单词 | mantelboard |
释义 | mantelboardn. Now regional (chiefly U.S. south.). A wide shelf of wood fixed on a mantelshelf; a mantelpiece. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > stand > [noun] > shelf > specific type manteltree1572 bookshelf1648 chimney-mantle1663 chimney-piece1680 mantel1742 mantelpiece1767 brace1806 mantelshelf1828 mantel-place1842 mantelboard?1881 sub-shelf1889 rick1901 fireboard1907 brace-piece- bracket-shelf- ?1881 Census Eng. & Wales: Instr. Clerks classifying Occupations & Ages (?1885) 53 Mantel Board Maker. 1883 Heal & Son Catal. (1972) 203 An Overmantel in Walnut..Mantel Board extra. 1887 D. C. Murray Old Blazer's Hero viii. 127 Dropping his elbows noiselessly on the mantel-board. 1948 A. L. Davis Word Atlas Great Lakes Region in Dict. Amer. Regional Eng. (1996) 177 Shelf over fireplace,..mantel board. 1977 J. Y. Mather & H. H. Speitel Ling. Atlas Scotl. II. 122 Mantelpiece, [Northumberland, County Down] mantelboard. 1997 Atlanta Jrnl. & Constit. 24 July r4 An unusual Victorian mantel board with beveled mirror..is the focal point of the formal dining room fireplace. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.?1881 |
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