单词 | threaden |
释义 | threadenadj. Now archaic or dialect. Composed or made of thread; spec. made of linen thread. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > thread or yarn > [adjective] > made of threadenc1400 yarnen1587 c1400 Laud Troy Bk. 8351 I ȝeue not a threden lace Off thyn euel wil and thi manace! 1499 in E. Hobhouse Church-wardens' Accts. (1890) 23 A therdyn cerchewe. 1590 T. Lodge Rosalynde: Euphues Golden Legacie 59 b A dosen of new thredden points of medley coulour. 1594 Willobie his Auisa xxxv. f. 33v Such slie conceites are..Not worth in proofe a threden poynt. 1612 B. Jonson Alchemist i. i. sig. Bv A thin thredden cloake. View more context for this quotation 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 224/1 They went always covered with Threaden Caps or Hoods. 1780 J. Warner Let. 24 Aug. in J. H. Jesse G. Selwyn & his Contemp. (1844) IV. 366 Of his threaden sails [he] has made wings to our riches wherewith to fly away. a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) (at cited word) Within our memory ‘threaden stockings’ were an article of Sunday apparel for village servants and apprentices. 1870 D. Rock Textile Fabrics (S. Kensington Mus.) Introd. p. cxxvii Very fine threaden cloths..for liturgical purposes. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.c1400 |
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