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单词 oreillet
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oreilletn.

Brit. /ˈɒrɪlᵻt/, /ɒˈreɪlᵻt/, U.S. /ɔˈreɪlət/
Forms: 1500s orilyeit (Scottish), 1500s orrelette, 1500s orrellet, 1600s aurielet, 1800s oreillette, 1800s– oreillet.
Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French oreillette.
Etymology: < Middle French, French oreillette part of a woman's hairstyle or headdress supporting earrings (1492 as orillecte , mid 16th cent. as aureillette ), pendant earring (1505 as orillette ), covering or defence for the ears (1572: see quot. 1603 at sense 2), band which hangs down from a hairstyle (1664), bandage for injured ear (1680) < oreille ear (see oreille n.) + -ette -et suffix1. N.E.D. (1903) also gives a non-naturalized pronunciation of (oręlyę·t) /ɔrɛjɛt/ for the form oreillette.
Now rare (historical in later use).
1. A part of an ornamental headdress covering the ears.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > parts of headgear > [noun] > part which covers ears
lug1495
oreillet1548
ear1579
earpiece1653
ear lappet1670
ear flap1823
ear guard1842
ear tab1855
ear muff1859
1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. xv Ye orrelettes [Holinshed (1587) III. 808/2 orrellets] were of rolles, wrethed on lampas douck holow, so yt the golde shewed thorow.
1578 in T. Thomson Coll. Inventories Royal Wardrobe (1815) 232 Ane quaiff with a orilyeit of holane claith sewit with crammosie silk.
2. A covering or defence for the ears.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > other
dorlot1340
horn1340
vitremytec1386
templesc1430
bycocket1464
burlet1490
knapscall1498
shapion1504
shaffron1511
paste1527
attire1530
faille1530
muzzle1542
corneta1547
abacot1548
wase1548
wrapper1548
tiring1552
basket1555
bilimenta1556
Paris head1561
shadow1578
head-roll1583
mitre1585
whitehead1588
crispa1592
ship-tire1602
oreillet1603
scoffion1604
coif1617
aigrette1631
egreta1645
drail1647
topknotc1686
slop1688
Burgundy1701
bandore1708
fly-cap1753
capriole1756
lappet-head1761
fly1773
turban1776
pouf1788
knapscapa1802
chip1804
toque1817
bonnet1837
casquette1840
war bonnet1845
taj1851
pugree1859
kennel1896
roach1910
Deely bobber1982
1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 52 That children should have certaine aurielets [Amyot (1572) in Littré, aureillettes de fer; Gk. ἀμϕωτίδας] or bolsters to hang about their eares for their defence.
3. The earpiece of a helmet.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > armour > helmet > [noun] > ear-piece
ear-plate1622
oreillet1834
1834 J. R. Planché Hist. Brit. Costume 195 Sometimes the oreillets themselves [in the time of Henry VI] have spikes projecting from their centres.
1934 G. C. Stone Gloss. Arms & Armor 476/1 Oreillets, ear guards attached to the open helmets of the 15th and 16th centuries. They were often hinged so that they could be turned up out of the way.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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