单词 | hose-net |
释义 | hose-netn. Chiefly Scottish. A small net resembling a stocking, affixed to a pole (Jamieson); figurative a position from which it is difficult to escape. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > snare, trap, entanglement > [noun] neteOE angleOE grinc1000 trapc1175 caltropa1300 lacec1330 girnc1375 espyc1380 webc1400 hook1430 settingc1430 lure1463 stall?a1500 stalea1529 toil1548 intrap1550 hose-net1554 gudgeon1577 mousetrap1577 trapfall1596 ensnarementa1617 decoy1655 cobweba1657 trepan1665 snap1844 deadfall1860 Judas1907 tanglefoot1908 catch-221963 trip-wire1971 the world > food and drink > hunting > equipment > trap or snare > [noun] > net > other nets stalker1389 pocketc1425 hoop-net1481 hose-net1554 gap-net1727 bag-net1777 hoop1882 skim-neta1884 1554 D. Lindsay Dialog Experience & Courteour l. 4762 in Wks. (1931) I They..with their hois net dayly drawis to Rome, The maist fine gold, that is in Christindome. ?1591 R. Bruce Serm. Sacrament iii. sig. M4 v Sa..zee haue drawne zour selfes in a Hose-net, & crucified zour Messe. 1766 Debates & Proc. House of Commons I. 32 If the French had not..caught our Army in a Hose-net, from which it could not have escaped. 1824 W. Scott Redgauntlet I. xiii. 316 I had him in a hose-net. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1554 |
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