单词 | pess |
释义 | pessn. Chiefly English regional (East Anglian). Now rare. A hassock or cushion to rest the feet on, or (esp. in a church) to kneel on. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > cloths, carpets, cushions > cushion > [noun] tut1553 pess1575 hassock1582 trush1621 pessock1680 kneeler1848 buffet1877 1575 W. Stevenson Gammer Gurtons Nedle i. iii. sig. Aiiiv My gammer sat her downe on her pes, & bad me reach thy breeches. 1623–4 in R. Willis & J. W. Clark Archit. Hist. Univ. Cambr. (1886) II. 96 Sixe pesses for the Chappell 0 1 4. 1633 W. Ames Fresh Suit against Human Ceremonies ii. 182 A pesse, hassok, or cushin may be called holy, because it is used to kneel upon. 1702–3 in R. Willis & J. W. Clark Archit. Hist. Univ. Cambr. (1886) II. 211 Mats and pesses in the Chappel. a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) Pess, a hassock to kneel on at church. a1903 C. L. Feltoe in Eng. Dial. Dict. IV. 477/1 [Suffolk] Pess [a hassock, esp. a church hassock]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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