| 单词 | osprey feather |
| 释义 | > as lemmasosprey feather 2. An egret plume decorating a woman's hat or bonnet; (also) an artificial plume or other ornament resembling this. Also attributive, as osprey feather, osprey plume. Cf. aigrette n. 1a. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > parts of headgear > [noun] > plume (of feathers, etc.) crestelc1320 crestc1380 plumach1494 plumasse1494 plume1530 plumage1565 panache1584 plumassery1613 kalgi1715 hackle1816 heckle1855 panache-crest1864 osprey1885 paradise1905 1885 Pall Mall Gaz. 29 Jan. 3/2 Fine crême Dunstable straw bonnets, trimmed with crême velvet, and crême aigrettes with crême and gold osprey. 1892 Daily News 1 Mar. 5/4 These [aigret] feathers are white... They are often dyed by milliners to various tints, and have by them for some reason been named ‘osprey’. 1893 Lady 17 Aug. 178 Velvet bows holding some upright spray, such as oats, jet aigrettes, osprey, or wheat-ears. 1912 Emu 12 120 Plumed Egret..owing to the cruel craze for ‘osprey’ plumes, this is a bird with a ‘past’ and but little future. 1920 ‘O. Douglas’ Penny Plain xii. 127 The ospreys in her hat seem to shriek money. 1952 S. J. Perelman Road to Miltown (1957) 271 Ginger draws up in a calash, sporting a Duchess of Devonshire hat trimmed with osprey feathers, a hobble skirt, and opera-length gloves. 1990 N. Bartlett Ready to catch Him should He Fall 58 Madame often wore feathers in one way or another, a marabou-trimmed cape, or a fan, a real osprey if she was feeling very upmarket. < as lemmas |
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