| 单词 | tester and celure | 
| 释义 | > as lemmastester and celure  1.  A canopy over a bed, supported on the posts of the bedstead or suspended from the ceiling; formerly (esp. in phrase  tester and celure), the vertical part at the head of the bed which ascends to and sometimes supports the canopy, or (as some think) the wooden or metal framework supporting the canopy and curtains. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > bed > bedding > 			[noun]		 > canopy sperverc1330 testerc1380 canopya1382 sparver1440 shadow1604 bed-tester1704 headpiece1759 toldo1772 α. β. 1546    in  R. Willis  & J. W. Clark Archit. Hist. Univ. Cambr. 		(1886)	 III. 351  				A bed~stok with cortins of dornix, and testerne of the same.1565–73    T. Cooper Thesaurus  				Conopeum..a Canapie... Some haue vsed it for a testorne to hang ouer a bed.1599    in  W. H. Stevenson Rec. Borough Nottingham 		(1889)	 IV. 252  				One olde thinne silke teasterne for a bedd.1655    tr.  C. Sorel Comical Hist. Francion iv. 11  				He took a Base Violl from the testern of his Bed. c1380    J. Wyclif Wks. 		(1880)	 434  				In aparel of chaumbre, as in proud beddis, testeris & curteyns. 14..    in  T. Wright  & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. 		(1884)	 I. 615/17  				Tapisterium, ance a Testour. a1440    Sir Degrev. 1474  				Hur bede was off aszure, With testur and celure. a1440    Sir Degrev. 1485  				Ther was at hur testere The kyngus owne banere. c1440    Promptorium Parvulorum 489/2  				Teester, or tethtere of a bed, capitellum. 1449    in  J. Raine Testamenta Eboracensia 		(1855)	 II. 156  				Testur. 1454    in  F. J. Furnivall Fifty Earliest Eng. Wills 		(1882)	 133  				My bed..wiþ the testour & Canape ther-to. 1530    J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 280/1  				Testar for a bedde, dossier. 1548    in  J. Strype Eccl. Mem. 		(1721)	 II. xvi. 129  				A bedstead gilt, with a testor and counterpoint, with curtains belonging to the same. 1556    J. Withals Short Dict. 		(new ed.)	 sig. Piv/1  				A tester ouer the beadde, canopus. 1670    F. Sandford Order Funeral Duke of Albemarle sig. A/2  				A Bed of State of Black Velvet..with Black Plumes at the Four corners of the Tester. 1801    ‘Gabrielli’ Mysterious Husband III. 4  				The tester of a bed..was suspended by cords to the lofty ceiling. 1899    Q. Rev. Apr. 394  				The tester, carved and panelled, is surrounded by a cornice, inlaid with lighter wood, from which a crimson silk valance and curtains hang. < as lemmas | 
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