| 单词 | bonnet-top highboy |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbonnet-top highboy bonnet-top n. originally and chiefly U.S. a type of highly ornate pediment for furniture (see pediment n. 1b) with a broken arch, typically formed by two scroll-like mouldings; frequently attributive, as bonnet-top chest, bonnet-top highboy, etc.This design was first popular in the early 18th cent. ΚΠ 1897 Bangor (Maine) Daily Whig 29 Sept. (advt.) Serpentine front desks,..bonnet top high boys with claw feet [etc.]. 1906 Sat. Evening Post 21 Apr. 10/3 (caption) The Top is a Broken Arch Commonly Called Bonnet Top. 1950 W. Bird Nova Scotia ii. 40 A bonnet-top highboy. 1958 Connecticut Hist. Soc. Apr. 44 A handsome cherry secretary,..about 1800. It consists of three sections, the base with butler's desk and cupboards, the bookcase and the bonnet top. 2007 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 5 Jan. b41/2 Several important works..: a cherry bonnet-top high chest.., a cherry blanket chest and a maple tavern table. < as lemmas |
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