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单词 staylace
释义

staylacen.

/ˈsteɪleɪs/
Etymology: < stay n.2 + lace n. and adj.
A lace or cord used to draw together a woman's stays or bodice.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > underwear > [noun] > corset > parts of
busk point1598
busk1688
staylace1720
stay-bobbin1775
1720 J. Swift Proposal Use Irish Manuf. 7 I shou'd rejoyce to see a Stay-Lace from England be thought scandalous, and become a Topick for Censure.
1851 H. Mayhew London Labour I. 323/1 Pins and needles, stay-laces, and such small articles as are light to carry.
1882 S. F. A. Caulfeild & B. C. Saward Dict. Needlework 460/2 Stay laces..are otherwise called Stay-cord, and are made of both cotton and linen.
in combination.1886 T. Hardy Mayor of Casterbridge i, in Graphic 2 Jan. 18/2 A buxom staylace dealer.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

staylacev.

Etymology: < staylace n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈstaylace.
transitive. To lace up with staylaces.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > provide with clothing [verb (transitive)] > fasten
lace?c1225
gird1297
belta1400
buttona1425
garterc1440
lashc1440
pointa1470
trussa1475
lace1485
fasten1600
truss1610
bind1720
staylace1832
sandal1897
zip1929
to zip up1937
zipper1938
1832 J. C. H[are] in Philol. Museum 1 678 Every departure from idiom, every attempt to staylace the language of polisht conversation, renders our phraseology inelegant and clumsy.

Derivatives

ˈstaylaced adj.
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1824 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 15 368 The stay-laced dandy.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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