pessn.

Brit.

/pɛs/, U.S.

/pɛs/

Forms: 1500s pes, 1600s pesse, 1600s– pess.

Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: bass n.²

Etymology: Origin uncertain; perhaps originally a variant of bass n.² (although this is apparently first attested later; compare sense 2 at that entry). Compare pessock n.

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. Aiii^v 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).

单词	pess
释义	pessn. Brit. /pɛs/, U.S. /pɛs/ Forms: 1500s pes, 1600s pesse, 1600s– pess. Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: bass n.² Etymology: Origin uncertain; perhaps originally a variant of bass n.² (although this is apparently first attested later; compare sense 2 at that entry). Compare pessock n. 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. Aiii^v 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). < n.1575
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