| 单词 | postilion-belt |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspostilion-belt C2. Applied to fashion styles or clothing intended to imitate that of a postilion, as postilion-back, postilion-belt, etc. See also sense 5. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > belt or sash > types of > made of specific material tissuec1374 wampum belt1676 postilion-belt1773 1773 J. Minzies Let. 12 June in F. Mason John Norton & Sons (1968) 330 6 Postillion Caps. 1872 Young Englishwoman Dec. 651/2 A dress of olive-brown..had a basque bodice with a postilion back. 1886 Peterson's Mag. Apr. 377/1 At the back, the jacket is laid in postillion-plaits. 1890 Cent. Dict. Postilion-belt, a leather belt with a large buckle, worn by ladies about 1860. 1904 Daily Chron. 2 Jan. 8/4 The postilion tabs at the back of the bodice. 1942 E. Ferber Saratoga Trunk (new ed.) vii. 147 The little gray shoulder cape of ottoman silk was edged with narrow black French lace and its postilion back made her small waist look still tinier. < as lemmas |
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