pope's headn.

Brit.

/ˈpəʊps hɛd/, U.S.

/ˈpoʊps ˌ(h)ɛd/

Forms: 1600s–1700s popes-head, 1700s– pope's head, 1800s popes' head. Also with capital initial(s).

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pope n.¹, head n.¹

Etymology: < the genitive of pope n.¹ + head n.¹

1. Chiefly Caribbean. Any of several melon cacti (genus Melocactus), which bear their flowers on a woolly terminal structure; esp. M. intortus, a native of the West Indies (also called Turk's cap, Turk's head).

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the world > plants > particular plants > cactus and allies > [noun] > melon-cactus

pope's head1699

melon thistle1725

Turk's head1725

Melocactus1731

Turk's cap1731

melon-cactus1845

1699 L. Wafer New Voy. & Descr. Isthmus Amer. 27 Fenced with hollow Bamboes, Popes-heads and Prickle-pears.

1718 R. Bradley New Improvem. Planting & Gardening: Pt. 3 v. 277 There is now one of these Plants in the Stove at Hampton-Court; it is called in Barbadoes, Popes-Head, or Turks-Cap.

1731 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. I. at Melocactus The common or large Melon-Thistle, commonly call'd Turk-cap or Pope's-Head in the West-Indies.

1789 P. Browne Civil & Nat. Hist. Jamaica (new ed.) ii. 238 Cactus... The Turk's-head, or Pope's-head Indian Fig.

1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 733 M[elocactus] communis, the Turk's-cap Cactus,..sometimes called Englishman's Head, or Pope's Head.

1926 W. Fawcett & A. B. Rendle Flora Jamaica V. 283 Turk's Head, Turk's Cap, Pope's Head, Melon Thistle.

1996 Mem. N.Y. Bot. Garden 78 149 Melocactus intortus..Common names: barrel cactus, pope's head, turk's cap.

2. A long-handled broom with a round brush, for sweeping ceilings, etc. Cf. Turk's head n. 3. Now rare.

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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > brushing or sweeping > [noun] > brush or broom

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bast broom1357

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broom14..

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duster1575

bristle brush1601

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flag-broom1697

stock-brush1700

whisk1745

birch-broom1747

hair-broom1753

spry1796

corn-broomc1810

pope's head1824

whisker1825

sweeping-brusha1828

swish1844

spoke-brush1851

whisk broom1857

Turk's head1859

wisp1875

tube-brush1877

bass-broom?1881

crumb-brush1884

dusting-brush1907

palmetto brush1913

suede brush1915

swale1949

1769 Batchelor I. 24 What, with the prodigious quantity of false hair, and wool clapt in to fill the curls, her head resembles a mop, or a pope's head, to brush down cobwebs.

1817 M. Edgeworth Love & Law i. iii, in Comic Dramas 41 You're no witch, indeed, if you don't see a cobweb as long as my arm. Run, run, child, for the Pope's head.

1824 W. Scott Let. 12 Feb. (1935) VIII. 178 What sweeping is required is most easily performed by a brush like what the housemaids call a pope's head.

1890 W. E. H. Lecky Hist. Eng. 18th Cent. (ed. 2) VIII. xxix. 60 The long mops known as ‘Popes' heads’ were made use of as pike handles.

1925 Times Recorder (Zanesville, Ohio) 12 Sept. (Daily Mag. page) The round brush is known as the Pope's head and is used to clean the outsides of windows also.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	popes head
释义	pope's headn. Brit. /ˈpəʊps hɛd/, U.S. /ˈpoʊps ˌ(h)ɛd/ Forms: 1600s–1700s popes-head, 1700s– pope's head, 1800s popes' head. Also with capital initial(s). Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pope n.¹, head n.¹ Etymology: < the genitive of pope n.¹ + head n.¹ 1. Chiefly Caribbean. Any of several melon cacti (genus Melocactus), which bear their flowers on a woolly terminal structure; esp. M. intortus, a native of the West Indies (also called Turk's cap, Turk's head). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cactus and allies > [noun] > melon-cactus pope's head1699 melon thistle1725 Turk's head1725 Melocactus1731 Turk's cap1731 melon-cactus1845 1699 L. Wafer New Voy. & Descr. Isthmus Amer. 27 Fenced with hollow Bamboes, Popes-heads and Prickle-pears. 1718 R. Bradley New Improvem. Planting & Gardening: Pt. 3 v. 277 There is now one of these Plants in the Stove at Hampton-Court; it is called in Barbadoes, Popes-Head, or Turks-Cap. 1731 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. I. at Melocactus The common or large Melon-Thistle, commonly call'd Turk-cap or Pope's-Head in the West-Indies. 1789 P. Browne Civil & Nat. Hist. Jamaica (new ed.) ii. 238 Cactus... The Turk's-head, or Pope's-head Indian Fig. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 733 M[elocactus] communis, the Turk's-cap Cactus,..sometimes called Englishman's Head, or Pope's Head. 1926 W. Fawcett & A. B. Rendle Flora Jamaica V. 283 Turk's Head, Turk's Cap, Pope's Head, Melon Thistle. 1996 Mem. N.Y. Bot. Garden 78 149 Melocactus intortus..Common names: barrel cactus, pope's head, turk's cap. 2. A long-handled broom with a round brush, for sweeping ceilings, etc. Cf. Turk's head n. 3. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > brushing or sweeping > [noun] > brush or broom besomc1000 bast broom1357 brush1377 broom14.. sweepc1475 duster1575 bristle brush1601 broom-besom1693 flag-broom1697 stock-brush1700 whisk1745 birch-broom1747 hair-broom1753 spry1796 corn-broomc1810 pope's head1824 whisker1825 sweeping-brusha1828 swish1844 spoke-brush1851 whisk broom1857 Turk's head1859 wisp1875 tube-brush1877 bass-broom?1881 crumb-brush1884 dusting-brush1907 palmetto brush1913 suede brush1915 swale1949 1769 Batchelor I. 24 What, with the prodigious quantity of false hair, and wool clapt in to fill the curls, her head resembles a mop, or a pope's head, to brush down cobwebs. 1817 M. Edgeworth Love & Law i. iii, in Comic Dramas 41 You're no witch, indeed, if you don't see a cobweb as long as my arm. Run, run, child, for the Pope's head. 1824 W. Scott Let. 12 Feb. (1935) VIII. 178 What sweeping is required is most easily performed by a brush like what the housemaids call a pope's head. 1890 W. E. H. Lecky Hist. Eng. 18th Cent. (ed. 2) VIII. xxix. 60 The long mops known as ‘Popes' heads’ were made use of as pike handles. 1925 Times Recorder (Zanesville, Ohio) 12 Sept. (Daily Mag. page) The round brush is known as the Pope's head and is used to clean the outsides of windows also. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1699
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