| 单词 | in his pride |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin his pride P2. Heraldry in his pride: (of a peacock) represented as facing the spectator with the tail expanded and the wings drooping (cf. peacock n. 1c). ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > heraldic representations of creatures > [phrase] > position of peacock in his pride1530 1530 in Ancestor (1904) 11 181 Banester beryth to his crest a pecoke in his pryde. 1721 J. Strype Eccl. Memorials II. ii. xii. 339 His standard [was] of yellow and blue, with a peacock in pride gold, and pensils with a peacock. 1766 ‘M. A. Porny’ Elem. Heraldry Dict. s.v. Peacocks are said to be in their pride when they extend their tails into a circle, and drop their wings. 1790 Peerage Eng., Scotland & Ireland I. 70 Crest. On a chapeau, gules, turned up with ermine, a peacock in pride, proper. 1863 C. Boutell Heraldry Hist. & Pop. (ed. 2) x. 62 A Peacock, or Pawne, having its tail displayed, is in its pride. 1885 T. Mozley Reminisc. I. xxx. 178 The son was ‘in his pride’, as the heralds say. They were entertaining a troop of yeomanry, and the son..was in a handsome uniform. 1955 Times 30 July 7/4 Here is a subject ready to the schoolmaster's hand... A single chevron or peacock in his pride is surely worth all the dreary old hides and tallows, ranges and watersheds that ever plagued us. 1969 J. Franklyn & J. Tanner Encycl. Dict. Heraldry 255/1 [Pavinated] is the usual heraldric representation of the peacock, and is blazoned ‘a peacock in his pride’; he may, however, also be depicted in profile, proceeding to the dexter, with the train lowered, when he is blazoned as passant. 1996 T. Woodcock et al. Dict. Brit. Arms: Medieval Ordinary II. 152/1 Peacock in his pride. Sumeri, Adam de..Sigillum Ade de Sumeri. 13 cent. < as lemmas |
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