单词 | ruelle |
释义 | ruellen. Now chiefly in French contexts. 1. The passage or space between a bed and the wall; (hence also) the side or part of a bed next to the wall. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > room > [noun] > specific part of ruellec1400 nook?a1425 ingle-nook1773 area1839 living space1882 slip1886 cosy corner1894 bed-space1895 diner1907 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > bed > parts of bed > [noun] > other parts bed-board1530 bedstaff1576 underbed1648 ruelle1751 bed-screw1758 watch-pocket1831 knob1848 box spring1851 watch-case1891 c1400 (?a1387) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Huntington HM 137) (1873) C. x. 79 (MED) Hem-selue suffren..wo in winter-tyme with wakyng a nyghtes To ryse to the ruel [v.rr. rewel, rule] to rocke the cradel. 1646 J. Howell Lustra Ludovici 170 The Cart that Bertius made to the most eminent among mortals, and which is always at the ruel of his bed. 1688 Eng. Prot. Mem. to Prince & P'cess of Orange 21 There was a private door within the ruel of the bed into a room. 1700 T. Brown et al. tr. P. Scarron Comical Romance i. vi. 12 in tr. P. Scarron Whole Comical Wks. The Bed had no Ruelle, but was close to the Wall. 1751 E. Haywood Hist. Betsy Thoughtless II. xv. 173 Miss Flora had thrown herself on a carpet by the bed-side, her head leaning on the ruëlle. 1824 tr. Duchesse d'Orleans Mem. Court Louis XIV 273 A number of plates were found in the ruelle of his bed. 1878 T. A. Trollope Sketches French Hist. 76 To hide themselves in the ruelle—i.e., between the bed-curtains and the wall, so that they might hear all that passed. 1920 L. Spence Encycl. Occultism 366/2 Sextus,..turning himself towards the ruelle of his bed, prepared for death. 2005 A. Troutman in H. Heynen & G. Baydar Negotiating Domesticity xvi. 298 The seventeenth-century ruelle, that dark and hidden space between the bed and the wall where valuables were kept. 2. This space, or the area around the bed generally, where a distinguished person received favoured guests while in bed, esp. where (in 17th and 18th cent. France) a lady of fashion held morning receptions. So in extended use: an audience or reception of this kind; a (social or literary) gathering in a ruelle. Now historical.The French lady's ruelle was replaced in the 19th cent. by the salon (see salon n. 2). ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > room > room by type of use > [noun] > bedroom clevec825 bedchamberc1390 wardrobea1400 kuchiez kotec1400 garderobe?c1450 cubicle1483 pallet chambera1535 bed-place1566 kitchen chamber1573 bedroom1600 cubiculoa1616 lodginga1616 lodging-room1615 bower1674 ruelle1676 lodging-chambera1684 common chamber1684 sleeping-room1699 hall-bedroom1738 berth1806 bunk-room1855 bed-house1881 cubicule1887 bedder1897 bed1926 sleeping-platform1935 roomette1937 single1963 maid-room1992 1676 G. Etherege Man of Mode iv. ii. 72 Sir Fop..I have..a weak voice, And care not to sing out of a ruél. Dor. A ruél is a pretty Cage for a singing Fop indeed. 1688 Marquis of Halifax Lady's New-years Gift (ed. 2) 92 When you are ushered into their Dark Ruelle..a Man would swear there was something in it, till the Unskilful Lady..beginneth a Chat. 1701 C. Davenant Ess. Peace & War i. xiii. 321 Ministers have a very difficult Game to play, when the Prince's Mind has an ill Turn..which made Richlieu..say, That he found it harder to manage himself in the Ruelle, than to govern all the rest of France. 1704 J. Swift Tale of Tub ii. 63 No approaching the Ladies Ruelles without the Quota of Shoulder-knots. 1763 C. Johnstone Reverie (new ed.) II. 16 How can you intrude so rudely into a lady's ruelle? You see I have set out my toilet. 1805 W. Godwin Fleetwood I. v. 114 He was a favoured guest in the coteries of ladies of fashion, and often spent his mornings in the ruelle of a duchess. 1855 L. Hunt Old Court Suburb II. viii. 236 People in coffee-houses and ruelles were saying she governed the country. 1888 J. Pardoe Louis XIV III. 27 (note) It was esteemed a high honour to be admitted to the ruelle of a royal personage; and Madame de Sévigné even speaks of being upon her knees in the ruelle. 1938 S. Beckett Murphy v. 70 Brewery Road was her forecourt, in certain moods almost her ruelle. 1993 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 2 Dec. 40/3 The desirable place for the fashionable gathering was..the hostess's bedchamber, or more precisely, the ruelle, the space near the bed itself. 3. In France or French-speaking regions: a small street; a lane, alley. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > lane > [noun] > between buildings twitchenOE chare12.. shut1300 alley1360 entryc1405 wyndc1425 vennel1435 trance1545 row1599 ginnel1669 ruelle1679 gangway1785 pend close1819 ope1825 jitty1836 scutchell1847 gully1849 bolt1855 opeway1881 snicket1898 jigger1902 jowler1961 1679 J. Gibbon Flagellum Mercurii Anti-ducalis 1 He was loath to go out of his way, so I went my self, and did indeed deliver it at your Being, Scituate in a little Ruelle. 1806 J. Pinkerton Recoll. Paris II. xxix. 359 It is somewhat surprising, that in the modern French language there is no term for what is called a lane in London, the word ruelle being regarded as antiquated. 1865 Brit. Flag 1 Nov. 83/3 My companion,..pushed on regardless of the gale, and turning down a narrow ruelle or minor street, stood before an old weather-beaten edifice. 1908 T. E. Lawrence Let. 9 Aug. (1938) 59 Streets—mostly stairs, irregular and broken, running under archways and tunnels... Cover these ruelles with grass, heap them with refuse. 1920 H. A. Gibbons Riviera Towns ii. 32 You pass through ruelles where outstretched hands can touch the houses on each side. 1991 Gazette (Montreal) (Nexis) 27 July j1 I got a cheap 4 1/2 with balconies, a ruelle and view of the Jacques Cartier Bridge. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1400 |
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