“cointise”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

cointise

释义

‖ coinˈtise arch.
[a ME. (= the OF.) form of quaintise, ‘quaint device, ingenious ornament’, appropriated to a special sense by modern writers on ancient costume, historical novelists, etc. (Some Dicts. have an erroneous form cointoise.)]
An elegant or fanciful dress, symbolical or ornamental apparel; esp. the pendant scarf worn on ladies' head-dresses, and also affixed to the jousting-helmets of knights, as a ‘favour’. See quaintise.
1834J. R. Planché Brit. Costume 93 This latter is called a quintis or cointise, a name given to a peculiarly fashioned gown or tunic of that day.Ibid. 94 The scarf afterwards worn round the crest of the helmet was called a cointise.1843James Forest Days (1847) 181 The beautiful scarfs, called cointises, then lately introduced.

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