单词 | knee-strap |
释义 | > as lemmasknee-strap knee-strap n. (a) the strap used by a shoemaker to keep a boot in position on his knee; (b) U.S. ‘in a railroad-car, a wrought-iron facing to a knee-timber, connecting the end-sill and the stirrup or drawbar carry-iron’ ( Cent. Dict. 1890). ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > making footwear > [noun] > equipment or materials for > equipment > device for holding shoe or last steady stirrupa1600 knee-strap1812 boot-clampa1877 1812 Sporting Mag. 40 14 A significant dangle of my knee-strap. a1892 W. Whitman To Working Men 6 The awl and knee-strap. < as lemmas |
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