brollyn.

Brit.

/ˈbrɒli/, U.S.

/ˈbrɑli/

Etymology: Alteration of umbrella n.: see -y suffix⁶.

1. colloquial. = umbrella n. 2.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > refuge or shelter > [noun] > shelter > a shelter > an umbrella or parasol

kittisol1588

sombrero1599

umbril1610

umbrella1654

roundel1676

rundle1678

rib1716

brolly1874

1874 Hotten's Slang Dict. (rev. ed.) 98 Brolly, an umbrella. Term used at both Oxford and Cambridge Universities.

1885 Punch 6 June 273/2 Pair o' pattens and brolly are more in your line.

1899 R. Kipling Stalky & Co. 209 What are you stealin' the gentleman's brolly for?

1925 Sunday at Home July 595/1 The lass was a clever thief who had hooked his brolly.

2. slang. A parachute. Also attributive and in other combinations, as brolly-hop n. a jump made with a parachute; so brolly-hopping.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > air or space travel > parachuting > [noun]

parachuting1843

parachutism1889

brolly-hopping1934

parasailing1962

parajumping1977

paragliding1978

base jumping1981

parapente1987

society > travel > air or space travel > parachuting > [noun] > a jump

jump1922

brolly-hop1934

parajump1971

base jump1981

society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > parachute > [noun]

parachute1784

chute1920

umbrella1933

brolly1934

1934 Daily Express 27 June 10/4 A brolly hop is a hop into space—with a parachute! Brolly-hopping will become a commonplace to the younger generation.

1934 G. P. Olley Million Miles in Air ii. 72 Never having made what pilots refer to..as a ‘brolly hop’.

1940 J. M. B. Beard in Michie & Graebner Their Finest Hour xii. 180 I was floating still and peacefully with my ‘brolly’ canopy billowing above my head.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	brolly
释义	brollyn. Brit. /ˈbrɒli/, U.S. /ˈbrɑli/ Etymology: Alteration of umbrella n.: see -y suffix⁶. 1. colloquial. = umbrella n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > refuge or shelter > [noun] > shelter > a shelter > an umbrella or parasol kittisol1588 sombrero1599 umbril1610 umbrella1654 roundel1676 rundle1678 rib1716 brolly1874 1874 Hotten's Slang Dict. (rev. ed.) 98 Brolly, an umbrella. Term used at both Oxford and Cambridge Universities. 1885 Punch 6 June 273/2 Pair o' pattens and brolly are more in your line. 1899 R. Kipling Stalky & Co. 209 What are you stealin' the gentleman's brolly for? 1925 Sunday at Home July 595/1 The lass was a clever thief who had hooked his brolly. 2. slang. A parachute. Also attributive and in other combinations, as brolly-hop n. a jump made with a parachute; so brolly-hopping. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > parachuting > [noun] parachuting1843 parachutism1889 brolly-hopping1934 parasailing1962 parajumping1977 paragliding1978 base jumping1981 parapente1987 society > travel > air or space travel > parachuting > [noun] > a jump jump1922 brolly-hop1934 parajump1971 base jump1981 society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > parachute > [noun] parachute1784 chute1920 umbrella1933 brolly1934 1934 Daily Express 27 June 10/4 A brolly hop is a hop into space—with a parachute! Brolly-hopping will become a commonplace to the younger generation. 1934 G. P. Olley Million Miles in Air ii. 72 Never having made what pilots refer to..as a ‘brolly hop’. 1940 J. M. B. Beard in Michie & Graebner Their Finest Hour xii. 180 I was floating still and peacefully with my ‘brolly’ canopy billowing above my head. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1874
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