单词 | valise |
释义 | valisen. 1. a. A travelling case or portmanteau, now usually made of leather and of a size suitable for carrying by hand, formerly also for strapping to the saddle of a horse. Now chiefly U.S. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > a journey > [noun] > luggage > travelling bag > hand-held mailc1275 clothesack1393 cloak-bagc1540 portmanteau1553 valance?a1562 pockmanty1575 cap-case1577 cloak-bearer1580 night baga1618 valisea1630 toilet1656 Roger1665 shirt case1823 weekend case1827 carpet-bag1830 holdall1851 handbag1859 suitcase1873 sample case1875 gripsack1877 case1879 grip1879 Gladstone (bag)1882 traveller1895 vanity-case1913 luggage1915 revelation1923 two-suiter1923 overnight bag1925 one-suiter1933 suiter1933 overnight case1934 Samsonite1939 flight bag1943 Pullman1946 grip-bag1958 overnighter1959 carry-on1960 Vuitton1975 go bag1991 a1630 D. Hume Hist. Houses Douglas & Angus (1644) 95 The Country people..sometimes robbed them of their horses, sometimes of their valises and luggage. a1637 B. Jonson Tale of Tub ii. vi. 51 in Wks. (1640) III I promise, To keepe my Masters privities, seald up I'the vallies o' my trust, lock'd close for ever. View more context for this quotation 1660 F. Brooke tr. V. Le Blanc World Surveyed 317 Poor Alari lost above two thousand franks which he had in his Valice. 1713 Countess of Winchilsea Misc. Poems 130 Bringing their Noddles, and Valizes pack'd With Mysteries, from Shops and Taylors wreck'd. 1785 Arab. Nts. Entert. 576 Having brought a valaise along with him, he put as much gold into it as his horse could carry. 1797 T. Jefferson Writings (1859) IV. 156 Your impatience to receive your valise and its key was natural. 1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering II. 17 He drew the girths of his saddle, adjusted the walise, and put on the bridle. 1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby xiii. 117 He packed up a few clothes in a small leathern valise. 1884 E. Yates Recoll. & Experiences I. 46 The letters being enclosed in leather valises, which were strapped behind the post-boys. b. Military. A cylindrical cloth or leather case adapted for carrying the kit or outfit of a soldier, esp. of a cavalryman or artilleryman. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > bag > [noun] > for personal belongings > cylindrical duffel bag1768 valise1833 duffel1930 1833 Regulations Instr. Cavalry i. ii. 83 The valise being only lightly stuffed with hay. 1851 Ord. & Regul. R.E. xxvii. 124 The Boxes of the Non-Commissioned Officers, and the Valises of the Men, to be placed under the foot of the Bedstead. 1877 Field Exercise Infantry (rev. ed.) 410 The Officer Commanding a piquet will decide if patrols are to wear Valises or not. 2. attributive in valise dee, valise equipment, valise-lock, valise-saddle, valise strap, etc. ΚΠ 1852 R. Burn Naval & Mil. Techn. Dict. French Lang. (ed. 2) ii. 303 Valise or baggage-straps, courroies de charge. 1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 2688/1 Valise-lock, a small trunk-lock. 1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 2688/1 A valise-saddle is placed on each off-horse of an artillery-carriage. 1898 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. V. 853 The modern valise equipment is less injurious to the young soldier than the old knapsack. 1898 Daily News 12 Dec. 9/2 The greatcoat straps will be passed downwards, through the valise dees. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.a1630 |
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