单词 | ribbon work |
释义 | > as lemmasribbon work ribbon work n. Π 1798 M. Edgeworth & R. L. Edgeworth Pract. Educ. II. xx. 530 Cloth-work, crape-work, chenille-work, ribbon-work, wafer-work,..have all passed away in our own memory. 1856 O. Jones Gram. Ornament xv. 3 Various patterns, mostly geometrical, consisting of interlaced ribbon-work,..and strange monstrous animals and birds. 1960 H. Hayward Connoisseur's Handbk. Antique Collecting 238/2 Ribbon work, embroidery in fine, narrow silk ribbons often combined with chenille thread and aerophane. 2003 Quilter's Newsletter Mag. Mar. 51/1 (caption) We used elements of the Star of Bethlehem and Fleur-de-lis quilts as well as Native American ribbonwork to create a quilt in keeping with the traditional look of the fabric line. Ribbon work C2. With sense ‘of or relating to the Ribbon Society’ (see Ribbon Society n. at Compounds 3), as Ribbon password, Ribbon system, Ribbon work, etc. Π 1818 in Edinb. Rev. (1899) Jan. 171 A great deal of Ribbon work is carrying on at Ballycastle. 1820 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Nov. 191/2 We are inclined to attribute the decay of the ribbon system in the county of Galway, to that circumstance. 1839 W. Carleton Fardorougha xviii. 416 He was accosted in the significant terms of the Ribbon pass-word of that day. 1910 F. H. O'Donnell Hist. Irish Parl. Party I. v. 117 The Ribbon conspiracy, which had been for generations the source and instrument of outrage of every kind, was still a power among the rural populations. 2007 P. Bew Ireland iv. 146 Nor were Ribbon objectives purely agrarian: there was a decidedly nationalist tone to the Ribbon password: ‘May the sons of the Shamrock in union remain, till Erin becomes a nation again.’ < as lemmas |
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