| 单词 | pig's wool |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspig's wool pig's wool n. the finer hair of a pig, chiefly used in making flies for anglers (cf. pig wool n. at Compounds 2a); (formerly also) †a blanket made from this (obsolete). ΚΠ 1344 in A. H. Thomas Cal. Plea & Mem. Rolls London Guildhall (1926) I. 208 (MED) [Ordinance that all chalons made of material called] Piggeswolle [be sold before Easter]. 1356 Close Rolls Edward III 257 (MED) [Two mattresses..seven coverlets..four] pigges wolles. 1860 C. M. Yonge Hopes & Fears I. iii. 204 ‘Have you brought the pig's wool?.. I can't find a scrap of that shade, though I've nearly broke my heart in the tackle-shops’. 1919 J. H. Hale How to tie Salmon Flies (ed. 2) ii. 9 Seal's fur, pig's wool, and mohair, dyed all colours, are used for the bodies of flies. 1994 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 24 Sept. 7 According to Mr Lightbody the dressing of the Durham Ranger is pigs' wool, generally taken from the area around the pigs' testicles. < as lemmas |
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