pelmetn.

Brit.

/ˈpɛlmᵻt/, U.S.

/ˈpɛlmət/

Origin: Probably a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: palmette n.

Etymology: Probably a variant of palmette n. (compare sense 2 at that entry), palmette designs having been a conventional ornament on window cornices. Compare:1925 J. Penderel-Brodhurst & E. J. Layton Gloss. Eng. Furnit. 123 Pelmet, a word used by upholsterers and sometimes by art dealers, who prefer the word ‘palmette’, to denote the horizontal stiff curtains or valance hiding the rod, rings and headings of the hanging curtain decorating a door, window, bed, etc.

1. A narrow border of cloth or wood, fitted across the top of a door or window to conceal curtain fittings.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > covers or hangings > [noun] > hangings > curtain > pelmet

pelmet1856

1856 Times 14 Oct. 2/4 (advt.) A bargain.—Three sets of superior drawing room curtains.., with handsome shaped pelmets.

1904 P. N. Hasluck Upholstery 149 This pelmet is fixed to a wood lath screwed underneath the door casing.

1940 C. G. Tormley Furnishing your Home xvi. 109 Pelmets well done are an improvement to most windows.

1964 McCall's Sewing in Colour xvi. 286 The depth of the pelmet depends on the height of the window, usually one-sixth to one-ninth the length of the curtain.

2000 M. Winter This All Happened viii. 191 We hunt through her house and notice a plate missing above the pelmet.

2. British. Also more fully pelmet skirt. A very short skirt, esp. one which reaches no lower than the top of the thigh.

ΚΠ

1985 Times (Nexis) 16 July How odd they/we looked [in the 1960s] with..intrusive fringes and pelmets of skirts!]

1987 Guardian 7 Sept. 11/6 It's just a matter of inches that decides whether it's a bottom-skimming pelmet, a modest mid-thigh, or a frankly frumpy knee-length skirt.

1994 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 13 Apr. 5 The shortest of short A-line pelmets stop at the top of the thighs and are teamed with too tight T-shirts.

2002 Observer 10 Nov. (Food Monthly Suppl.) 59/1 That hovers at or about the hem length of a pelmet skirt—a smidgen south of the crotch area.

Derivatives

ˈpelmeted adj. fitted with or incorporating a pelmet, or something resembling this.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > covers or hangings > [adjective] > having hangings > fitted with pelmet

pelmeted1974

1974 D. Francis Knock Down v. 59 Padded and pelmeted curtains and silk lampshades..spoke of enough money.

2002 B. Moore Magician's Wife xii. 188 Emmeline saw an encampment of tents grouped around a large, high-domed, gaily pelmeted central structure.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pelmet
释义	pelmetn. Brit. /ˈpɛlmᵻt/, U.S. /ˈpɛlmət/ Origin: Probably a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: palmette n. Etymology: Probably a variant of palmette n. (compare sense 2 at that entry), palmette designs having been a conventional ornament on window cornices. Compare:1925 J. Penderel-Brodhurst & E. J. Layton Gloss. Eng. Furnit. 123 Pelmet, a word used by upholsterers and sometimes by art dealers, who prefer the word ‘palmette’, to denote the horizontal stiff curtains or valance hiding the rod, rings and headings of the hanging curtain decorating a door, window, bed, etc. 1. A narrow border of cloth or wood, fitted across the top of a door or window to conceal curtain fittings. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > covers or hangings > [noun] > hangings > curtain > pelmet pelmet1856 1856 Times 14 Oct. 2/4 (advt.) A bargain.—Three sets of superior drawing room curtains.., with handsome shaped pelmets. 1904 P. N. Hasluck Upholstery 149 This pelmet is fixed to a wood lath screwed underneath the door casing. 1940 C. G. Tormley Furnishing your Home xvi. 109 Pelmets well done are an improvement to most windows. 1964 McCall's Sewing in Colour xvi. 286 The depth of the pelmet depends on the height of the window, usually one-sixth to one-ninth the length of the curtain. 2000 M. Winter This All Happened viii. 191 We hunt through her house and notice a plate missing above the pelmet. 2. British. Also more fully pelmet skirt. A very short skirt, esp. one which reaches no lower than the top of the thigh. ΚΠ 1985 Times (Nexis) 16 July How odd they/we looked [in the 1960s] with..intrusive fringes and pelmets of skirts!] 1987 Guardian 7 Sept. 11/6 It's just a matter of inches that decides whether it's a bottom-skimming pelmet, a modest mid-thigh, or a frankly frumpy knee-length skirt. 1994 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 13 Apr. 5 The shortest of short A-line pelmets stop at the top of the thighs and are teamed with too tight T-shirts. 2002 Observer 10 Nov. (Food Monthly Suppl.) 59/1 That hovers at or about the hem length of a pelmet skirt—a smidgen south of the crotch area. Derivatives ˈpelmeted adj. fitted with or incorporating a pelmet, or something resembling this. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > covers or hangings > [adjective] > having hangings > fitted with pelmet pelmeted1974 1974 D. Francis Knock Down v. 59 Padded and pelmeted curtains and silk lampshades..spoke of enough money. 2002 B. Moore Magician's Wife xii. 188 Emmeline saw an encampment of tents grouped around a large, high-domed, gaily pelmeted central structure. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1856
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