单词 | veil headress |
释义 | > as lemmasveil headress C1. General attributive (in sense 2), as veil hat, veil headress, etc. ΚΠ 1791 J. Collinson Hist. & Antiq. Somerset III. 358 Beside him lies his lady in a veil head-dress, and under her head two cushions with angels, and two dogs at her feet. 1795 St. James's Chron. 25 Aug. A veil bonnet of fine muslin, drawn at the top with a narrow ribband, tied behind in a bow. 1813 J. N. Brewer Beauties Eng. & Wales XII. ii. ii. 146 A woman in a veil head-dress. 1893 Boston Globe 19 Mar. 32/4 The crown of the veil hat is nearly concealed by its band of Irish point lace. 1960 Burlington (Iowa) Hawk-eye 20 Oct. 9/5 Each wore a circular veil headband with flat bow on top. 1997 Ottawa Citizen (Nexis) 23 Nov. e2 The stifling white-gloves-and-veil hat era of the '50s. 2012 Nursing Times (Nexis) 4 Jan. Whether in long skirts and veil headdresses or scrubs and Crocs, nurses have always faced challenges and risen to them. < as lemmas |
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