| 单词 | nettle thread |
| 释义 | > as lemmasnettle thread nettle thread n. (a) thread made from the fibres of the stinging nettle; (b) Zoology= cnidocil n. at cnida n. ΚΠ 1754 T. Smollett tr. Select Ess. Commerce, Agric., Mines, Fisheries 255 (heading) Nettle Thread, invented at Leipsic. 1887 C. M. Yonge Herb of Field (rev. ed.) xxxiii. 211 His mother liked nettle sheets better than any others, and nettle thread was once much used. 1890 Cent. Dict. Nettle-thread, one of the stinging hairs of acalephs; a cnidocil. 1893 World's Columbian Expos. xxi. 334 Belt made of colored nettle thread. 1915 Fatherland 9 Dec. 4/1 Prior to the introduction of cotton, the bast fibre of this plant was largely used in Europe for the manufacture of nettle cloth and nettle thread. 1980 J. Olsen tr. M. Hald Anc. Danish Textiles from Bogs & Burials (National Museum of Denmark) iii. 126 Nettle fibres are used for spinning up to the present day, and nettle thread for sewing skin garments. 2005 K. Kuitenbrouwer Nettle Spinner ii. 20 These four had marvelled at the intricacy of the weaving, the subtle details—white on white, shuttled in with ever-so-finely spun nettle thread—of his life and Renelde's. < as lemmas |
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