单词 | pegged |
释义 | peggedadj. 1. a. Made fast, fixed, or fastened together with a peg or pegs. pegged-out: stretched out flat against a surface by pegs.In later use esp. with reference to the construction of wooden structures or furniture. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > working with tools or equipment > fastening > [adjective] > with pin or peg pegged1611 pinned1611 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Chevillé,..pegged, pinned; fastened with pegs. 1893 F. C. Selous Trav. S.-E. Afr. 135 Judging by the length of the pegged-out skin [of a lion]. 1936 Amer. Home Feb. 92 (advt.) Mellow finished solid maple of splendid pegged construction. Every piece of good size. 1973 N.Y. Law Jrnl. 19 July 16/8 (advt.) Parquet and pegged oak floors. 1995 Vermont Life Autumn 68/1 The great attic with its pegged roof rafters and its chests of old papers. b. Shoemaking. Of a boot or shoe: having the sole fastened to the upper by pegs (peg n.1 2c). Of the sole of a shoe: fastened to the upper by pegs. Now historical. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > footwear > shoe or boot > [adjective] > other voideda1539 high-topped1582 low-cuta1600 upright1608 seven-league1707 spurred?1707 japanned1750 hen-skin1846 pegged1846 stogy1847 wing-tip1872 foxed1880 brogued1894 welted1895 orthopaedic1897 tackless1907 dazzle1931 Jesus1942 pebble-grained1943 unconstructed1973 1846 B. R. Hall Something for Every Body xlii. 162 The learned doctor had better confine himself to making pegged boots and shoes. 1878 Scribner's Monthly Nov. in F. G. Holland Scribner's Monthly 1878–9 (1879) 110/2 The aggregate royalties on all the machinery used in shoe-factories was given..as three and a quarter cents a pair for fine sewed work, and two cents for pegged work. 1895 Montgomery Ward Catal. Spring & Summer 511/1 Ladies' Heavy Pegged Shoes. 1940 Chambers's Techn. Dict. 622/2 Pegged-sole shoes, a type of footwear in which the outer sole is attached to the inner sole and the upper by two or more rows of pegs; used for sea boots. 1999 Spectator (Hamilton, Ont.) (Nexis) 13 Mar. a8 People who appear perfectly normal in every other way become fixated on minutiae like bone-handled toothbrushes and pegged shoes. 2. North American. Of trousers: cut full at the hips and narrow at the ankles. Cf. pegtop trousers n. at pegtop n. Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for legs > clothing for legs and lower body > [adjective] > trousers > types of un-codpieced1580 canioned1607 braceless1859 bell-bottom1882 broad-beamed1883 kneed1887 bell-bottomed1891 fall-front1899 stagged1902 pegged1905 pedal pusher1912 pipestem1915 drainpipe1930 chino1943 anti-g1945 low-rise1948 cuffless1957 low-riding1958 hip-hugging1968 plus twos1977 1905 Daily Independent (Monessen, Pa.) 3 June 1/1 (advt.) Two-Piece Suits in Flannells [sic], Homespuns and Serges; Single and Double Breasted, Pegged Pants $10 to $15. 1985 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 10 Oct. a17/5 (advt.) Draped and pegged or lean and mean, this season's trouser shapes are versatile, creative. 2001 N.Y. Times Mag. 23 Sept. ii. 74/3 He did provide him [sc. Elvis Presley] with his first flashy clothes: the hi-boy collar shirts, the pegged pants and the black suits with pink piping. 3. Of a price, wage, exchange rate, etc.: fixed at a certain value. ΚΠ 1930 Bismarck (N. Dakota) Tribune 1 July 1/3 The program of making such loans at pegged prices was undertaken with the understanding that, if prices advanced, farmers could pay up the loan and realize any profit. 1974 Times 7 Mar. 2/6 Growers in Holland and Germany received government help through pegged oil prices. 1991 Investors Chron. 26 July 39/3 Even if profits bounce this year, the thinly covered dividend is likely to remain pegged. Compounds pegged splint n. now rare a serious form of splint in horses (see quot.). ΚΠ 1891 Special Rep. Dis. Horse (U.S. Dept. Agric.) 281 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (51st Congr., 2nd Session, House of Representatives Misc. Doc.130) XI In some instances they [sc. splints] assume more important dimensions, and pass from the inside to the outside of the bone, on its posterior face, between that and the suspensory ligament. This form is termed the pegged splint. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.1611 |
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