locketn.¹

Brit.

/ˈlɒkᵻt/, U.S.

/ˈlɑkət/

Forms: see lock n.¹ and -et suffix¹.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: lock n.¹, -et suffix¹.

Etymology: < lock n.¹ + -et suffix¹. Compare post-classical Latin loketti (plural) locks of wool (frequently from late 13th cent. in British sources).In later use perhaps sometimes associated with locket n.² 5b.

A lock of hair or (in early use) wool; a lovelock.The precise meaning in quot. a1350 is unclear, and may alternatively refer to some part of a headdress.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > hair > [noun] > lovelock or curl

locketa1350

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > parts of headgear > [noun] > other

bouta1300

locketa1350

flipe1530

tarf1545

corneta1547

round tire1560

scuffe1599

lappet1601

mirror1601

flandana1685

rose1725

rounding1732

feather-peeper1757

screed1788

valance1791

busby-bag1807

cointise1834

wing1834

kredemnon1850

havelock1861

cache-peigne1873

pullover1875

stocking-foot1921

grummet1953

a1350 in C. Brown Eng. Lyrics 13th Cent. (1932) 134 Ȝof þer lyþ a loket by er ouþer eȝe Þat mot wiþ worse be wet for lat [read lac] of oþer leȝe.

1350 in W. Greenwell Bp. Hatfield's Surv. (1857) 223 (MED) De vij velleribus j petra, preter locketts.

1684 A. Behn Poems Several Occasions 77 (title of poem) On a locket of hair wove in a true-loves knot, given me by Sir. R.O.

1845 Catholic Cabinet Mar. 693 Loving hearts preserve lockets of hair or autographs of their departed lovers.

1973 A. A. Cohen In Days of Simon Stern 346 How much we would like..that all the dead heroes..be remembered only by a few words and apothegms, redacted into books where they can be hidden, their words flattened by lockets of hair and dead flowers.

2001 A. Shakar Savage Girl (2002) 3 A length of slender chain hangs from her scalp, affixed in four places to isolated lockets of hair.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

locketn.²

Brit.

/ˈlɒkᵻt/, U.S.

/ˈlɑkət/

Forms: Middle English lokat, Middle English loket, Middle English lokett, Middle English lokitt, Middle English lokkett, 1500s lockitt, 1500s–1600s lockett, 1500s– locket; also Scottish pre-1700 lockit, pre-1700 loikitt, pre-1700 lokart, pre-1700 loker, pre-1700 lokert, pre-1700 lokkatt, pre-1700 lokket, pre-1700 lokkett.

Origin: Apparently a borrowing from French. Probably partly formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: French loket ; lock n.², -et suffix¹.

Etymology: Apparently originally (i) < Anglo-Norman loket, lokette fastening device (12th cent.), fetterlock (15th cent. in heraldic use; < loc latch, lock ( < English lock n.²) + -et -et suffix¹); in later use (ii) probably partly re-formed < lock n.² + -et suffix¹. Compare post-classical Latin lokettus , lokettum metal plate, bar, or bolt (late 13th cent. in British sources). Compare also Old French, Middle French, French loquet fastening device (13th cent.), catch, clasp (on a piece of jewellery) (c1470), padlock (on a prisoner's chain) (a1481) < Middle Dutch lok lock n.² + Old French -et -et suffix¹.In sense 5b sometimes associated with locket n.¹

†1. A horizontal bar, usually of iron, used to support the glass in a window. Occasionally attributive. Obsolete.Apparently unattested between the late 16th and mid 19th centuries.

ΚΠ

1354–5 in J. T. Fowler Memorials Church SS. Peter & Wilfrid, Ripon (1888) III. 92 In mercede fabri facientis pragges et lokats de ferro suo proprio pro fenestris figendis.

1379–80 in J. T. Fowler Memorials Church SS. Peter & Wilfrid, Ripon (1888) III. 101 Et in C loketnayles 3½d.

1423 in R. W. Chambers & M. Daunt Bk. London Eng. (1931) 171 (MED) For þe makynge of xvj lokkettes of yron to þe same wendowe.

1541 in Proc. Soc. Antiquaries Scotl. (1862) 3 163 And to put in ilk lycht of the wyndois grete lokartis of irne for binding of glas thareto.

1598 in R. Willis & J. W. Clark Archit. Hist. Univ. Cambr. (1886) II. 252 In euery light one vpright barr and fiue Crosse barrs or locketts.

1677 in 13th Vol. Wren Soc. (1936) 88 Letting in the locket barrs of 6 windows.

1862 Ecclesiologist 23 31 The lockets project, and are fastened on the outside.

2. Weaponry. A metal band or plate on a scabbard, often highly decorated, to which fixings may be attached for fastening to a belt. In early use also: †the scabbard itself (obsolete). Cf. locker n.¹ 2.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > sharp weapon > side arms > sword > [noun] > sheath of sword > parts of

locket1382

crampet1489

locker?a1549

sputcheon1852

1382 in H. T. Riley Memorials London (1868) 471 (MED) [A] copegorge, [with one] loket [and one] chape [of silver].

1386 in H. T. Riley Memorials London (1868) 400 [He had silvered a] chape [and a] loket [of] latone [for a baselard].

a1450 in R. L. Greene Early Eng. Carols (1935) 279 (MED) Myn baselard haght a schede of red And a clene loket of led.

c1500 in J. Harley et al. Rep. MSS R. R. Hastings (1928) I. 420 (MED) Brokon silver, as old grydelles, lokettes, chapis and other sawdrid ware.

1562 Act 5 Eliz. c. 7 No person..shall bring..into this Realme..Hiltes, Pommeles, Lockettes, Chapes, Dagger Blades [etc.].

1611 Rates Marchandizes sig. F4^v Lockets or chapes for daggers, the groce conteining twelue dozen—iiii l.

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Locket,..that part of a Sword-scabbard, where the Hook is fastened.

1808 European Mag. & London Rev. Apr. 291/1 The upper locket of the scabbard is composed of ancient arms, among which are conspicuous a quiver full of arrows, the fasces, and a shield.

1833 United Service Mag. Aug. 564 Scabbard.—The top and middle lockets to be four and three inches and a half long respectively.

1969 J. Henderson Sword Collecting x. 89 The blade is triangular, the scabbard of snake-skin with gilt lockets.

1993 Antique Dealer Aug. 39/1 A wooden scabbard covered with dyed polished black fish-skin and mounted with gold lockets and chape.

†3. Nautical. A hole or socket used for securing something. Also: a device for securing a person's hands; (perhaps) a manacle. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restraint depriving of liberty > binding or fettering > [noun] > bond(s) or fetter(s) or shackle(s)

bendc890

shacklea1000

bandc1175

bonda1325

aneus1360

warlockc1400

leashc1430

link?a1500

shackle1540

cramp-ring1567

locketa1643

restraint1650

pinion1733

manacle1838

span1856

a1643 W. Monson Naval Tracts iii, in A. Churchill & J. Churchill Coll. Voy. (1732) (modernized text) III. 346/1 Lockets are the Holes the Pintle of the Murderers goes into.

1664 S. Butler Hudibras: Second Pt. ii. i. 58 That other Virtuous School of Lashing, Where Knights are kept in narrow lists, With wooden Lockets 'bout their wrists.

†4. A group of small jewels set in a pattern. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > jewellery > jewellery of specific shape or form > [noun] > group set in pattern

setting1611

locket1655

pavé1871

1655 F. G. tr. ‘G. de Scudéry’ Artamenes IV. viii. ii. 103 The Claspes of this Gown was Lockets of Diamonds [Fr. des Escailles couuertes de Diamans], all before, and likewise about her shoulders.

1659 Public Intelligencer No. 186. 604 (advt.) A Locket Jewel of about 40 Faucet Diamonds.

1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. i. 12 Like a Locket of Diamonds, or a Sett of round Crystal Beads.

1697 S. Patrick Comm. Exod. (xxviii. 17) 541 Twelve Ouches, in which every single Stone was set, as we see it now, in our present Lockets.

1704 London Gaz. No. 3984/4 Lost,..a Gold Case of a Watch, set on the outside with nine Lockets, and little Diamonds between.

†a. A small catch or fastening, esp. one used to fasten a necklace or other piece of jewellery. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > jewellery > [noun] > fastening for jewellery

locket1657

1657 J. Davies tr. H. D'Urfé Astrea II. sig. L She gave unto the Great Eurick, a bracelet of her haire, the lockets [Fr. fermoirs] whereof were Lions, set with stones.

1688 H. Keepe True Narr. Finding Crucifix 12 For the Chain, it was four and twenty Inches long..: The upper part whereof (to lye in the Nape of the Neck) was joyned together by a Locket.

1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Locket, a little Lock of a Gold Chain.

1766 Ann. Reg. 1765 Chron. 152/1 The [nabob's] turban..has a top..most ingeniously contrived with lockets and springs to take in or let out.

b. A small case, typically made of gold or silver and worn as jewellery on a chain around the neck, often containing a memento such as a portrait, photograph, or lock of hair.Cf. quot. a1350 at locket n.¹, often quoted as an example of this sense.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > jewellery > neck ornaments > [noun] > locket

locket1679

1679 London Gaz. No. 1379/4 A Hair Locket, set round with small Table Diamonds.

1720 J. Gay Poems Several Occasions II. 399 Some by a snip of woven hair In posied lockets bribe the fair.

1788 Town & Country Mag. July 331/1 A gold locket, with a device in hair, and the initials E. S. on the back, in a cypher.

1838 C. Dickens Oliver Twist III. xxxvii. 17 It contained a little gold locket, in which were two locks of hair.

1860 Lowell (Mass.) Daily Citizen & News 21 June Ladies' Locket Chains.

1862 Internat. Exhib.: Illustr. Catal. Industr. Dept. II. xxxiii. 45/1 Locket, fine brilliant centre and drop, pierced open setting.

1955 D. Eden Darling Clementine (1959) vii. 64 When Prissie was disturbed or upset she always fingered the locket round her neck.

1982 A. Tyler Dinner at Homesick Restaurant (1983) v. 150 The landlady slid her locket along its chain with a miniature zipping sound.

2002 M. Holroyd Wks. on Paper 89 All his adult life he kept in a silver locket a picture of her before her marriage.

Derivatives

ˈlocketed adj. (a) adorned with or wearing a locket (sense 5b); (b) contained in a locket.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > jewellery > neck ornaments > [adjective] > having neck ornament

carcaneteda1652

gestatorya1682

bullated1698

locketed1871

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > equipment for painting or drawing > [adjective] > set in locket

locketed1871

1871 G. A. Sala in Belgravia 14 430 Somebody..was highly curled, oiled, ringed, chained, pinned, and locketed.

1901 Academy 10 Aug. 110/1 His [sc. George IV's] request to be buried in his night-shirt, beneath which was a locketed portrait of Mrs. Fitzherbert.

1988 M. S. Peden tr. I. Allende Eva Luna iii. 55 That woman with her tower of curls and locketed throat.

2003 Stud. Philol. 100 440 Miniatures..‘peaked’ in popularity in the 1580s when courtiers began collecting or sporting tiny locketed portraits of their beloveds in public.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	locket
释义	locketn.¹ Brit. /ˈlɒkᵻt/, U.S. /ˈlɑkət/ Forms: see lock n.¹ and -et suffix¹. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: lock n.¹, -et suffix¹. Etymology: < lock n.¹ + -et suffix¹. Compare post-classical Latin loketti (plural) locks of wool (frequently from late 13th cent. in British sources).In later use perhaps sometimes associated with locket n.² 5b. A lock of hair or (in early use) wool; a lovelock.The precise meaning in quot. a1350 is unclear, and may alternatively refer to some part of a headdress. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > hair > [noun] > lovelock or curl locketa1350 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > parts of headgear > [noun] > other bouta1300 locketa1350 flipe1530 tarf1545 corneta1547 round tire1560 scuffe1599 lappet1601 mirror1601 flandana1685 rose1725 rounding1732 feather-peeper1757 screed1788 valance1791 busby-bag1807 cointise1834 wing1834 kredemnon1850 havelock1861 cache-peigne1873 pullover1875 stocking-foot1921 grummet1953 a1350 in C. Brown Eng. Lyrics 13th Cent. (1932) 134 Ȝof þer lyþ a loket by er ouþer eȝe Þat mot wiþ worse be wet for lat [read lac] of oþer leȝe. 1350 in W. Greenwell Bp. Hatfield's Surv. (1857) 223 (MED) De vij velleribus j petra, preter locketts. 1684 A. Behn Poems Several Occasions 77 (title of poem) On a locket of hair wove in a true-loves knot, given me by Sir. R.O. 1845 Catholic Cabinet Mar. 693 Loving hearts preserve lockets of hair or autographs of their departed lovers. 1973 A. A. Cohen In Days of Simon Stern 346 How much we would like..that all the dead heroes..be remembered only by a few words and apothegms, redacted into books where they can be hidden, their words flattened by lockets of hair and dead flowers. 2001 A. Shakar Savage Girl (2002) 3 A length of slender chain hangs from her scalp, affixed in four places to isolated lockets of hair. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). locketn.² Brit. /ˈlɒkᵻt/, U.S. /ˈlɑkət/ Forms: Middle English lokat, Middle English loket, Middle English lokett, Middle English lokitt, Middle English lokkett, 1500s lockitt, 1500s–1600s lockett, 1500s– locket; also Scottish pre-1700 lockit, pre-1700 loikitt, pre-1700 lokart, pre-1700 loker, pre-1700 lokert, pre-1700 lokkatt, pre-1700 lokket, pre-1700 lokkett. Origin: Apparently a borrowing from French. Probably partly formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: French loket ; lock n.², -et suffix¹. Etymology: Apparently originally (i) < Anglo-Norman loket, lokette fastening device (12th cent.), fetterlock (15th cent. in heraldic use; < loc latch, lock ( < English lock n.²) + -et -et suffix¹); in later use (ii) probably partly re-formed < lock n.² + -et suffix¹. Compare post-classical Latin lokettus , lokettum metal plate, bar, or bolt (late 13th cent. in British sources). Compare also Old French, Middle French, French loquet fastening device (13th cent.), catch, clasp (on a piece of jewellery) (c1470), padlock (on a prisoner's chain) (a1481) < Middle Dutch lok lock n.² + Old French -et -et suffix¹.In sense 5b sometimes associated with locket n.¹ †1. A horizontal bar, usually of iron, used to support the glass in a window. Occasionally attributive. Obsolete.Apparently unattested between the late 16th and mid 19th centuries. ΚΠ 1354–5 in J. T. Fowler Memorials Church SS. Peter & Wilfrid, Ripon (1888) III. 92 In mercede fabri facientis pragges et lokats de ferro suo proprio pro fenestris figendis. 1379–80 in J. T. Fowler Memorials Church SS. Peter & Wilfrid, Ripon (1888) III. 101 Et in C loketnayles 3½d. 1423 in R. W. Chambers & M. Daunt Bk. London Eng. (1931) 171 (MED) For þe makynge of xvj lokkettes of yron to þe same wendowe. 1541 in Proc. Soc. Antiquaries Scotl. (1862) 3 163 And to put in ilk lycht of the wyndois grete lokartis of irne for binding of glas thareto. 1598 in R. Willis & J. W. Clark Archit. Hist. Univ. Cambr. (1886) II. 252 In euery light one vpright barr and fiue Crosse barrs or locketts. 1677 in 13th Vol. Wren Soc. (1936) 88 Letting in the locket barrs of 6 windows. 1862 Ecclesiologist 23 31 The lockets project, and are fastened on the outside. 2. Weaponry. A metal band or plate on a scabbard, often highly decorated, to which fixings may be attached for fastening to a belt. In early use also: †the scabbard itself (obsolete). Cf. locker n.¹ 2. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > sharp weapon > side arms > sword > [noun] > sheath of sword > parts of locket1382 crampet1489 locker?a1549 sputcheon1852 1382 in H. T. Riley Memorials London (1868) 471 (MED) [A] copegorge, [with one] loket [and one] chape [of silver]. 1386 in H. T. Riley Memorials London (1868) 400 [He had silvered a] chape [and a] loket [of] latone [for a baselard]. a1450 in R. L. Greene Early Eng. Carols (1935) 279 (MED) Myn baselard haght a schede of red And a clene loket of led. c1500 in J. Harley et al. Rep. MSS R. R. Hastings (1928) I. 420 (MED) Brokon silver, as old grydelles, lokettes, chapis and other sawdrid ware. 1562 Act 5 Eliz. c. 7 No person..shall bring..into this Realme..Hiltes, Pommeles, Lockettes, Chapes, Dagger Blades [etc.]. 1611 Rates Marchandizes sig. F4^v Lockets or chapes for daggers, the groce conteining twelue dozen—iiii l. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Locket,..that part of a Sword-scabbard, where the Hook is fastened. 1808 European Mag. & London Rev. Apr. 291/1 The upper locket of the scabbard is composed of ancient arms, among which are conspicuous a quiver full of arrows, the fasces, and a shield. 1833 United Service Mag. Aug. 564 Scabbard.—The top and middle lockets to be four and three inches and a half long respectively. 1969 J. Henderson Sword Collecting x. 89 The blade is triangular, the scabbard of snake-skin with gilt lockets. 1993 Antique Dealer Aug. 39/1 A wooden scabbard covered with dyed polished black fish-skin and mounted with gold lockets and chape. †3. Nautical. A hole or socket used for securing something. Also: a device for securing a person's hands; (perhaps) a manacle. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restraint depriving of liberty > binding or fettering > [noun] > bond(s) or fetter(s) or shackle(s) bendc890 shacklea1000 bandc1175 bonda1325 aneus1360 warlockc1400 leashc1430 link?a1500 shackle1540 cramp-ring1567 locketa1643 restraint1650 pinion1733 manacle1838 span1856 a1643 W. Monson Naval Tracts iii, in A. Churchill & J. Churchill Coll. Voy. (1732) (modernized text) III. 346/1 Lockets are the Holes the Pintle of the Murderers goes into. 1664 S. Butler Hudibras: Second Pt. ii. i. 58 That other Virtuous School of Lashing, Where Knights are kept in narrow lists, With wooden Lockets 'bout their wrists. †4. A group of small jewels set in a pattern. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > jewellery > jewellery of specific shape or form > [noun] > group set in pattern setting1611 locket1655 pavé1871 1655 F. G. tr. ‘G. de Scudéry’ Artamenes IV. viii. ii. 103 The Claspes of this Gown was Lockets of Diamonds [Fr. des Escailles couuertes de Diamans], all before, and likewise about her shoulders. 1659 Public Intelligencer No. 186. 604 (advt.) A Locket Jewel of about 40 Faucet Diamonds. 1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. i. 12 Like a Locket of Diamonds, or a Sett of round Crystal Beads. 1697 S. Patrick Comm. Exod. (xxviii. 17) 541 Twelve Ouches, in which every single Stone was set, as we see it now, in our present Lockets. 1704 London Gaz. No. 3984/4 Lost,..a Gold Case of a Watch, set on the outside with nine Lockets, and little Diamonds between. 5. †a. A small catch or fastening, esp. one used to fasten a necklace or other piece of jewellery. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > jewellery > [noun] > fastening for jewellery locket1657 1657 J. Davies tr. H. D'Urfé Astrea II. sig. L She gave unto the Great Eurick, a bracelet of her haire, the lockets [Fr. fermoirs] whereof were Lions, set with stones. 1688 H. Keepe True Narr. Finding Crucifix 12 For the Chain, it was four and twenty Inches long..: The upper part whereof (to lye in the Nape of the Neck) was joyned together by a Locket. 1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Locket, a little Lock of a Gold Chain. 1766 Ann. Reg. 1765 Chron. 152/1 The [nabob's] turban..has a top..most ingeniously contrived with lockets and springs to take in or let out. b. A small case, typically made of gold or silver and worn as jewellery on a chain around the neck, often containing a memento such as a portrait, photograph, or lock of hair.Cf. quot. a1350 at locket n.¹, often quoted as an example of this sense. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > jewellery > neck ornaments > [noun] > locket locket1679 1679 London Gaz. No. 1379/4 A Hair Locket, set round with small Table Diamonds. 1720 J. Gay Poems Several Occasions II. 399 Some by a snip of woven hair In posied lockets bribe the fair. 1788 Town & Country Mag. July 331/1 A gold locket, with a device in hair, and the initials E. S. on the back, in a cypher. 1838 C. Dickens Oliver Twist III. xxxvii. 17 It contained a little gold locket, in which were two locks of hair. 1860 Lowell (Mass.) Daily Citizen & News 21 June Ladies' Locket Chains. 1862 Internat. Exhib.: Illustr. Catal. Industr. Dept. II. xxxiii. 45/1 Locket, fine brilliant centre and drop, pierced open setting. 1955 D. Eden Darling Clementine (1959) vii. 64 When Prissie was disturbed or upset she always fingered the locket round her neck. 1982 A. Tyler Dinner at Homesick Restaurant (1983) v. 150 The landlady slid her locket along its chain with a miniature zipping sound. 2002 M. Holroyd Wks. on Paper 89 All his adult life he kept in a silver locket a picture of her before her marriage. Derivatives ˈlocketed adj. (a) adorned with or wearing a locket (sense 5b); (b) contained in a locket. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > jewellery > neck ornaments > [adjective] > having neck ornament carcaneteda1652 gestatorya1682 bullated1698 locketed1871 society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > equipment for painting or drawing > [adjective] > set in locket locketed1871 1871 G. A. Sala in Belgravia 14 430 Somebody..was highly curled, oiled, ringed, chained, pinned, and locketed. 1901 Academy 10 Aug. 110/1 His [sc. George IV's] request to be buried in his night-shirt, beneath which was a locketed portrait of Mrs. Fitzherbert. 1988 M. S. Peden tr. I. Allende Eva Luna iii. 55 That woman with her tower of curls and locketed throat. 2003 Stud. Philol. 100 440 Miniatures..‘peaked’ in popularity in the 1580s when courtiers began collecting or sporting tiny locketed portraits of their beloveds in public. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.¹a1350n.²1354
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