| 单词 | hemming-in |
| 释义 | > as lemmashemming-in The action of hem v.1; the making or providing of a firm neat border to any article of clothing, upholstery, or the like; that which is hemmed; a fringe, the border of a garment. Also hemming-in. See also German hemming n. at German n. and adj. Compounds 1b. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > ornamental textiles > ornamental trimmings > [noun] > bordering or edging fasc950 wloc950 hemc1000 hemminga1300 borderc1374 mill1388 purfling1388 orphrey?a1425 wainc1440 millc1450 selvage1481 edge1502 bordering1530 screed1788 German hemming1838 the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > sewing or ornamenting textile fabric > [noun] > sewing > sewing in other ways hemminga1300 back-stitch1611 buttonholing1828 felling1840 pintucking1903 stab-stitching1917 prick-stitching1952 bar tack1955 bar-tacking1959 pad stitching1960 the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > restriction of free action > [noun] locking1503 coarctinga1513 constraint1590 stint1593 coarctation1605 manacling1649 strait-waistcoating1859 hemming-in1905 strait-jacketing1950 society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restriction or limitation > [noun] > of free action coarctinga1513 constraint1590 stint1593 coarctation1605 manacling1649 strait-waistcoating1859 hemming-in1905 strait-jacketing1950 a1300 E.E. Psalter xliv. 14 [xlv. 13] Doghtres of kinges..In gliterand gilted hemminges. 1502 in N. H. Nicolas Privy Purse Expenses Elizabeth of York (1830) 7 Payed for the hemmyng of a kertelle of the Quenes of damaske iiijd. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 230/2 Hemmyng or hemme of a garment, ourelevre. 1642 T. Fuller Holy State i. ix. 23 Many favours which God giveth us ravell out for want of hemming. 1888 Illustr. London News 14 Apr. 384/1 The exquisitely fine hemming and stitching shown at Lord Aberdeen's house. 1905 Fabian News Mar. 14/2 It is enacted that ‘he who receives relief must submit to the hemmings in of his personal liberty which the law imposes’. < as lemmas |
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