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单词 surnap
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surnapn.

Forms: Also surnape.
Etymology: < Anglo-Norman, Old French sur-, sournap(p)e, < sur- sur- prefix + nape tablecloth, nape n.2
Obsolete exc. Historical.
A towel or napkin provided at table for use when washing the hands.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing oneself or body > [noun] > rubbing with towel > towel > hand-towel > provided at table
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1381–2 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1901) III. 592 Pro surnape pro tabul. d'ni Prioris.
1478 in Illustr. Anc. State & Chivalry (Roxb.) 31 After the surnapp made.
1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. iiijv After the Surnap laied, and that the kynges grace, & the Quene had wasshed.
1554 in Illustr. Anc. State & Chivalry (Roxb.) 54 The surnape wt drawen, then the[y] whashed.
1802 A. Radcliffe Gaston de Blondeville in Posthumous Wks. (1826) II. 31 The King's sewer having laid the end of the sur-nap and a towel on the board.1859 J. H. Parker Some Acct. Domest. Archit. III. iii. 75 (note) The surnape appears to have answered the purpose of the modern table napkin.]
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