单词 | pinnet |
释义 | † pinnetn.1 Scottish. Obsolete. A pennant, a streamer. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > standard > [noun] > flag > long narrow flag streamer1292 streamc1440 pendant1466 guidon1548 wimple1656 pennant1698 pinnet1727 scroll1808 fan- 1727 New Misc. Scots Sangs 206 We'll catch all Winds blaw in our Sails, And still keep our Flag and Pinnet. 1736 Treasurer's Acct. 4 Oct. in Memorabilia City of Glasgow (1835) 494 To pay to Robt. Fulton coppersmith, £2. 3s. 2d., for making a new jack pinnet and new ensign. 1779 N. Brit. Misc. 3 Sept. II. 188 [The commander of Bergen] further ordered him to pay a guinea for every day he should hoist his pinnet in the harbour. 1822 J. Galt Provost xviii. 137 Laces and ribbons of all colours, hanging down in front [of the booths], and twirling like pinnets in the wind. 1850 H. Miller Scenes & Legends N. Scotl. (ed. 2) xxviii. 422 A miniature mast..bearing atop a gaudy pinnet. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online December 2020). † pinnetn.2 poetic. Obsolete. A pinnacle. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > architectural ornament > [noun] > turrets or pinnacles pinnaclec1330 garret1340 filiolec1400 pricket1534 tower-work1653 pinnet1805 pinnaclet1905 1805 W. Scott Lay of Last Minstrel vi. xxiii. 184 Blazed battlement and pinnet high, Blazed every rose-carved buttress fair. a1823 A. Radcliffe Gaston de Blondeville (1826) III. 95 The walls no shrined saint sustain, Nor tower, nor airy pinnet crown. a1865 E. J. Armstrong Poet. Wks. (1877) 142 St. Michael's towers and pinnets flashed like pearls Embossed in sapphire. 1879 R. D. Joyce Blanid 119 A world of gilded dome and vane, Pinnet and fretted roof. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.11727n.21805 |
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