单词 | mourning band |
释义 | mourning bandn.ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > obsequies > formal or ceremonial mourning > [noun] > wearing of mourning garments > mourning garments > hatband hatband1598 mourning banda1630 crape1763 a1630 F. Moryson in Shakespeare's Europe (1903) iv. i. 334 The other men that followe the Herse haue..hattbandes of black Sipres hanging downe behynde, Called Trawerbandes that is mourning bandes. 2. A strip of black cloth or crêpe worn round a hat or (in later use) round the sleeve of a coat, as a sign of bereavement. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > parts of headgear > [noun] > band > types of > as sign of mourning hatband1598 crape1763 weeper1832 mourning band1862 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for arms > [noun] > arm-band > types of armband1738 armband1893 sleeve garter1896 mourning band1954 1862 W. Collins No Name I. ii. 29 The picture of him began with a tall hat, broadly encircled by a mourning band of crumpled crape. 1884 D. Boucicault Shaughraun ii. iii. 37 I was wrong to come here at all. I feel like a mourning band on a white hat. 1954 Times Lit. Suppl. 24 Sept. After all the hou-ha in the Observer about the death of the novel, perhaps we ought to be wearing a mourning-band. 1967 A. Carter Magic Toyshop v. 108 She found she had torn most of the mourning band away from her sleeve and there was nothing for it but to pull it off entirely. 1997 Esquire (Electronic ed.) 1 Dec. The cops had their name tags covered..with black mourning bands ordinarily worn to honor a dead cop. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > nail > [noun] > finger nail > specific part mourning band1884 the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > [noun] > dirt in or on the body > specific sordes1746 mourning band1884 toe-jam1934 bogy1937 1884 St. James's Gaz. 5 Dec. 6/1 The ‘mourning-bands’ on the finger-nails are faithfully recorded. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1630 |
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