单词 | purse ring |
释义 | purse ringn. 1. A ring, or one of two sliding rings, with which a purse may be closed. Now rare. ΚΠ a1535 T. More Dialoge of Comfort (1553) iii. xiii. sig. P.viv Like a pursering of paris, holowe, light & counterfaite in dede. 1562 in E. Roberts & K. Parker Southampton Probate Inventories, 1447–1575 (1992) I. 178 A holdfast of yron, a purse ringe, an yron hooke. 1861 Times 31 July 11/6 It contained a silver-mounted pebble in the shape of a heart, two silver links, a set of purse rings and tassels, a gold ring, [etc.]. 2004 Gloucestershire Echo (Nexis) 11 Aug. 15 Replicas of her treasures, including gilt bronze brooches, silver rings, amber beads, and an ivory purse-ring are displayed in the wooden coffin. 2. Each of the rings attached to the mouth of a purse seine, through which the purse line runs. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > net > [noun] > seine-net > part of foot seine1838 purse ring1870 1870 U.S. Patent 99,713 2/2 The rings..I call the large purse-rings... One end of each purse-line is fastened to each of the large purse-rings. 1947 Commerc. Salmon-fisheries Brit. Columbia (Dept. Fisheries, Brit. Columbia) (rev. ed.) 26 The purse-rings and purse-line are attached to and below the lead-line. 1994 Beautiful Brit. Columbia Spring 20/3 They had closed the bottom of the big net with the purse rings and hauled in only one-quarter of the net. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1535 |
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