| 单词 | window strap |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswindow strap window strap n. now rare a strap attached to a window, typically in a carriage or train, and used to pull the window open. ΚΠ 1825 Phrenol. Jrnl. 2 424 A gentleman..was making several bungling attempts to let down a window which had got stiff, his failure evidently arising from his holding the window-strap more than a foot away from its point of attachment to the window. 1888 J. M. Barrie When Man's Single v As he drew near his destination his hands fidgetted with the window strap [of a carriage]. 1935 Scotsman 7 Jan. 14/4 On November 3, two window straps were missing and two window blinds were thrown out of the window at Rockcliffe. 2009 Irish Times 15 Aug. 12/4 We didn't have a car, so we went by train, all leather window straps, scratchy carpetbag seats, glittering floors and piercing whistles. < as lemmas |
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