单词 | muffetee |
释义 | muffeteen. Now rare. 1. A kind of mitten. Also: a kind of muff worn on the wrist for warmth or to protect the cuff; a wristlet. Now historical. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for arms > [noun] > covering for wrist > protector > woollen or knitted covering muffetee1748 comfortable1822 wristikin1826 wristlet1869 wrister1879 1748 H. Purefoy in Purefoy Lett. 9 Nov. (1931) II. 341 Pray buy my mother a pair of black silk ffrench Muftees for the Hands. 1749 in A. M. Earle Costume Colonial Times (1894) 165 Men's fine Worsted Gloves and Muffetees. 1762 H. Walpole Corr. 29 Jan. (1960) XXII. 3 Velvet muffeteens on her arms. 1772 G. Colman in E. Griffith Wife in the Right Prol. Nay lest rouleaus themselves should soil their ruffles, A muffatee each pretty master muffles. ?1780 Muffetees Garland 2 Let 'em mind their Ruffles and Muffetees. 1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Muffities, a kind of mittens, made either of leather or of knitted worsted, worn by old men. 1839 W. M. Thackeray Great Cossack Epic in Fraser's Mag. Dec. 722 Warm her soldier lad she wrapt in Comforter and muffettee. 1842 E. Stone William Langshawe I. xii. 180 Her whole pride and delight..were centered in having her husband's hose, gloves, and muffatees—all her own knitted manufacture—in superlative order. 1865 Cornhill Mag. 12 700 She stood..with her red muffetees and her chilblainy hands clasped. 1878 Young Ladies' Jrnl. (Christmas No.) 5 Here are a pair of scarlet muffatees for his wrists. 1902 ‘Mrs. Alexander’ Stronger than Love xii. 147 I have a little present for Uncle Garth—a pair of rabbit-wool mufftees. 1959 Mod. Lang. Notes 74 690 Wrist-muffs or muffetees like Sophia's [in Tom Jones] were sometimes of bright-coloured fabrics, perhaps scarlet or Bremen blue and decorated with ribbons. 1997 Indianapolis Star (Nexis) 15 Jan. e02 Students will knit a pair of traditional 19th century fingerless mittens, known as muffetees. 2. British regional. A muffler worn round the neck. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > neck-wear > [noun] > scarf or wrap > as protection from cold muffler1594 comforter1823 scarf1823 neck shawl1828 comfortable1835 neck warmer1852 neck-comforter1853 muffeteea1890 a1890 E. Waugh Tufts of Heather (1892) I. 25 He'd a thick, red wool muffatee reawnd his neck. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1748 |
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