mourning cloakn.

Brit.

/ˈmɔːnɪŋ ˌkləʊk/, U.S.

/ˈmɔrnɪŋ ˌkloʊk/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mourning n.¹, cloak n.

Etymology: < mourning n.¹ + cloak n. In sense 2 after German Trauermantel, lit. ‘mourning cloak’ (1793).

1. A cloak worn by people following a funeral, frequently hired from the undertaker. Now historical.

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the world > life > death > obsequies > formal or ceremonial mourning > [noun] > wearing of mourning garments > mourning garments > cloak

mourning cloak1610

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > loose clothing > cloak, mantle, or cape > types of > for specific purpose

masque1577

mourning cloak1610

coach-cloak1705

domino1719

rochet1728

watch-cloak1814

opera cloak1836

railway wrapper1846

duster1864

sortie de bal1864

dust-cloak1883

Venetian1891

gas cape1940

1610–11 in J. O. Halliwell Anc. Inventories (1854) 66 Item, one mourning cloak.

1720 S. Sewall Diary 8 Apr. (1973) II. 945 Judge Dudley in a mourning Cloak led the Widow.

1847 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) xviii. 171 ‘I beg your pardon, sir;’ a touch falls gently on his mourning cloak.

1864 M. T. Walworth Hotspur xxvii. 241 Blonde came to the door of her cottage to meet him, arrayed in her fall mourning cloak.

1934 Mod. Lang. Notes 49 441 Hamlet's ‘inky’ cloak, becomes a ‘mourning’ cloak [sc. in the 1718 Hughs' edition of Shakespeare's Hamlet].

1991 J. Litten Eng. Way of Death (BNC) 6 There were fresh candles to buy, the hire—or outright purchase—of mourning cloaks [etc.].

2. Chiefly North American. The Camberwell beauty, Nymphalis antiopa, a migratory nymphalid butterfly with deep purple wings that are bordered with pale yellow.

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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Rhopalocera (butterflies) > [noun] > family Nymphalidae > subfamily Ithomiinae > genus Vanessa > vanessa antiopa (Camberwell beauty)

Camberwell Beauty1847

mourning cloak1850

1850 M. Norman tr. A. Stifter Pictures Rural Life Austria & Hungary II. vi. 279 A whole company of those large and beautiful butterflies which from their dark, almost black wings with yellow borders have received the name of Trauer-mantel, mourning-cloaks.

1859 S. G. Goodrich Illustr. Nat. Hist. Animal Kingdom II. 573 Of the genus Vanessa the Mourning-Cloak, V. Antiope, is a celebrated species, which seems to be found both in Europe and America.

1884 Science 26 Dec. 566/2 The mourning-cloak (Vanessa antiopa), with its beautiful purple-brown and cream-margined wings,..is conspicuous.

1951 A. B. Klots Field Guide Butterflies 106 The Mourning Cloak with its dark, light-bordered wings is a very widely ranging species of the temperate parts of the Holarctic region.

1993 Canad. Geographic Nov. 79/2 Clouded sulphurs, monarchs, cabbage whites, mourning cloaks and assorted other local butterflies dance through the air.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mourning cloak
释义	mourning cloakn. Brit. /ˈmɔːnɪŋ ˌkləʊk/, U.S. /ˈmɔrnɪŋ ˌkloʊk/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mourning n.¹, cloak n. Etymology: < mourning n.¹ + cloak n. In sense 2 after German Trauermantel, lit. ‘mourning cloak’ (1793). 1. A cloak worn by people following a funeral, frequently hired from the undertaker. Now historical. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > obsequies > formal or ceremonial mourning > [noun] > wearing of mourning garments > mourning garments > cloak mourning cloak1610 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > loose clothing > cloak, mantle, or cape > types of > for specific purpose masque1577 mourning cloak1610 coach-cloak1705 domino1719 rochet1728 watch-cloak1814 opera cloak1836 railway wrapper1846 duster1864 sortie de bal1864 dust-cloak1883 Venetian1891 gas cape1940 1610–11 in J. O. Halliwell Anc. Inventories (1854) 66 Item, one mourning cloak. 1720 S. Sewall Diary 8 Apr. (1973) II. 945 Judge Dudley in a mourning Cloak led the Widow. 1847 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) xviii. 171 ‘I beg your pardon, sir;’ a touch falls gently on his mourning cloak. 1864 M. T. Walworth Hotspur xxvii. 241 Blonde came to the door of her cottage to meet him, arrayed in her fall mourning cloak. 1934 Mod. Lang. Notes 49 441 Hamlet's ‘inky’ cloak, becomes a ‘mourning’ cloak [sc. in the 1718 Hughs' edition of Shakespeare's Hamlet]. 1991 J. Litten Eng. Way of Death (BNC) 6 There were fresh candles to buy, the hire—or outright purchase—of mourning cloaks [etc.]. 2. Chiefly North American. The Camberwell beauty, Nymphalis antiopa, a migratory nymphalid butterfly with deep purple wings that are bordered with pale yellow. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Rhopalocera (butterflies) > [noun] > family Nymphalidae > subfamily Ithomiinae > genus Vanessa > vanessa antiopa (Camberwell beauty) Camberwell Beauty1847 mourning cloak1850 1850 M. Norman tr. A. Stifter Pictures Rural Life Austria & Hungary II. vi. 279 A whole company of those large and beautiful butterflies which from their dark, almost black wings with yellow borders have received the name of Trauer-mantel, mourning-cloaks. 1859 S. G. Goodrich Illustr. Nat. Hist. Animal Kingdom II. 573 Of the genus Vanessa the Mourning-Cloak, V. Antiope, is a celebrated species, which seems to be found both in Europe and America. 1884 Science 26 Dec. 566/2 The mourning-cloak (Vanessa antiopa), with its beautiful purple-brown and cream-margined wings,..is conspicuous. 1951 A. B. Klots Field Guide Butterflies 106 The Mourning Cloak with its dark, light-bordered wings is a very widely ranging species of the temperate parts of the Holarctic region. 1993 Canad. Geographic Nov. 79/2 Clouded sulphurs, monarchs, cabbage whites, mourning cloaks and assorted other local butterflies dance through the air. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1610
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