单词 | turngrece |
释义 | † turngreceturngreen. Chiefly Sc. Obsolete. A winding stair, as in a turret, etc. Also attrib. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > stairs > [noun] > winding or spiral vicea1382 turngrece1483 turnpike1516 cochleaa1552 cockle stairs1624 Dutch stairs1649 turnpike stair1730 newel stair1851 newel staircase1859 1483 Cath. Angl. 397/2 A Turne grece, troclea. 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) ix. l. 639 Richard Wallace the turn-greys [1570 Turngrece] weill has seyn. He folowit fast apon the portar keyn,..Tuk wp the port and leit in all the layff. 1506–7 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1901) III. 366 Item for ane lok to the turngree dur in the Abbay, xiiij d. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) 1 Kings vi. 8 They might go vp to the myddest stacion by a turne grese. 1554 in J. D. Marwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Edinb. (1871) II. 296 To Thomas Hallis servand for paittelling and deichting of all the steppis of the turngryss of the tolbuith, viijd. 1600 Reg. Mag. Sig. Scot. 353/1 De cellario sub inferiore gradu lie turnegres tenementi quondam M. Thome Marjoribankis. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < |
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