| 单词 | knight of the carpet |
| 释义 | > as lemmasknight of the carpet ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > courtship or wooing > [noun] > one who frequents ladies' chambers knight of the carpet?1547 carpet captain1548 carpet-man1571 carpet-knight1576 carpet peer1592 chamberer1592 carpet-monger1599 carpet champion1600 carpet squire1605 carpet frienda1625 society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > knight > [noun] > knight dubbed in peace-time knight of the carpet?1547 the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > [noun] > avoiding an action or condition > avoiding duty, work, or exertion > one who > one who avoids practical work knight of the carpet?1547 carpet-knight1576 ?1547 in J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1721) II. ii. App. E The Knights of the Carpet dubbed by the King on Shrove Tuesday. [These were evidently Knights Bachelors; the list follows that of the Knights of the Bath made at same time.] 1586 J. Ferne Blazon of Gentrie 105 A Knight..may be dubbed..in the time of peace vpon the Carpet..he is called a Knight of the carpet, bycause that the King sitteth in his regall chaire of estate and the Gentleman..kneeleth before his Soueraigne vpon the carpet or cloth vsually spred..for the Soueraignes footestoole. 1641 Naunton's Fragmenta Regalia sig. E2 A worse Christian then he was, and a better Knight of her Carpet then he could be. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 57/2 Knights of the Carpet, or Knights of the Green Cloth; to distinguish them from Knights that are Dubbed as Soldiers are in the Field. knight of the carpet knight of the carpet n. (see carpet n. 2c.) ΚΠ 1762 H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Painting I. vi. 120 Another person of some note..was Sir John Godsalve, created Knight of the Carpet at the King's coronation. < as lemmas |
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