural. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > part of vessel above water > [noun] > rails or mouldings > at head headrail1711 1711 W. Sutherland Ship-builders Assistant iii. 81 The upper part of the Ship will be found to be more perplex'd in Composition than the lower, which is caused by..the Conveniency of making the Head Rails spread. 1794 D. Steel Elements & Pract. Rigging & Seamanship II. x. 287 The head-rail and timber-head, on the fore side of the cathead. 1847 Hogg's Weekly Instructor 31 July 364/2 Green glassy waves, which, breaking over the head-rails, fairly deluged that part of the ship. 1898 Outing Apr. 61/1 She yawed vilely..every time she stooped over a sea, and put her headrails flush with the boiling crest before rising to the next. 1928 Pop. Sci. Monthly Apr. 119/2 The cutwater will be well supported when the headrails are on. 1998 J. L. Nelson Continental Risque xxii. 336 Biddlecomb could see the shots striking home, tearing sections of the frigate's head-rail away, leaving great gaps in her foresail. 2006 P. Kearney This Forsaken Earth i. 20 Men..gouged bloody slivers out of their hands as they climbed over the wrecked headrails. 2. slang (originally Nautical). In plural: the teeth. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > digestive or excretive organs > digestive organs > mouth > tooth or teeth > [noun] teetha900 munpinsc1475 gams1508 peg1598 tusk1632 masticator1681 headrail1767 ivory1783 tombstone1809 dominos1828 dental1837 toothy-peg1840 fang1841 cruncher1859 chomper1884 teg1886 Hampstead Heath1887 pearly1914 gnasher1919 tat1919 pearly whites1935 chopper1937 1767 ‘A. Barton’ Disappointment ii. 33 If one word goes thro' my head-rails, the devil blow me to jill-kicker! 1779 E. Neville Plymouth in Uproar i. 17 Speak such another word, and I'll stave in some of your Lordship's head rails. 1806 J. Davis Post-Captain xxx. 208 ‘What head-rails, Harry!’ ‘You'll be very happy, Tom!’ 1854 ‘C. Bede’ Further Adventures Mr. Verdant Green (ed. 2) iv. 31 Your head-rails were loosened there, wasn't they? 1905 A. H. Rice Sandy v. 52 ‘This here grub is kinder hard on yer head-rails,’ said Ricks, trying to bite through a piece of stale bread. 1935 A. J. Pollock Underworld Speaks 52/1 Head rails, the teeth. 3. The upper horizontal piece of a door frame or window frame; cf. rail n.² 4a. Also: the long horizontal bar at the top of a window blind, which is placed along the top of a window frame and contains the mechanism by which the blind is opened or closed. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > support > [noun] > that which supports > horizontal or transverse support > in a framework platea1395 rail1678 headrail1857 1857 Appletons' Cycl. Drawing 245 The angles of the head rail should always be eased off, as shown at the top and bottom in fig. 2. 1895 Sci. Amer. (Building ed.) Apr. 67/1 Venetian blinds... The mechanism is contained in the headrail, which has swiveling pulleys, made of lacquered brass, over which the hoisting cords run. 1960 Perspecta 6 43/1 False beams applied at the head rail of sliding doors, are wedded to the whole structural fabric. 1995 Kay & Co. (Worcester) Catal. Autumn–Winter 842/2 Ready made vinyl blinds with 1in. slats. Automatic cord lock, wand tilt rod and heavy duty head rail. 1999 A. Bridgewater & G. Bridgewater Building Doors & Gates 46/2 Cutting list and fixtures (for one door)... A head rail 2 feet 8½ inches long. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹OEn.²1711
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