单词 | palla |
释义 | pallan. 1. Roman History. A loose outer garment or wrap worn out of doors, usually by a woman; an outer robe, a mantle. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > loose clothing > wrap > types of amicea1382 amytc1384 manto1679 manta1697 palla1706 wrapper1799 wrapa1817 Afghan1850 crossover1868 tea-wrap1909 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Palla,..a sort of large upper Garment, us'd both by Men and Women: In our old Records, it signifies a Canopy, such as is born over the Queen at her Coronation. 1720 J. Dart tr. Tibullus Wks. iii. iv. 187 About his Feet a Palla graceful flow'd, For such a Vestment did his Body shroud. 1758 Philos. Trans. 1757 (Royal Soc.) 50 99 Two others in the toga, and two women in the palla. 1834 E. Bulwer-Lytton Last Days of Pompeii II. iii. ix. 138 The slave..divested herself also of her long palla. 1866 J. B. Rose tr. Ovid Metamorphoses 72 Her palla to another she resigns. 1898 Westm. Gaz. 24 Jan. 4/3 Calpurnia..is robed in a brilliant green palla over a long yellow tunic. 1952 T. Costain Silver Chalice (1953) viii. 133 She was dressed in the finest simplicity, the palla she wore being of silk. 1979 C. Lasch Culture of Narcissism ix. 216 This historian observed a Boston matron on the far side of fifty, who might have worn a graceful palla in ancient Rome, dressed in a miniskirt and leather boots. 1985 K. Mitchell A.D. Anno Domini iii. iv. 185 Pulling her shawllike palla down off her head. a. An altar cloth. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > cloths, carpets, cushions > cloth (general) > altar cloth > [noun] > spread upon pallOE palla1706 pallium1865 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Palla,..it is also often taken for an Altar-cloth. b. = pall n.1 2(c). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > cloths, carpets, cushions > cloth (general) > eucharistic cloth > [noun] > to cover the chalice pall?a1475 palla1885 1885 W. E. Addis & T. Arnold Catholic Dict. (ed. 3) Palla, a small cloth of linen used to cover the chalice and usually stiffened with cardboard, &c. The upper part may be covered with silk. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1706 |
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