单词 | mantilla |
释义 | mantillan. 1. A large light veil or scarf, often of black lace, worn by (esp. Spanish) women over the head and covering the shoulders. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > veil > types of flockard1465 power1526 crispa1592 fall1611 mant1651 mantilla1717 bridal veil1769 litham1839 voilette1842 yashmak1844 weeper1845 birdcage veil1888 fingertip veil1888 ghoonghat1916 spiderveil1922 niqab1936 full veil1937 1717 tr. A. F. Frézier Voy. South-Sea 259 They use that they call Mantilla for an Undress, to appear the more modest; and it is a Sort of Cloak, or Mantle, round at the Bottom, of a dark Colour, edg'd with Black Taffety. 1770 Gentleman's Mag. 40 530 A muslin or cambric veil called a mantilla, which hides the head and the upper part of their bodies. 1816 Lady Morgan Florence Macarthy (1819) III. iii. 126 Lady Clancare..had exchanged her coarse unbecoming costume of the morning for a black Spanish dress and mantillo. 1855 E. C. Gaskell North & South II. xvi. 216 The letters announcing the marriage, were accompanied by a splendid black lace mantilla, chosen by Dolores herself for her unseen sister-in-law. 1882 H. de Windt On Equator 129 The graceful mantilla is gradually but surely giving way to the Parisian bonnet. 1904 ‘A. Dale’ Wanted: Cook 187 She insisted upon wearing a lace mantilla over her head, and fastening it with a diamond brooch beneath her chin. 1982 B. Pym Unsuitable Attachment xv. 157 Not a black-shawled Italian peasant woman or a Spanish donna with a lace mantilla thrown over her head, but an Irish lady. 1991 M. Curtin Plastic Tomato Cutter xvi. 131 The women are only in it to see how they look in a mantilla on Sunday morning. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > bodice > parts of waistcoat1711 stay-hook1743 mantilla1835 plastron1857 Basque1860 jabot1881 Amadis1898 corsage1911 halter1935 1835 Court Mag. 6 p. ix/2 The corsage..is trimmed with a mantilla, or else in the pelerine stile, with blond lace. 3. A small cape or mantle. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > loose clothing > cloak, mantle, or cape > types of > small or short mantletc1385 semicopec1405 capiteberne1473 scapulary mantle1548 rokelay1709 cloaket1717 cardinal1745 chlamys1750 cape1759 manteline1807 short-cloak1837 mantilla1848 cloaklet1865 dolmanette1883 capelet1912 1848 E. Ruskin Let. 29 Apr. in W. James Order of Release (1947) 102 I put on my pale glacée silk white, lace bonnet, black Mantilla, pale gloves etc. 1859 Edinb. Rev. Apr. 310 A smart bonnet, a silk dress, a mantilla, and a parasol for Sundays. 1860 J. L. Motley Hist. United Netherlands II. xvi. 263 Sir Francis Vere—conspicuous in the throng, in his red mantilla. 1912 L. M. Montgomery Chron. Avonlea ii. 68 The waiting-room was chilly, and she shivered in her thin, old, silk mantilla. Compounds General attributive. mantilla-fashion adv. ΚΠ 1884 J. W. Cross George Eliot's Life III. 297 The abundant hair..was draped with lace, arranged mantilla-fashion. Derivatives manˈtilla'd adj. rare wearing a mantilla. ΚΠ 1853 G. J. Cayley Las Alforjas I. 49 The stream of cloaked and mantilla'd figures passing through the Calle de Velasquez. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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