单词 | mahoitre |
释义 | mahoitren. historical. A pad placed in the upper part of the sleeve of a garment for the purpose of increasing the apparent breadth of the shoulders. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > parts of clothing > [noun] > covering spec parts of body > arm > parts of > other foresleeve1377 mahoitre1792 sleeve-cap1964 1792 ‘J. Gifford’ Hist. France II. 651 To make themselves appear broad-chested the men wore false shoulders, called mahoitres. 1833 tr. V. Hugo Notre-Dame III. xlix. 206 A seigneur splendidly attired in a doublet and hose of scarlet striped with silver, and a cloak with mahoîtres, or shoulder-pieces, of cloth of gold with black figures. 1846 F. W. Fairholt Costume in Eng. Gloss. Mahoitres,..the wadded and up-raised shoulders in fashion during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. 1935 Times Lit. Suppl. 21 Dec. 873/1 The mahoitres of the fifteenth-century dandy. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1792 |
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