| 单词 | sign-iron |
| 释义 | > as lemmassign-iron sign-iron n. now chiefly historical a projecting iron rod on which a sign (sense 7a) is fixed or suspended; cf. lamp-iron n. at lamp n.1 Compounds 2. ΚΠ 1700 W. Leyburn in W. F. tr. V. Scamozzi Mirror Archit. (ed. 4) 70 Diverse other Work about Building are made of Iron, as Locks, and Keys, Balconies, Gates, Sign-Irons. 1778 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 69 44 On passing through the streets of London in his walks, before the sign-irons were taken down. 1836 in Hist. Chesterfield (1839) 45 Having a sign, sign-iron, sign-post, or shew-board suspended from or in front of such house. 1917 L. B. Moffett Man. Book-keeping (ed. 10) 43 ½ doz. Sign Irons, $2.00. 1984 Rococo (Victoria & Albert Mus.) 150/2 Winspeare's sign, the Angel and Still is shown hanging from an elaborate rococo sign-iron. < as lemmas |
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