α. 1700s ramallie, 1700s ramellie, 1700s–1800s ramilie, 1700s– ramillie.
β. 1700s ramellies, 1800s ramilies, 1800s– ramillies.
Also with capital initial.
单词 | ramillies |
释义 | ramilliesn.α. 1700s ramallie, 1700s ramellie, 1700s–1800s ramilie, 1700s– ramillie. β. 1700s ramellies, 1800s ramilies, 1800s– ramillies. Also with capital initial. Now historical. I. Compounds. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > parts of headgear > [noun] > brim > upward turn or cock of cock1668 pinch1710 ramillies cock1711 1711 J. Addison in Spectator 28 July 84 I observed a young Fellow with a tollerable Periwig, had it not been covered with a Hat that was shaped in the Ramillie Cock. c1740 A. Allen MS. Dict. Ramellies-Cock. 1788 J. C. Walker Hist. Ess. Dress Irish 74 The Hat was now shaped in the Ramillie cock. 1881 H. R. Clinton From Crécy to Assye xi. 410 ‘Ramillies’ became in England a fashionable designation. There was the ‘Ramillies cock’ of the hat. 2. a. ramillies wig n. a wig with a long plait behind tied with a bow at the top and bottom. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > practice of wearing artificial hair > [noun] > artificial hair > tied with a ribbon tie-wig1713 tie-up1714 ramillies wig1724 tie-periwig1728 ramillies1734 1724 ‘C. Johnson’ Gen. Hist. Pyrates v. 99 This Beard was black..he was accustomed to twist it with Ribbons, in small Tails, after the Manner of our Ramellies Wigs. 1734 S.-Carolina Gaz. 7 Dec. 2/2 Hats, woosted Stockings of all sizes, Tye, Ramelie, Bob and natural Wiggs of the newest fashion and best Hair. 1767 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy IX. ii. 8 The Corporal had been as good as his word in putting my uncle Toby's great ramallie-wig into pipes. 1773 R. Graves Spiritual Quixote I. ii. xv. 116 His fool's cap has a fox's tail depending like a ramillie whig. 1852 N. Hawthorne Snow Image 250 One of the barbers..was dressing a Ramillies wig. 1868 Ladies' Repository July 59/2 The Ramillies and brigadier wigs..made the hair-dresser of the eighteenth century a busy and valued artist. 1921 A. M. Sutton Boardwork (ed. 3) 215 Following Marlborough's victories, there were the Blenheim and Ramillies wigs. 1980 E. Jong Fanny i. xv. 123 There were Full-bottom'd Wigs, and Campaign Wigs, Ramillies Wigs, Bob-Wigs, Tye-Wigs, and Bag-wigs. b. ramillies tail n. the long plait, or queue, at the back of a ramillies wig. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > practice of wearing artificial hair > [noun] > artificial hair > section or lock of sidelock1530 lock1601 tour1674 snake1676 front1693 bull-tour1724 back-head1731 ramillies tail1782 frontlet1785 frisette1818 toupee1862 postiche1867 switch1870 pin-curl1873 scalpette1881 wig-tail1888 chichi1906 hairpiece1939 fall1943 toup1959 1782 Festival of Wit 172 The grandee wore a Ramillie tail down to his waist-band. 1881 H. R. Clinton From Crécy to Assye xi. 410 There was..the ‘Ramillies tail’—a double-bowed long-plaited tail—of the wig, and the ‘Ramillies wig’ itself, which was worn as late as the reign of George III. 1966 J. Stevens Cox Illustr. Dict. Hairdressing & Wigmaking 125/1 A wig with a long, gradually diminishing plaited queue (called the Ramillies tail). II. Simple uses. 3. A ramillies wig or tail. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > practice of wearing artificial hair > [noun] > artificial hair > tied with a ribbon tie-wig1713 tie-up1714 ramillies wig1724 tie-periwig1728 ramillies1734 1734 T. Gray in Horace Walpole's Corr. 8 Dec. (1948) XIII. 67 Queen Artemisia breakfasts on bohea, And Alexander wears a ramillie. 1753 J. Hill Inspector I. xxiii. 95 As I judged of the hero by the length of his sword, she passed sentence on the blockhead by that of his ramillie. 1753 T. Smollett Ferdinand Count Fathom II. xl. 38 His hair twisted into a ramellie, hung down to his rump. 1816 W. Scott Antiquary II. ii. 28 Sir Arthur's ramilies being the positive, his own bob-wig the comparative. 1841 N. Hawthorne Famous Old People 91 They wore various sorts of periwigs, such as..the Ramillies, the Feather-top, and the Full-bottom! 1885 A. Dobson At Sign of Lyre 118 ‘Then, Madam, my request’, says Brisk, Giving his Ramillie a whisk. 1898 S. Weyman Castle Inn (1933) xvi. 158 A stout gentleman in splashed boots and an old-fashioned Ramillies. 1922 Times 18 May 16/2 Do we not read the perruque into Congreve, the Ramillies into Addison, the tie-wig into Gray? 1984 J. Nunn Fashion in Costume 82 Also informal..was the pigtail... Rather smaller was the ramillies. DerivativesΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > practice of wearing artificial hair > [adjective] > describing artificial hair full-bottom1700 full-bottomed1702 ramillied1792 1792 J. Budworth Fortnight's Ramble Lakes ii. 10 Decorated with a ramillied peruke. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1711 |
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