单词 | mill puff |
释义 | > as lemmasmill puff mill puff n. a kind of flock used for stuffing mattresses, etc. ΚΠ 1624 in J. S. Moore Clifton & Westbury Probate Inventories (1981) 35 A smalle feather Bedd praisd with the bolster bellonging to it..a Mill puffe Bed..together with a feather bolster. 1741 in J. S. Moore Goods & Chattels Forefathers (1976) 285 One bedstead and Green Print furniture, a Milpuff Bed and Bolster. 1851 Official Descriptive & Illustr. Catal. Great Exhib. III. 496/1 Specimens of mattress-wools, woollen millpuffs, and flocks. 1989 S. Mills & P. Riemer Mills of Gloucestershire ii. 76 (caption) Merrets Mill was used as a cloth mill but was later turned over to the production of flock, shoddy and mill puff. < as lemmas |
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