| 单词 | button blanket |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbutton blanket button blanket n. North American (among certain North American Indian peoples of the Northwest Coast) a woollen blanket elaborately ornamented with mother-of-pearl buttons (often to depict the owner's clan crest), traditionally worn as a ceremonial cloak. ΚΠ 1888 Jrnl. Amer. Folklore 1 60 The latter [sc. the women] wear button-blankets, head-rings of cedar bark which is dyed red, and their hair are [sic] strewn with eagle-down. 1912 Southern Workman Aug. 477 The women dancers who assisted at times are given bracelets, and the men who sang, button blankets. 1996 B. Maracle Back on Rez ii. ii. 10 Zoe emerged from ritual seclusion dressed in her potlatch regalia—a red-on-blue button blanket emblazoned with a huge eagle crest. 2016 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 1 June (Ontario ed.) s7 She was best known for her elaborate button blankets illustrating family crests and clans. < as lemmas |
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