单词 | vance-roof |
释义 | vance-roofn. East Anglian. A garret. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > room > types of room by situation > [noun] > upper room or loft sollarc897 roostOE loftc1385 cellara1400 roofc1405 garret1483 solier1483 hall of stage1485 coploft1571 cockloftc1580 tallet1586 cotloft1642 chamber1644 kitchen loft1648 vance-roof1655 sky-parlour1777 attic1818 soleret1851 overhead1949 dormer room1951 1655 W. Gurnall Christian in Armour: 1st Pt. 261 Canst thou hide any one sinne in the vance roofe of thy heart? 1657 in F. P. Verney & M. M. Verney Mem. Verney Family 17th Cent. (1907) II. 119 You may ges how full our hous is whan my lady and all hir faimily of women ly in the van [c] e rouff over the dining chamber. 1682–3 MS. Lett. Norwich Quakers And for the vance roofes we giue 10s a weeke for those to worke in yt Lodge in the hole. 1787 W. Marshall Provincialisms in Rural Econ. Norfolk II. 391 Vance-roof, the garret. 1823 E. Moor Suffolk Words 455 Vaunceroof, a garret; according to Grose, a Suffolk word; and I give it solely on his authority as I never heard it. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < |
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