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单词 ruelle
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ruellen.

Brit. /ˌruːˈɛl/, U.S. /ˌruˈwɛl/
Forms: Middle English rewel, Middle English rule, Middle English 1600s–1700s ruel, 1600s ruél, 1600s– ruelle, 1700s ruëlle.
Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French ruele.
Etymology: < Anglo-Norman ruele, Middle French, French ruelle narrow street, alley (early 12th cent. in Anglo-Norman), space between the side of a bed and the wall (late 14th cent.; compare in the same sense ruelle de lit (1408)), bedroom used for social or literary receptions, a reception of this kind (1617) < rue rew n.2 + -elle -elle suffix. Compare post-classical Latin ruella narrow street, alley (1289 in a British source; < French).
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 ruellei.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).
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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).
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