| 单词 | busby-bag |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbusby-bag busby-bag n. (a) the cloth flap attached to a busby, the colour of which (in the British army) indicates the regiment to which a soldier belongs (see sense 2); (b) a member of one of the regiments who wear busbies (rare). ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > parts of headgear > [noun] > other bouta1300 locketa1350 flipe1530 tarf1545 corneta1547 round tire1560 scuffe1599 lappet1601 mirror1601 flandana1685 rose1725 rounding1732 feather-peeper1757 screed1788 valance1791 busby-bag1807 cointise1834 wing1834 kredemnon1850 havelock1861 cache-peigne1873 pullover1875 stocking-foot1921 grummet1953 society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier wearing specific dress > [noun] brigander1525 whitecoata1538 blue cap1598 green-coat1600 redcoatc1605 blue bonnet1637 greycoat1642 blackguard1745 red-jacket1828 busby-bag1868 red-clout1895 scarlet1896 khaki1899 1807 in H. E. Malet Hist. Rec. 18th Hussars (1869) 16 Permission received to be clothed as Hussars—jackets, light blue, silver lace; busby-bags, blue. 1868 in A. W. Kinglake Invasion of Crimea IV. v. 304 The Busby-bags taking it coolly. 1914 E. C. Vivian Brit. Army from Within vi. 93 The head-dress of the horse gunner is a busby with white plume and scarlet busby-bag, similar to that of the Hussars. 2001 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 16 June 14 The plumed busby is raffishly adorned with a red flap that was designed to be filled with sand to protect against the swipes of enemy sabres. Army lore also dictates that the ‘busby bag’ is useful for storing love letters. < as lemmas |
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