| 单词 | york robe |
| 释义 | > as lemmasYork robe a. The name of a city in North Yorkshire (the capital of the former county of Yorkshire); used attributively in names of things originating from or peculiar to York or Yorkshire, as York ham, †York robe, York tan. York–Antwerp rules n. [adopted at York in 1864 and modified at Antwerp in 1877] an international set of rules governing the application of general average in marine insurance. York-paving n. paving with Yorkshire stone. York pitch n. (of a plane) see quot. 1875 and pitch n.2 3b. York-pitched adj. York use n. Christian Church see use n. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > stone or rock > [noun] > stone as material for paving > types of Mitchel1607 York-paving1861 slasto1953 pebbling1971 society > trade and finance > financial dealings > insurance > [noun] > other types of insurance > specific rules governing York–Antwerp rules1881 no-fault1971 the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > pork > [noun] > ham gammon?1521 skink1630 ham1650 schinkel1654 jambon1655 bacon-ham1796 schinken1848 Yorkshire ham1849 prosciutto crudo1855 picnic ham1890 prosciutto1891 York ham1897 Bradenham1906 short-cut1906 Prague ham1909 picnic1910 Parma ham1937 Black Forest1961 1794 F. G. Waldron Heigho for Husband iii. i. 27 There's not a week goes over her head, but she [sc. the mistress] says to me..Maria, my dear, you may take that polonese, or York~robe, or pierrot, or whatever dress it happens to be. 1816 J. Austen Emma II. vi. 103 While the sleek, well-tied parcels of ‘Men's Beavers’ and ‘York Tan’ were..displaying on the counter. View more context for this quotation 1826 M. R. Mitford Our Village II. 294 [He] actually drew my York-tan gloves from my astonished hands, and substituted a pair of his own best white kid. 1853 G. J. Whyte-Melville Digby Grand x The Major's York-tan gaiters. 1861 Skyring's Builders' Prices 87 York paving, per foot super..os. 8d. 1875 J. Lukin Carpentry & Joinery 144 Knotted or crosse-grained wood can [only] be planed..with a special tool, of which the iron is placed at a more obtuse angle... For deal and soft wood this is 45 degs., or common pitch; for mahogany and hard wood 50 degs., or York pitch. 1877 S. S. Hellyer Plumber vii. 54 The other compartment should be sealed over..with a piece of York stone. 1877 T. Twiss & H. D. Jencken in H. D. Jencken York & Antwerp Rules 20 The Rules which your committee now bring before you as the basis for a uniform system of General Average for all maritime countries, and to which the title might be given of the ‘York and Antwerp Rules’, are appended.] 1881 R. Lowndes Pract. Treat. Law Marine Insurance vii. 203 The York–Antwerp Rules constitute a sort of international code of general average, not as yet obligatory. 1897 Westm. Gaz. 7 Apr. 2/3 A ham is a ‘York’ ham if composed of English meat and prepared in Yorkshire or ‘in contiguous counties or places’. 1913 Eng. Rev. Apr. 110 The wood, being cut, is planed up and finished with a ‘York-pitched’ plane. 1970 Sunday Times 1 Feb. (Colour Suppl.) 40/1 The finest breakfast I have ever had..finnan haddock, Cambridge sausages, York ham. 1974 E. R. H. Ivamy Marine Insurance (ed. 2) xiv. 191 The policy almost invariably provides that either a foreign law or the York–Antwerp Rules 1974 shall apply. 1983 Harrods Mag. Xmas. 44/1 At Christmas the whole York ham, costing £35. 1984 J. Grigson Brit. Cookery 122 Today, York ham has become a generalised term, meaning no more than a mild cured ham. < as lemmas |
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