单词 | queen mary |
释义 | Queen Maryn. I. Compounds. 1. Queen Mary hat n. (also Queen Mary toque) a type of small hat or toque popularized by Queen Mary, who favoured it because it allowed the public a clear view of her face. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > cap > types of > other toque1505 biggin1511 button cap1527 undercap1531 biggin1558 fool's cap1577 apex1578 blue capa1586 wishing-cap1600 Wantage cap1609 infernal1610 porringer1623 montera1626 montera cap1652 school cap1736 wing cap1775 balloon1784 balloon-cap1785 spider-cap1790 poke-fly cap1810 strap-cap1820 mandarin cap1835 porringer-cap1839 chechia1853 turban1862 mitre1877 turban-cap1881 half-cap1893 pillbox cap1897 Queen Mary hat1928 snap-back1937 songkok1960 pakul1982 1928 Charleston (W. Va.) Gaz. 1 Apr. ii. 1/1 This type is..conspicuous by her strict adherence to drab colors, badly cut frocks and Queen Mary hats. 1938 L. Bemelmans Life Class ii. iii. 140 She is dressed in a trotteur, and wears a hat with a thousand cloth violets, a Queen Mary toque. 1967 L. J. Braun Cat who ate Danish Mod. ix. 76 There was enough blue blood to float a ship... You never saw so many pince-nez and Queen Mary hats. 1995 Independent (Nexis) 15 June 13 One chap accessorised his explosive sideburns with pearl drop ear-rings and a Queen Mary toque. II. Simple uses. 2. A type of long low-loading road trailer originally used to transport tanks, aircraft, etc., during the Second World War (1939–45). Now chiefly historical. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > motor lorry, truck, or van > [noun] > truck or lorry > articulated lorry > trailer or types of trailer pole trailer1919 semi-trailer1919 pantech1942 Queen Mary1942 semi1942 tautliner1970 Ohio spread1971 spread1971 tri-axle1971 semi-truck1975 1942 Times 17 Aug. 2/3 A 64ft. aircraft salvage vehicle (known to Americans as a wrecker and to the R.A.F. as a ‘Queen Mary’). 1949 Jrnl. Royal Aeronaut. Soc. 53 822 The Council wish to acknowledge their appreciation of the ‘Queen Mary’ which was kindly provided by Hawker Aircraft Ltd. for the transport of some of the aircraft of the Shuttleworth Collection. 1968 I. Lambot Queen dies First v. 34 There's a signal in, from the salvage boys. They'll be sending a Queen Mary on Monday to shift it. 2001 Bristol Evening Post (Nexis) 10 July 6 As a schoolboy it was one of my ambitions to drive a Queen Mary, and I was fortunate to realise this when I was in the RAF later that decade. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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