单词 | tuck-up |
释义 | tuck-upn.ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > styles of hair > [noun] > tresses or plaits tracec1380 plight?1387 tressa1400 plexc1450 braid1530 tuck1532 buoy-rope1546 trammels1589 entrammelling1598 border1601 point1604 pleat?1606 trammelets1654 maze1657 brede1696 queue1724 pigtail?1725 tie1725 cue1731 tuck-up1749 tutulus1753 club1786 tail1799 French twist1850 Grecian plait1851 French plait1871 horse's tail1873 Gretchen braid, plait1890 shimada1910 ponytail1916 French braid1937 cane row1939 dreadlocks1960 French pleat1964 Tom Jones1964 corn row1971 dread1984 club-pigtail- 1749 J. Cleland Mem. Woman of Pleasure I. 186 His hair, which was of a perfect shining black, play'd to his face in natural side-curls, and was set out with a smart tuck-up behind. 2. A boat of a particular construction (see quot. 1889). ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel of specific construction or shape > [noun] > having specific shape of stern hackboat1699 pink-stern1759 tuck-up1887 1887 Forest & Stream 24 Feb. 94/1 The tuckup could swing 300 sq. ft. if desired. 1889 W. P. Stephens Canoe & Boat Building (ed. 4) 239 The peculiar name ‘tuckup’ is derived from the fact that in building, the flat keel is not carried out straight from the stem to sternpost..but it..‘tucks up’..to the height of the waterline. 3. The action or an act of tucking someone up in bed. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > bed related to sleep or rest > [noun] > action of putting to bed tuck-up1915 1915 H. L. Wilson Ruggles of Red Gap iv. 81 I was strangely a little warmed at thinking I might not have seen the last of Cousin Egbert, whom I had just given a tuckup. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < |
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