mitassesn.

Brit.

/mɪˈtas/,

/miːˈtɑːs/, U.S.

/mɪˈtæs/,

/miˈtɑs/

Forms: 1800s metasses, 1800s mitlas (irregular), 1800s– mitasses, 1900s– mistashes (irregular), 1900s– mitlashes (irregular).

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French mitasses.

Etymology: < Canadian French mitasses, plural (1669; also in singular in forms mitas, mitasse, mittas, mittasse) < Old Algonquin mita:ss or Old Montagnais mita:s. Compare Montagnais mitash stocking.

Now historical.

With plural agreement. Leggings of a kind worn by north-eastern North American (esp. Canadian) Indians; a pair of such leggings.

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1807 R. Phillips tr. F. M. Perrin du Lac Trav. through Two Louisianas 45 Their clothing..formerly consisted of a small apron, mitasses, and moksines.

1809 A. Henry Trav. & Adventures Canada xiv. 115 My legs were covered with mitasses, a kind of hose, made..of scarlet cloth.

1838 Bentley's Misc. Nov. 476 Stripping the beads from the woven garters of his metasses.

1862 W. B. Cheadle Jrnl. 20 Oct. in Jrnl. Trip across Canada (1931) 74 Our two friends..come in just before dinner, bringing the mitlas we had left with them to be made.

1900 C. G. D. Roberts By Marshes of Minas 256 His feet were incased in high-top moccasins..and his legs in gaiters, or mitasses, of dark blue woollen homespun, laced with strips of red cloth.

1947 tr. J. L. Normandin Jrnl. in Canad. Hist. Rev. Dec. 407 These Frenchmen to whom they trade their peltries give them goods, such as bonnets, capots, mistashes, etc.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mitasses
释义	mitassesn. Brit. /mɪˈtas/, /miːˈtɑːs/, U.S. /mɪˈtæs/, /miˈtɑs/ Forms: 1800s metasses, 1800s mitlas (irregular), 1800s– mitasses, 1900s– mistashes (irregular), 1900s– mitlashes (irregular). Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French mitasses. Etymology: < Canadian French mitasses, plural (1669; also in singular in forms mitas, mitasse, mittas, mittasse) < Old Algonquin mita:ss or Old Montagnais mita:s. Compare Montagnais mitash stocking. Now historical. With plural agreement. Leggings of a kind worn by north-eastern North American (esp. Canadian) Indians; a pair of such leggings. ΚΠ 1807 R. Phillips tr. F. M. Perrin du Lac Trav. through Two Louisianas 45 Their clothing..formerly consisted of a small apron, mitasses, and moksines. 1809 A. Henry Trav. & Adventures Canada xiv. 115 My legs were covered with mitasses, a kind of hose, made..of scarlet cloth. 1838 Bentley's Misc. Nov. 476 Stripping the beads from the woven garters of his metasses. 1862 W. B. Cheadle Jrnl. 20 Oct. in Jrnl. Trip across Canada (1931) 74 Our two friends..come in just before dinner, bringing the mitlas we had left with them to be made. 1900 C. G. D. Roberts By Marshes of Minas 256 His feet were incased in high-top moccasins..and his legs in gaiters, or mitasses, of dark blue woollen homespun, laced with strips of red cloth. 1947 tr. J. L. Normandin Jrnl. in Canad. Hist. Rev. Dec. 407 These Frenchmen to whom they trade their peltries give them goods, such as bonnets, capots, mistashes, etc. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1807
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