| 单词 | bearing sheet |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbearing sheet bearing sheet n. now historical a piece of cloth, typically of high quality, used to wrap a baby in at baptism; (also more generally) a piece of cloth used to wrap a young or newborn baby in; = bearing cloth n.In historical use, chiefly with reference to the case of Richard Hunne, who in 1515, refused to give the parish priest his child's bearing sheet as a mortuary (mortuary n. 1a); see quot. 1615. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > loose clothing > robe or gown > types of > christening robe bearing sheet1513 bearing cloth1553 1513 in D. Yaxley Researcher's Gloss. Hist. Documents E. Anglia (2003) 10 A lytyl beryngshete wt a opeyn red seme. 1615 J. Foxe Christs Victorie 152 Hvn had a Child died in his house, the Curate claiming the bearing-sheet for a Mortuary, Hun answered; The Infant had no property therein, whereupon he was cited to the Spirituall Court. 1895 B. Adams Law of Civilization & Decay vii. 159 The parson of the parish sued the father for a bearing sheet which he claimed as a mortuary. 2015 S. E. James Women's Voices in Tudor Wills, 1485–1603 vi. 275 In addition to adaptive clothing, special linens called bearing sheets or bearing cloths used both during childbirth and to carry the child at its christening were required. < as lemmas |
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