seamlessadj.

/ˈsiːmlɪs/

Forms: Also Middle English semlesse, semeles.

Etymology: < seam n.¹ + -less suffix.

1. Without a seam; of a garment, woven without a seam. Now esp. of tubing and women's stockings or tights. The word was used very freely by 17th cent. divines in such phrases as Christ's seamless coat, Christ's seamless garment, Christ's seamless vest, etc. with reference to John xix. 23, as typifying unity in the Church.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [adjective] > having specific parts > having no seam

seamless1483

unseamed1605

seamfree1959

the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > sewn or ornamented textile fabric > [adjective] > stitched or sewn > seam > without a seam

seamless1483

unseamed1605

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for legs > clothing for legs and feet > [adjective]

heeledeOE

laced1441

upper-stocked1535

stocked1598

steeple-clocked1776

footless1853

fashioned1881

digitated1882

seamless1921

stay-up1949

dazzle1958

sandal-foot1959

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for legs > clothing for legs and lower body > [adjective] > tights

seamless1921

1483 Cath. Angl. 329/1 Semlesse (MS. A. Semeles), inconsutilis.

a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1953) VI. 90 Christ..suffered his flesh to be torn, but not his seamlesse garment.

1876 Encycl. Brit. IV. 218/2 Solid or seamless brass tubes..are made by drawing down short thick cast cylinders of brass till they reach the desired gauge or thinness.

1880 Times 21 Sept. 4/4 The one novelty..in the exhibition is a small case of absolutely seamless boots.

1901 Westm. Gaz. 5 Feb. 8/1 An ingenious system of building extremely light, seamless boats.

1904 G. F. Goodchild & C. F. Tweney Technol. & Sci. Dict. 146/1 The [cycle] frame is generally formed of thin seamless steel tubing.

1921 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 4 Oct. 5/1 Seamless (fashioned without seams). The women's hose knit to fit without a seam.

1959 Observer 22 Mar. 3/8 The seamless stocking, or ‘circular’ as the trade calls it, has always been made, but used to be thought of as an inferior thing.

1968 Economist 9 Nov. 94/1 Tubes is commissioning a new seamless tube mill, where profits ought to start this autumn.

1969 A. J. Hall Standard Handbk. Textiles (ed. 7) iii. 154 The seamless hose are knitted on circular machines.

in combination.a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Yorks. 208 Wearing seamless-woven-coats.

2. figurative, spec. as seamless web, originally with reference to the concept of history as an integral whole (see quot. 1898).

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > the past > history or knowledge about the past > [noun] > as an integrated whole

seamless web1898

1862 E. Dickinson Poems (1955) I. 246 As if some Caravan of Sound Had parted Rank, Then knit, and swept—In Seamless Company.

1898 F. Pollock & F. W. Maitland Hist. Eng. Law (ed. 2) I. i. i. 1 Such is the unity of all history that any one who endeavours to tell a piece of it must feel that his first sentence tears a seamless web.

1929 Oxf. Poetry 12 A small patch of light on the seamless blank.

1951 W. H. Auden Nones (1952) 39 The three wise Maries come Sossing through seamless waters.

1964 D. G. MacRae in J. H. Plumb Crisis in Humanities 127 By ‘integralism’ is meant a set of beliefs that involve one in claiming that social structures form a ‘seamless web’ in which every institution and social position is linked to every other and is part of a unique, interconnected configuration.

1976 T. Eagleton Crit. & Ideol. iii. 94 The Prelude is formally fissured by its ideological contradictions, unable to rise to the seamless impersonal epic it would wish itself to be.

1977 Time 10 Oct. 10/3 ‘Many of us find it intellectually difficult’, he said, ‘to penetrate the seamless web of the Japanese politico-economic system.’

3. Without a seam (seam n.¹ 6).

ΚΠ

1895 Army & Navy Co-op. Soc. Price List 15 Sept. 251 Balmoral seamless Enamelled Basin and Stand.

Derivatives

ˈseamlessly adv.

ΚΠ

1906 G. Saintsbury Hist. Eng. Prosody I. 367 The whole web is woven seamlessly and without break.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	seamless
释义	seamlessadj. /ˈsiːmlɪs/ Forms: Also Middle English semlesse, semeles. Etymology: < seam n.¹ + -less suffix. 1. Without a seam; of a garment, woven without a seam. Now esp. of tubing and women's stockings or tights. The word was used very freely by 17th cent. divines in such phrases as Christ's seamless coat, Christ's seamless garment, Christ's seamless vest, etc. with reference to John xix. 23, as typifying unity in the Church. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [adjective] > having specific parts > having no seam seamless1483 unseamed1605 seamfree1959 the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > sewn or ornamented textile fabric > [adjective] > stitched or sewn > seam > without a seam seamless1483 unseamed1605 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for legs > clothing for legs and feet > [adjective] heeledeOE laced1441 upper-stocked1535 stocked1598 steeple-clocked1776 footless1853 fashioned1881 digitated1882 seamless1921 stay-up1949 dazzle1958 sandal-foot1959 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for legs > clothing for legs and lower body > [adjective] > tights seamless1921 1483 Cath. Angl. 329/1 Semlesse (MS. A. Semeles), inconsutilis. a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1953) VI. 90 Christ..suffered his flesh to be torn, but not his seamlesse garment. 1876 Encycl. Brit. IV. 218/2 Solid or seamless brass tubes..are made by drawing down short thick cast cylinders of brass till they reach the desired gauge or thinness. 1880 Times 21 Sept. 4/4 The one novelty..in the exhibition is a small case of absolutely seamless boots. 1901 Westm. Gaz. 5 Feb. 8/1 An ingenious system of building extremely light, seamless boats. 1904 G. F. Goodchild & C. F. Tweney Technol. & Sci. Dict. 146/1 The [cycle] frame is generally formed of thin seamless steel tubing. 1921 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 4 Oct. 5/1 Seamless (fashioned without seams). The women's hose knit to fit without a seam. 1959 Observer 22 Mar. 3/8 The seamless stocking, or ‘circular’ as the trade calls it, has always been made, but used to be thought of as an inferior thing. 1968 Economist 9 Nov. 94/1 Tubes is commissioning a new seamless tube mill, where profits ought to start this autumn. 1969 A. J. Hall Standard Handbk. Textiles (ed. 7) iii. 154 The seamless hose are knitted on circular machines. in combination.a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Yorks. 208 Wearing seamless-woven-coats. 2. figurative, spec. as seamless web, originally with reference to the concept of history as an integral whole (see quot. 1898). ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > history or knowledge about the past > [noun] > as an integrated whole seamless web1898 1862 E. Dickinson Poems (1955) I. 246 As if some Caravan of Sound Had parted Rank, Then knit, and swept—In Seamless Company. 1898 F. Pollock & F. W. Maitland Hist. Eng. Law (ed. 2) I. i. i. 1 Such is the unity of all history that any one who endeavours to tell a piece of it must feel that his first sentence tears a seamless web. 1929 Oxf. Poetry 12 A small patch of light on the seamless blank. 1951 W. H. Auden Nones (1952) 39 The three wise Maries come Sossing through seamless waters. 1964 D. G. MacRae in J. H. Plumb Crisis in Humanities 127 By ‘integralism’ is meant a set of beliefs that involve one in claiming that social structures form a ‘seamless web’ in which every institution and social position is linked to every other and is part of a unique, interconnected configuration. 1976 T. Eagleton Crit. & Ideol. iii. 94 The Prelude is formally fissured by its ideological contradictions, unable to rise to the seamless impersonal epic it would wish itself to be. 1977 Time 10 Oct. 10/3 ‘Many of us find it intellectually difficult’, he said, ‘to penetrate the seamless web of the Japanese politico-economic system.’ 3. Without a seam (seam n.¹ 6). ΚΠ 1895 Army & Navy Co-op. Soc. Price List 15 Sept. 251 Balmoral seamless Enamelled Basin and Stand. Derivatives ˈseamlessly adv. ΚΠ 1906 G. Saintsbury Hist. Eng. Prosody I. 367 The whole web is woven seamlessly and without break. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.1483
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