单词 | window pole |
释义 | window polen. 1. A curtain rail. Now Irish English. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > covers or hangings > [noun] > hangings > curtain > curtain fittings ringa1382 curtain-ring1483 curtain hookc1505 curtain-rodc1505 window pole1822 curtain-pole1865 curtain rail1924 glider1957 track1971 1822 W. Cox Widow Dempsey's Funeral iii. ii. 39 His tight stays, his dandy frock, and his India wipe, hanging out from his breast pocket, catching the wind, proud as a yeoman's ruffled shirt, swelled with a western breeze on a window pole, in Kevinstreet, say. 1869 ‘Aunt Clara’ Childhood's Joy xvi. 160 It flew up higher, settling on the window-pole. Lucy flacked her towel at it; off it flew to the bed. Lucy after it; then to the curtains, flack went the towel. 1900 Star (St. Peter Port, Guernsey) 20 Oct. (auctioneer's notice) Wicker chairs; bamboo whatnots; side table; window pole and curtains. 1922 W. B. Yeats Trembling of Veil i. xix. 64 A fellow-theosophist once found him hanging from the window-pole. 1983 Ulster Herald 2 Apr. 13/7 (advt.) A good selection of window poles (wooden, brass, etc.). 2. A pole with a hook or similar implement at the end, used to open and close high windows. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > other specific types of equipment > [noun] > other tools and equipment pollhache1324 poleaxe1356 muckrake1366 pestlea1382 botea1450 staff1459 press-board1558 reel1593 water crane1658 lathekin1659 tower1662 dressing hook1683 liner1683 hovel1686 flax-brake1688 nipper1688 horse1728 tap1797 feather-stick1824 bow1839 safety belt1840 economizer1841 throttle damper1849 cleat1854 leg brace1857 bark-peeler1862 pugging screw1862 nail driver1863 spool1864 turntable1865 ovate1872 tension bar1879 icebreaker1881 spreader1881 toucher1881 window pole1888 mushroom head1890 rat1894 slackline1896 auger1897 latch hook1900 thimble1901 horse1904 pipe jack1909 mulcher1910 hand plate1911 splashguard1917 cheese-cutter1927 airbrasive1945 impactor1945 fogger1946 society > occupation and work > equipment > tool > types of tools generally > [noun] > hooked awelOE crookc1290 gaffa1300 kroket1426 crotchetc1430 cromec1440 buttonhook1788 claw1815 box hook1852 hook1869 window pole1888 society > occupation and work > equipment > tool > types of tools generally > [noun] > in form of bar, pole, rod, etc. stingc725 stakec893 sowelc900 tree971 rungOE shaftc1000 staffc1000 stockc1000 poleOE spritOE luga1250 lever1297 stanga1300 perchc1300 raftc1330 sheltbeam1336 stower1371 palea1382 spar1388 spire1392 perk1396 ragged staff1397 peela1400 slot1399 plantc1400 heck-stower1401 sparkin1408 cammockc1425 sallow stakec1440 spoke1467 perk treec1480 yard1480 bode1483 spit1485 bolm1513 gada1535 ruttock1542 stob1550 blade1558 wattle1570 bamboo1598 loggat1600 barling1611 sparret1632 picket1687 tringle1706 sprund1736 lug-pole1773 polting lug1789 baton1801 stuckin1809 rack-pin1821 picket-pin1844 I-iron1874 pricker1875 stag1881 podger1888 window pole1888 verge1897 sallow pole1898 lat1899 swizzle-stick1962 1888 Young Folks Paper 21 Jan. 35/4 Phil Duncan..dashed off upon the blackboard a spirited caricature of the vanished teacher; and graceless Jimmy Niles bore that gentleman's hat aloft on the window-pole to perch it on the marble head of Cicero. 1913 Buildings & Building Managem. Sept. 33/2 A window pole was furnished for each bay or suite of offices. 1984 New Yorker 24 Dec. 44/2 Dusk was gathering in the tall windows that needed a window pole to close. 2012 Sc. Express (Nexis) 20 Jan. 19 (caption) Brave Liz Murphy used a window pole to chase a thug out of her shop. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1822 |
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