| 单词 | rattle-watch |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrattle-watch rattle-watch n. now historical a body of watchmen provided with rattles for sounding an alarm (esp. in colonial New York City); a member of such a body. ΚΠ 1688 W. Ker Remarks Govt. Germany in J. Ker Mem. (1727) iii. 75 They are obliged to contribute..towards the Night-Watch or Rattle-Watch, who walk the Streets the whole Night to keep good Orders. 1689 in J. Munsell Ann. Albany (1850) II. 110 Zacharias Sichells, ratel man desyres he may have payment..due to him for his service as ratel watch. 1897 Wellsboro (Pa.) Agitator 2 July 1/5 Nothing could be heard but the distant cry of the rattle watch as they told the hour. 1982 S. B. Flexner Listening to Amer. 221 In 1658 Stuyvesant began the rattle watch, so called because it patrolled New Amsterdam's streets at night and alerted the Dutch colonists to fires by shaking wooden rattles. < as lemmas |
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