单词 | straw-plaiting |
释义 | > as lemmasstraw-plaiting straw-plaiting n. and gerund; also concrete an article made of straw plait. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > manufacturing processes > basket-making > [noun] > specific processes pairing1611 straw-plaiting1834 flat-skein work1912 waling1912 1834 J. R. McCulloch Dict. Commerce (1844) at Hats The wives and daughters of the farmers used to plait straw for making their own bonnets, before straw-plaiting became established as a manufacture. 1849 E. Bulwer-Lytton Caxtons I. ii. ii. 65 He would stand an hour at a cottage door, admiring the little girls who were straw-platting. 1862 Catal. Internat. Exhib., Brit. II. No. 4849 Straw plaitings, straw hats and bonnets. < as lemmas |
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