单词 | baldachin |
释义 | baldachinn. 1. A rich embroidered stuff, originally woven with woof of silk and warp of gold thread; rich brocade. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > sewn or ornamented textile fabric > [noun] > embroidery or ornamental sewing > embroidered fabric > rich baudekinc1300 orphreyc1330 burdican1498 orphany?1553 baldachin1598 kincob1712 orphrey-web1870 1598 R. Hakluyt tr. Vincent of Beauvais in Princ. Navigations (new ed.) I. 54 They weare Iackets..of buckeram, skarlet, or Baldakines. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Baldachin, or Baldakin, or Baldekin, popularly Baudekin..a rich kind of cloth. 1880 Yule in Birdwood Ind. Arts II. 71 Rich silk and gold brocades were called Baldachini, or in English, Baudekins. 2. A structure in the form of a canopy, either supported on columns, suspended from the roof, or projecting from the wall, placed above an altar, throne, or door-way; so called as having been originally of the material described in preceding sense. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > covers or hangings > [noun] > hangings > canopy > specific heaveneOE dia1377 penthouse1517 hoopsc1520 cloth of estate, state1523 baldachin1645 dais1863 1645 J. Evelyn Mem. (1857) I. 110 The room..having a state or balduquino of crimson velvet. 1645 J. Evelyn Mem. (1857) I. 145 An elevated throne, and a baldacchino, or canopy of state..over it. 1848 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair xlviii. 431 The baldaquin of St. Peter's. 1850 R. Browning Christmas-eve x. 34 Heave loftier yet the baldachin. 1878 M. E. Herbert tr. J. A. von Hübner Ramble round World i. xii. 182 Heavy clouds shroud the tops of the mountains as with a baldachino. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1598 |
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