| 单词 | town cross |
| 释义 | > as lemmastown cross town cross n. a cross erected in the marketplace of a town; cf. market cross n.The stocks or pillory were often located at the town cross. ΚΠ 1577 R. Holinshed Hist. Scotl. 488/1 in Chron. I Certaine men and women of Edenburgh were accused of Heresie, & abiured at the towne crosse with faggottes on their backes. 1705 J. Browne Secret Hist. Queen Zarah ii. 88 They caus'd his Letters to be expos'd on the Town Cross. 1850 J. Wodderspoon Memorials Anc. Town Ipswich 239 Offenders against the laws of the market and of the town..were placed in the stocks or pillory at the Town Cross. 2011 Press & Jrnl. (Aberdeen) (Nexis) 23 July 6 The Banff town cross has not been seen publicly for almost 20 years and is kept in storage at Mintlaw. < as lemmas |
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