单词 | bracing |
释义 | bracingn.1 1. The action of embracing (obsolete), girding, binding tightly, lacing up, strengthening: see the verb. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > embrace > [noun] > action of embracing clippingc1230 embracingc1386 halsing1387 collinga1425 amplection1474 embracement1485 culling1490 bracingc1540 clasping1562 embrace1599 embrasure1609 hugging1616 bosoming1624 amplexation1634 embrassade1830 huddling1869 lapping- the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fastening > binding or tying > [noun] > binding > binding tightly bracingc1540 stricture1649 c1540 J. Bellenden tr. H. Boece Hyst. & Cron. Scotl. viii. xx. f. 108v/2 Ane deuyll in forme of woman..quhylk..tistit hym be voluptuous brasing to hir plesoure. a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1954) VII. 167 The brasing & beating of our Drums in the Pulpit. 1826 M. R. Mitford Our Village II. 90 Oh the lacing, the bracing, the bonneting, the veiling, the gloving! 1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. I. 78 The moral sinew of the English must have been strong indeed when it admitted of such stringent bracing. 2. An appliance or arrangement for tying, fastening, supporting, or strengthening. literal and figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > support > [noun] > that which supports staffc1000 hold1042 source1359 legc1380 shorer1393 stabilimenta1398 upholder1398 sustentationa1400 undersetterc1400 bearinga1425 undersettinga1425 suppowellc1430 triclinec1440 sustentaclec1451 supportera1475 sustainerc1475 sustenal1483 stayc1515 buttress1535 underpinning1538 firmament1554 countenance1565 support1570 appuia1573 comfort1577 hypostasis1577 underpropping1586 porter1591 supportation1593 supportance1597 understaya1603 bearer1607 rest1609 upsetter1628 mountinga1630 sustent1664 underlay1683 holdfast1706 abutment1727 suppeditor1728 mount1739 monture1746 bed1793 appoggiatura1833 bracing1849 bench1850 under-pinner1859 bolster-piece1860 sustainer1873 table mount1923 1849 W. Fitzgerald tr. W. Whitaker Disputation Holy Script. 5 The Roman synagogue..hath need continually of new supports and bracings. 1861 Times 7 Oct. There were bracings on the top of the girders, which would have the effect of steadying them. 1883 Law Times Rep. 49 139/1 The standards were not secured by any ties or bracings of any kind. Compounds attributive (or ? the participle adj.), as in bracing-girdle, bracing-rope; bracing-chain n. a chain used to bind together the sides of a wagon bearing a heavy load. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > belt or sash > types of > other breechgirdlea1300 demiceint1483 demi-girdle1533 bracing-girdle1552 purse-girdle1559 yellow ribbon1651 burdash1707 body belt1823 subcingulum1824 zoster1824 bell-girdle1833 hip girdle1853 Sam Browne belt1878 belly-band1888 waspie1957 tie belt1964 society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [noun] > rope, cord, or line > types of warp1296 sewing-rope1336 viring-rope1336 wardrope1338 bast1357 breast rope1412 balk-line1506 waterline1626 shank1706 selvage1711 shroud hawser1744 white line1747 selvagee1750 cringle1787 staple-rope1794 bracing-rope1827 selvage-stropc1860 soga1860 four-cant1867 toggle-lanyard1874 maguey1908 snorter1950 snotter1950 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Bracynge gyrdle, subcingulum. 1827 H. Steuart Planter's Guide (1828) 295 Fixing or loosening the bracing-ropes. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2021). † bracingn.2 Obsolete. The action of assuming a bold or defiant attitude. In phrase facing and bracing. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > [noun] > defiance despitec1380 cartel of defiancec1430 facing1481 facing and bracing1481 bearding1577 dare1594 braving1616 stouting1630 outbraving1631 affront1642 defiance1710 defial1793 bravadoing1809 bravading1812 defiantness1872 1481 W. Caxton tr. Hist. Reynard Fox (1970) 107 Whiche wyth grete facing and bracyng oppresse the poure peple. 1541 R. Barnes Wks. (1573) 290/1 My Lordes, leue of your fasing and your brasing: for our Lord..will at length not bee out faced. 1571 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Psalmes of Dauid with Comm. (xii. 5) i. f. 39 Their importunate facing and bracing in woordes [L. improba verborum jactantia]. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2022). bracingadj. That braces, girds, etc. Now used chiefly of the air or climate; formerly of tonic medicines. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > cold weather > [adjective] > cool > cool and fresh airisha1642 bracing1761 brisk1837 crispy1841 crisp1869 1761 J. Rutty in Philos. Trans. 1760 (Royal Soc.) 51 476 A powerful..bracing..medicine. 1820 J. Keats Isabella in Lamia & Other Poems 61 With belt, and spur, and bracing huntsman's dress. 1852 H. B. Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin I. xv. 221 His constitution might be strengthened by the cold of a more bracing climate. 1871 G. H. Napheys Prevention & Cure Dis. i. v. 154 Dry heat is bracing. Derivatives ˈbracingly adv. in a bracing manner, so as to brace. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fastening > condition of being fast bound or firmly fixed > [adverb] fasteOE fastlyeOE hardOE hetefastea1225 file-fasta1250 sickerlyc1275 stiff1525 tighta1625 soundly1632 starkly1819 tightlya1865 bracingly1874 1874 Ellacombe in Church Bells 15 Sept. (1883) 808/1 The bolts had better be put in bracingly, that is, not perpendicularly. ˈbracingness n. bracing quality. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > cold weather > [noun] > coolness and freshness fraischeur1599 briskness1816 bracingness1876 1876 Fortn. Rev. Mar. 341 [The Engadine] has what may be termed a graduated scale of bracingness. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1c1540n.21481adj.1761 |
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