| 单词 | ne'er cast a clout till may be out |
| 释义 | > as lemmasne'er cast a clout till May be out b. Applied contemptuously to any article of clothing; in plural clothes. (Cf. rag n.2 1c.) Still dialect and in proverb ne'er cast a clout till May be out (and variants). ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > [noun] > garment or article of raileOE i-wedeOE reafOE shroudc1000 weedOE back-cloth?c1225 hatter?c1225 clouta1300 coverturec1300 garment1340 vesturec1384 clothc1385 vestmentc1386 jeryne?a1400 clothinga1425 gilla1438 raiment1440 haterella1450 vestimenta1500 indumenta1513 paitclaith1550 casceis1578 attire1587 amice1600 implements1601 cladment1647 enduement1650 vest1655 body garment1688 wearable1711 sledo1719 rag1855 number1894 opaque1903 daytimer1936 a1300 Seven Sins 49 in Early Eng. Poems & Lives Saints (1862) 20 If he hauiþ an old clute he mai be swiþe prute, whar mid i-helid he sal be. c1485 Early Eng. Misc. (Warton Club) 56 He had not left an holle clowt, Wherwith to hyde hys body abowte. 1563 2nd Tome Homelyes Excess of Apparel, in J. Griffiths Two Bks. Homilies (1859) ii. 311 The poor labouring man..with a few beggarly clouts about him. 1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 458 The..Peysauntes spoyled the deade Carcasses, leauing them neyther shyrt nor clowte. Old Proverb, Till May be out Ne'er cast a clout. 1732 T. Fuller Gnomologia 276 Leave not off a Clout Till May be out. 1877 F. Ross et al. Gloss. Words Holderness Female attire is denominated cloots occasionally, as, ‘get thy cloots on’. 1948 R. Graves White Goddess x A custom referred to in the proverb ‘Ne'er cast a clout ere May be out’, meaning ‘do not put on new clothes until the unlucky month is over’. 1970 N. Streatfeild Thursday's Child xxv I still wear four petticoats... Ne'er cast a clout till May be out. < as lemmas |
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