| 单词 | shop cloth |
| 释义 | > as lemmasshop cloth shop cloth n. †(a) a cloth laid upon the boards of a butcher's stall; (b) cloth sold in a shop, frequently considered superior to homemade cloth; (c) a cloth used by a mechanic or engineer to protect or clean equipment. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > trading place > place where retail transactions made > [noun] > shop > shop-fittings > shop equipment of butchers or fishmongers shop cloth1501 fish-stone1822 trencher1903 1501 Maldon (Essex) Court Rolls (Bundle 60, No. 4b) Attachiatus est per xiiii pecias beff et mete precii xvii d. et 1 shopcloth in custodia servientis. 1753 Public Advertiser 22 Mar. Lost, on Tuesday Night last, supposed to be stolen, out of a Tripe Shop..one Shop Cloth, five Yards long. 1795 J. Sinclair Gen. View Agric. Northern Counties Scotl. 76 Great coat, and long coat of shop-cloth, and one pair of corderoy breeches. 1834 W. Carleton Traits & Stories Irish Peasantry (3rd ed.) I. 195 He..used to dress above his station; going about with a shop-cloth coat, cassimoor small-clothes, and a caroline hat. 1962 Factory Mar. 231/1 They had a union steward who called for a work stoppage by waving a shop cloth. 1995 F. E. Peretti Oath (2005) 150 Levi pulled a shop cloth from his rear pocket and started wiping the grease off his wrench. < as lemmas |
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