| 单词 | mat plaiting |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmat plaiting mat plaiting n. the making of mats by plaiting; spec. a children's activity which involves weaving strips of coloured paper into patterns. ΚΠ 1864 All Year Round 12 Mar. 99/1 They worked for their sins at sailcloth weaving, rope-making, and mat-plaiting. 1880 L. S. Floyer Plain Hints Examiners Needlework Gloss. 76 The rudimentary teaching of this darning is taught in the Kindergarten system, under the name of ‘mat platting’. 1922 A. B. Brewster Hill Tribes of Fiji xvii. 170 A girl is at once placed on a mat that she may grow up skilled in mat plaiting and other feminine occupations. 2000 M. Clyde in R. Wollons Kindergartens & Cultures iv. 96 In 1884 or 1886, Elizabeth Banks..was appointed... She worked with the five-year-old children on ‘kindergarten activities’ including drawing, paper-folding, paper-coloring, mat-plaiting, and stick-laying. < as lemmas |
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