Milann.¹

Brit.

/mᵻˈlan/, U.S.

/məˈlɑn/,

/məˈlæn/

Forms: late Middle English Melen, late Middle English Meleyn, late Middle English Milen, late Middle English Milleyn, late Middle English Millon, late Middle English Mylen, late Middle English Mylleyn, 1500s Millen, 1500s Millin, 1500s Myllain, 1500s Myllaine, 1500s Myllen, 1500s Myllyane, 1500s– Milan, 1600s Milane, 1600s Millaine, 1600s Millan, 1600s Myllan, 1800s Milain; also Scottish pre-1700 Melane, pre-1700 Millane, pre-1700 Myllan. Also with lower-case initial.

Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Milan.

Etymology: < Milan (Italian Milano, classical Latin Mediolānum), the name of the chief city of Lombardy.The name of the city is found in Old English as Mægelan, Megelan (in the translation of Orosius Hist.), as well as in the more Latinized forms Mediolana, Mediolanaburg, also (rarely) Medialan, Mediolan. Middle English forms of the place name include Melayne, Melan, Milane. In earlier use also with stress on the first syllable; this pronunciation is still recorded as an occasional variant in British use in some late 20th-cent. pronouncing dictionaries.

†1. = Milan steel n. at Compounds 3 (in some cases perhaps: Milan manufacture). Obsolete (archaic in later use).

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military equipment > production and development of arms > [noun] > material for arms or armour

Milan1420

1420 in F. J. Furnivall Fifty Earliest Eng. Wills (1882) 53 I will þat Henry Lound haue a blake goun..and a habirgoun of Mylen.

1464 in Manners & Househ. Expenses Eng. (1841) 194 (MED) My mastyr lent hym..a salat wyth a vesere of meleyn.

c1560 Hunting Cheviot in F. J. Child Eng. & Sc. Pop. Ballads (1889) III. vi. 309 With swordes that wear of fyn myllan.

c1650 (a1500) Eger & Grime (Percy) (1933) 192 My Habergion that was of Millaine fine.

a1842 W. Maginn Chevy Chase in Miscellanies (1885) I. 266 At last the Douglas and the Percy met, Like two captains of might and main; They swept together, till they both sweat, With swords of fine Milain.

2. = Milan straw n. at Compounds 3 (see quot. 1968).

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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from other vegetable fibres > [noun] > woven straw

straw braid1864

Milan1895

balibuntal1913

Bangkok1920

paribuntal1926

1895 Montgomery Ward Catal. Spring & Summer 131/3 Millinery department..Misses' or children's, Union Milan and fancy braid.

1948 K. Hardy Costume Design x. 209 Milan, finer version of leghorn.

1968 J. Ironside Fashion Alphabet 253 Milan, a fine, closely woven straw from Milan, Italy, used for expensive hats.

Compounds

C1. General attributive, designating persons or things relating to, originating in, or associated with Milan, as Milan family, Milan fashion, Milan resident, Milan silk, etc.

ΚΠ

?1567 Def. Priestes Mariages (new ed.) 355 [They] vsed their tollerations in such cases,..as Millane churche and Constantinople churche vsed in the election of their bishoppes Ambrose & Nectarius.

1656 M. Marnettè Perfect Cook lxxxii. 174 (heading) To make a Cake or Tart according to the Italian or Millan fashion.

1766 A. Birks & J. Birks Arithm. Coll. & Improvem. ii. iv. 446 How many Milan pounds will equiponderate 548 lb. of Amsterdam?

1833 Ladies' Mag. Mar. 110/2 The flexibility with which he moved his limbs in their complete panoply, attested the skill of the Milan armourer that wrought it.

1856 Gazetteer of World VII. 326/1 A number of villas belonging to Milan families, and an elegant modern palace.

1884 Manch. Examiner 21 Mar. 4/5 A report from the Milan silk market states that the conditioning returns remain very high.

1930 Rotarian Apr. 62/1 The Milan Rotary Club meets every Tuesday at 12:30.

1972 Guardian 17 Feb. 2/5 Seven people are now in Milan prison in connection with recent neo-Fascist activities.

1989 W. Weaver tr. U. Eco Foucault's Pendulum viii. 54 It was an old bar near one of the navigli, the Milan canals.

2004 E. B. Baum What is Thought? xiv. 417 They asked Milan residents..to imagine that they were standing in the Piazza del Duomo.

2011 M. F. Moore tr. S. Veronese Quiet Chaos ii. 18 I'm driving through the Milan traffic to take my daughter, Claudia, to school.

C2.

a. Designating any of various products, esp. textile fabrics, garments, and steel products, made or originating in Milan, as †Milan bonnet, †Milan fustian, †Milan gloves, †Milan groat, Milan hauberk, Milan knife, Milan mail, †Milan sleeves. Now chiefly historical or Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1488 in H. E. Malden Cely Papers (1900) 197 I receivid of increce in the chaunge of iij mylleyn grotes..iij^d ob. fl.

1503 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1900) II. 234 Item for thre elne Melane fustiane.

1507 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1902) IV. 15 Five Melane bonetis.

1530 Roll of Provisions in S. Pegge Forme of Cury (1780) 167 A pair of Myllen Sleves of white sattin.

1532 Proclam. 18 Aug. in Chron. Calais (1846) 116 To apparell there servauntes in..red Myllen bonnettes.

1545 Rates Custome House sig. bviij Millin gloues or canary the groce xxvi.s. viii.d.

1548 E. Halle Chron. f. lxxxiii Myllaine bonettes of crimosyn satten drawen through with clothe of golde.

1573 in E. Roberts & K. Parker Southampton Probate Inventories, 1447–1575 (1992) II. 355 A dublett of myllyane fusten, x s.

a1600 ( W. Stewart tr. H. Boece Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) I. 235 The Millane melȝeis mendit nocht ane myte, The brandis bricht sa bitterlie did byte.

1601 J. Wheeler Treat. Commerce 23 Milan Fustians.

1655 A. Brewer Love-sick King ii. sig. A3 I change these myllan fustian Needles into eggs, then my eggs into money, and then am I a Merchant.

1699 K. Arthur & K. Cornwall 168 in Percy Fol. MS I. 68 He sayes, ‘Collen brand Ile haue in my hand, And a Millaine knife fast by my knee.’

1772 Pennsylvania Gaz. 9 Apr. 3/3 (advt.) Also an assortment of German linen.., all sorts of straw knives and scythes, Bavaria and Milan whetstones, best oil flints, Dutch tobacco-pipes, with sundry other goods, too tedious to mention.

1772 Pennsylvania Gaz. 29 July 1/2 Account of the Sales of Silk, London, April 10, 1772. Five Lots of Pennsylvania Silk... Milan [Silk]. Highest, 19s. Lowest, 17s.

1819 W. Scott Ivanhoe I. vii*. 127 He hath on sale six Milan harnesses, the worst would suit a crowned head.

1831 Lady's Bk. Oct. 234 His superb figure was cased in a suit of Milan harness, over which was thrown a cloak of the richest Genoa velvet, fastened at the throat by a clasp of pure gold.

1862 Delaware County Republican 16 May (advt.) She has opened a full line of Spring and Summer Millinery of all kinds. All the latest styles of English Dunstable, Coborg, Milan Platt, and Silk Casing Bonnets on hand and made to order.

1902 J. Payne Poet. Wks. II. 86 He armeth him well..In armour of proof of Milan mail.

1914 S. Lewis Our Mr. Wrenn vii. 95 So I came home & howled & burned Milan tapers before your picture.

b. Designating articles made from Milan straw, as Milan hat, Milan edge. Cf. milliner n. 2.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [adjective] > hat > made of specific material > other

Leghorn1720

Dunstable1792

Milan1855

shaved1861

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > hat > made of specific material > straw > types of

Dunstable1805

Leghorn1810

skimmer1830

Tuscan hat1830

boating hat1840

mushroom1843

Milan hat1855

toering1855

bergère hat1873

Zulu hat1880

boater1882

boat hat1889

straw yard1900

donkey's breakfast1901

brimmer1902

straw boater1905

balibuntal1913

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > parts of clothing > [noun] > border or hem

hemc1000

urlinga1300

suburba1658

cadging1674

Milan edge1897

1855 Godey's Lady's Bk. July 1/1 (advt.) Summer Fashions... Boy's Milan Hat. Boy's Fancy Gimp Cap.

1897 Sears, Roebuck Catal. No. 104. 302/3 Ladies' Neapolitan Dress Hat, with a Milan edge. This is a fine, new style of a fancy straw shape.

1950 ‘Mercury’ Dict. Textile Terms 345/2 Milan hat, a hat of fine straw, originally manufactured in the province of Milan, Italy.

C3.

Milan lace n. a type of lace from Milan: (a) early needlelace; = Milan point n.; (b) bobbin lace; = Milanese lace n. at Milanese n.¹ and adj. Compounds.

ΚΠ

1606 in F. B. Palliser Hist. Lace (1865) iv. 56 One suit with cannons thereunto of silver lace, shadowed with silk Milan Lace.

1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue i. 158 A Buffe Ierkin, laid on with a costly Milane-Lace.

1959 Chambers's Encycl. VIII. 294/1 Later, in the 18th century, Milan lace adopted the réseaux made popular in northern Europe.

† Milan needle n. Obsolete a sail-needle.

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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > shipbuilding and repairing > [noun] > fitting out or equipping ships > sail-making > tools

Milan needle1495

sail-needle1497

thumb-stall1589

palm1737

1495 in M. Oppenheim Naval Accts. & Inventories Henry VII (1896) 276 vj C. mylleyn nedylles..spent abought reparacion & amendyng of the seyd Sayles.

Milan point n. a type of early needlelace similar to reticella, often worked in metal threads; later superseded by Milanese bobbin lace (see Milan lace n. and Milanese n.¹ 3).

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1882 S. F. A. Caulfeild & B. C. Saward Dict. Needlework 346/1 The Milan Points..were fine hand made laces similar to the Spanish and Venetian Points.

1900 E. Jackson Hist. Hand-made Lace Dict. 182 Milan Point. This point lace was justly celebrated in the seventeenth century... The earliest record of Italian lace known belongs to Milan.

Milan steel n. historical steel used by the armourers of Milan in the manufacture of coats of mail, swords, etc.

ΚΠ

1808 W. Scott Marmion i. vi. 28 Well was he armed from head to heel, In mail, and plate, of Milan steel.

1862 J. Grant Capt. of Guard li. 363 The earl's cuirass was of Milan steel, magnificently damascened.

1906 J. Davidson Holiday & Other Poems 120 Each blossom chaste, Against the cold in Milan steel Of stout hibernacle encased.

Milan straw n. a type of straw used in the manufacture of fashionable hats; cf. milliner n. 2.

ΚΠ

1925 Woman's World (Chicago) Apr. 52/2 The one illustrated has a crown, either of black felt or milan straw and a facing of scarlet taffeta.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	milan
释义	Milann.¹ Brit. /mᵻˈlan/, U.S. /məˈlɑn/, /məˈlæn/ Forms: late Middle English Melen, late Middle English Meleyn, late Middle English Milen, late Middle English Milleyn, late Middle English Millon, late Middle English Mylen, late Middle English Mylleyn, 1500s Millen, 1500s Millin, 1500s Myllain, 1500s Myllaine, 1500s Myllen, 1500s Myllyane, 1500s– Milan, 1600s Milane, 1600s Millaine, 1600s Millan, 1600s Myllan, 1800s Milain; also Scottish pre-1700 Melane, pre-1700 Millane, pre-1700 Myllan. Also with lower-case initial. Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Milan. Etymology: < Milan (Italian Milano, classical Latin Mediolānum), the name of the chief city of Lombardy.The name of the city is found in Old English as Mægelan, Megelan (in the translation of Orosius Hist.), as well as in the more Latinized forms Mediolana, Mediolanaburg, also (rarely) Medialan, Mediolan. Middle English forms of the place name include Melayne, Melan, Milane. In earlier use also with stress on the first syllable; this pronunciation is still recorded as an occasional variant in British use in some late 20th-cent. pronouncing dictionaries. †1. = Milan steel n. at Compounds 3 (in some cases perhaps: Milan manufacture). Obsolete (archaic in later use). ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > production and development of arms > [noun] > material for arms or armour Milan1420 1420 in F. J. Furnivall Fifty Earliest Eng. Wills (1882) 53 I will þat Henry Lound haue a blake goun..and a habirgoun of Mylen. 1464 in Manners & Househ. Expenses Eng. (1841) 194 (MED) My mastyr lent hym..a salat wyth a vesere of meleyn. c1560 Hunting Cheviot in F. J. Child Eng. & Sc. Pop. Ballads (1889) III. vi. 309 With swordes that wear of fyn myllan. c1650 (a1500) Eger & Grime (Percy) (1933) 192 My Habergion that was of Millaine fine. a1842 W. Maginn Chevy Chase in Miscellanies (1885) I. 266 At last the Douglas and the Percy met, Like two captains of might and main; They swept together, till they both sweat, With swords of fine Milain. 2. = Milan straw n. at Compounds 3 (see quot. 1968). ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from other vegetable fibres > [noun] > woven straw straw braid1864 Milan1895 balibuntal1913 Bangkok1920 paribuntal1926 1895 Montgomery Ward Catal. Spring & Summer 131/3 Millinery department..Misses' or children's, Union Milan and fancy braid. 1948 K. Hardy Costume Design x. 209 Milan, finer version of leghorn. 1968 J. Ironside Fashion Alphabet 253 Milan, a fine, closely woven straw from Milan, Italy, used for expensive hats. Compounds C1. General attributive, designating persons or things relating to, originating in, or associated with Milan, as Milan family, Milan fashion, Milan resident, Milan silk, etc. ΚΠ ?1567 Def. Priestes Mariages (new ed.) 355 [They] vsed their tollerations in such cases,..as Millane churche and Constantinople churche vsed in the election of their bishoppes Ambrose & Nectarius. 1656 M. Marnettè Perfect Cook lxxxii. 174 (heading) To make a Cake or Tart according to the Italian or Millan fashion. 1766 A. Birks & J. Birks Arithm. Coll. & Improvem. ii. iv. 446 How many Milan pounds will equiponderate 548 lb. of Amsterdam? 1833 Ladies' Mag. Mar. 110/2 The flexibility with which he moved his limbs in their complete panoply, attested the skill of the Milan armourer that wrought it. 1856 Gazetteer of World VII. 326/1 A number of villas belonging to Milan families, and an elegant modern palace. 1884 Manch. Examiner 21 Mar. 4/5 A report from the Milan silk market states that the conditioning returns remain very high. 1930 Rotarian Apr. 62/1 The Milan Rotary Club meets every Tuesday at 12:30. 1972 Guardian 17 Feb. 2/5 Seven people are now in Milan prison in connection with recent neo-Fascist activities. 1989 W. Weaver tr. U. Eco Foucault's Pendulum viii. 54 It was an old bar near one of the navigli, the Milan canals. 2004 E. B. Baum What is Thought? xiv. 417 They asked Milan residents..to imagine that they were standing in the Piazza del Duomo. 2011 M. F. Moore tr. S. Veronese Quiet Chaos ii. 18 I'm driving through the Milan traffic to take my daughter, Claudia, to school. C2. a. Designating any of various products, esp. textile fabrics, garments, and steel products, made or originating in Milan, as †Milan bonnet, †Milan fustian, †Milan gloves, †Milan groat, Milan hauberk, Milan knife, Milan mail, †Milan sleeves. Now chiefly historical or Obsolete. ΚΠ 1488 in H. E. Malden Cely Papers (1900) 197 I receivid of increce in the chaunge of iij mylleyn grotes..iij^d ob. fl. 1503 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1900) II. 234 Item for thre elne Melane fustiane. 1507 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1902) IV. 15 Five Melane bonetis. 1530 Roll of Provisions in S. Pegge Forme of Cury (1780) 167 A pair of Myllen Sleves of white sattin. 1532 Proclam. 18 Aug. in Chron. Calais (1846) 116 To apparell there servauntes in..red Myllen bonnettes. 1545 Rates Custome House sig. bviij Millin gloues or canary the groce xxvi.s. viii.d. 1548 E. Halle Chron. f. lxxxiii Myllaine bonettes of crimosyn satten drawen through with clothe of golde. 1573 in E. Roberts & K. Parker Southampton Probate Inventories, 1447–1575 (1992) II. 355 A dublett of myllyane fusten, x s. a1600 ( W. Stewart tr. H. Boece Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) I. 235 The Millane melȝeis mendit nocht ane myte, The brandis bricht sa bitterlie did byte. 1601 J. Wheeler Treat. Commerce 23 Milan Fustians. 1655 A. Brewer Love-sick King ii. sig. A3 I change these myllan fustian Needles into eggs, then my eggs into money, and then am I a Merchant. 1699 K. Arthur & K. Cornwall 168 in Percy Fol. MS I. 68 He sayes, ‘Collen brand Ile haue in my hand, And a Millaine knife fast by my knee.’ 1772 Pennsylvania Gaz. 9 Apr. 3/3 (advt.) Also an assortment of German linen.., all sorts of straw knives and scythes, Bavaria and Milan whetstones, best oil flints, Dutch tobacco-pipes, with sundry other goods, too tedious to mention. 1772 Pennsylvania Gaz. 29 July 1/2 Account of the Sales of Silk, London, April 10, 1772. Five Lots of Pennsylvania Silk... Milan [Silk]. Highest, 19s. Lowest, 17s. 1819 W. Scott Ivanhoe I. vii. 127 He hath on sale six Milan harnesses, the worst would suit a crowned head. 1831 Lady's Bk.* Oct. 234 His superb figure was cased in a suit of Milan harness, over which was thrown a cloak of the richest Genoa velvet, fastened at the throat by a clasp of pure gold. 1862 Delaware County Republican 16 May (advt.) She has opened a full line of Spring and Summer Millinery of all kinds. All the latest styles of English Dunstable, Coborg, Milan Platt, and Silk Casing Bonnets on hand and made to order. 1902 J. Payne Poet. Wks. II. 86 He armeth him well..In armour of proof of Milan mail. 1914 S. Lewis Our Mr. Wrenn vii. 95 So I came home & howled & burned Milan tapers before your picture. b. Designating articles made from Milan straw, as Milan hat, Milan edge. Cf. milliner n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [adjective] > hat > made of specific material > other Leghorn1720 Dunstable1792 Milan1855 shaved1861 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > hat > made of specific material > straw > types of Dunstable1805 Leghorn1810 skimmer1830 Tuscan hat1830 boating hat1840 mushroom1843 Milan hat1855 toering1855 bergère hat1873 Zulu hat1880 boater1882 boat hat1889 straw yard1900 donkey's breakfast1901 brimmer1902 straw boater1905 balibuntal1913 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > parts of clothing > [noun] > border or hem hemc1000 urlinga1300 suburba1658 cadging1674 Milan edge1897 1855 Godey's Lady's Bk. July 1/1 (advt.) Summer Fashions... Boy's Milan Hat. Boy's Fancy Gimp Cap. 1897 Sears, Roebuck Catal. No. 104. 302/3 Ladies' Neapolitan Dress Hat, with a Milan edge. This is a fine, new style of a fancy straw shape. 1950 ‘Mercury’ Dict. Textile Terms 345/2 Milan hat, a hat of fine straw, originally manufactured in the province of Milan, Italy. C3. Milan lace n. a type of lace from Milan: (a) early needlelace; = Milan point n.; (b) bobbin lace; = Milanese lace n. at Milanese n.¹ and adj. Compounds. ΚΠ 1606 in F. B. Palliser Hist. Lace (1865) iv. 56 One suit with cannons thereunto of silver lace, shadowed with silk Milan Lace. 1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue i. 158 A Buffe Ierkin, laid on with a costly Milane-Lace. 1959 Chambers's Encycl. VIII. 294/1 Later, in the 18th century, Milan lace adopted the réseaux made popular in northern Europe. † Milan needle n. Obsolete a sail-needle. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > shipbuilding and repairing > [noun] > fitting out or equipping ships > sail-making > tools Milan needle1495 sail-needle1497 thumb-stall1589 palm1737 1495 in M. Oppenheim Naval Accts. & Inventories Henry VII (1896) 276 vj C. mylleyn nedylles..spent abought reparacion & amendyng of the seyd Sayles. Milan point n. a type of early needlelace similar to reticella, often worked in metal threads; later superseded by Milanese bobbin lace (see Milan lace n. and Milanese n.¹ 3). ΚΠ 1882 S. F. A. Caulfeild & B. C. Saward Dict. Needlework 346/1 The Milan Points..were fine hand made laces similar to the Spanish and Venetian Points. 1900 E. Jackson Hist. Hand-made Lace Dict. 182 Milan Point. This point lace was justly celebrated in the seventeenth century... The earliest record of Italian lace known belongs to Milan. Milan steel n. historical steel used by the armourers of Milan in the manufacture of coats of mail, swords, etc. ΚΠ 1808 W. Scott Marmion i. vi. 28 Well was he armed from head to heel, In mail, and plate, of Milan steel. 1862 J. Grant Capt. of Guard li. 363 The earl's cuirass was of Milan steel, magnificently damascened. 1906 J. Davidson Holiday & Other Poems 120 Each blossom chaste, Against the cold in Milan steel Of stout hibernacle encased. Milan straw n. a type of straw used in the manufacture of fashionable hats; cf. milliner n. 2. ΚΠ 1925 Woman's World (Chicago) Apr. 52/2 The one illustrated has a crown, either of black felt or milan straw and a facing of scarlet taffeta. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † milann.² Forms: late Middle English mylan, late Middle English myllan, 1500s mylion. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French milan. Etymology: < Middle French milan, millan (1480 in passages translated in quots. 1484¹, 1484²; French milan ) < Old Occitan milan (13th cent.) < classical Latin mīluīnus milvine adj., probably via intermediate post-classical Latin forms milvanus, milanus. Compare Spanish milano (1220–50), Portuguese milhano (15th cent.), Italian milano (a1767); compare also ( < French) German Milan kite (19th cent.). N.E.D. gives another example from G. Turberville Bk. Faulconrie (1575) 124, but this source actually reads Vyllaine (see villain n. 2). The following example may perhaps show a variant of or error for the present word:1486 Bk. St. Albans diij ^v An Egle, a Bawtere, a Melowne. Obsolete. rare. A kite (the bird). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Falconiformes (falcons, etc.) > family Accipitridae (hawks, etc.) > [noun] > kites > genus Milvus (kite) gledec725 kitec725 pittelOE puttockc1175 milan1484 pipe gledea1525 kite-wolf1607 pew-glede1615 red kite1792 royal kite1792 milvine1885 fork-tail1893 shite-hawk1944 1484 W. Caxton tr. Subtyl Historyes & Fables Esope i. iv. 8 The myllan. 1484 W. Caxton tr. Subtyl Historyes & Fables Esope ii. ii. 34 The kyte or mylan. 1575 G. Turberville Bk. Faulconrie 14 For this blacke Eagle is lesse than the Eagle royall, which is the yellow and tawnie Eagle, and the blacke Eagle doth as muche differ from the yellowe Eagle, as the blacke Mylion doth from the Mylion Royall. 1575 G. Turberville Bk. Faulconrie 45 The Kite royall, which is called by the Frenche man, the (Mylan Royall).] This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online December 2021). Milann.³ Brit. /mᵻˈlan/, U.S. /məˈlɑn/, /məˈlæn/ Forms: 1900s– MILAN, 1900s– Milan. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French MILAN. Etymology: < French MILAN (c1964: see below), acronym < the initial letters of missile d'infanterie léger antichar ‘infantry light anti-tank missile’.Development of the missile-system was begun in 1964 by a French-West German consortium subsequently known as Euromissile. Military. A proprietary name for: a type of wire-guided anti-tank missile. ΚΠ 1971 E. Luttwak Dict. Mod. War 112/1 MILAN has this very short minimum permissible range because it can be used as a recoilless weapon at those ranges. 1985 T. Parker Soldier, Soldier iv. ii. 41 I think he's in anti-tanks and what they call Milans, they're some sort of gun. 1990 M. Dewar Day in Life Brit. Army 172 (caption) Soldiers of 6 Gurkha rifles moving up to the firing point with their Milan antitank missile launchers. 1999 Soldier June 16/2 The battle-group has..a reconnaissance platoon and a Milan platoon and a mortar section from the Irish Guards. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹1420n.²1484n.³1971
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