“macfarlane”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

macfarlane

释义

macfarlane, n.|məkˈfɑːlən|
[The surname Macfarlane, prob. f. the name of the original designer or manufacturer of the coat, which was app. first popular in France, where the term is attested from 1859: see Trésor.]
A type of overcoat incorporating a shoulder cape and with slits at the waist to allow access to pockets, etc., in clothing worn underneath.
1920E. Wharton Age of Innocence i. xvii. 156 The overcoats were in fact the very strangest he had ever seen under a polite roof... One was a shaggy yellow ulster of ‘reach-me-down’ cut, the other a very old and rusty cloak with a cape—something like what the French called a ‘Macfarlane’.1925L. P. Smith Words & Idioms ii. 39 France has acquired from England the mackintosh, the macfarlane.1928in Funk's Stand. Dict.1939Joyce Finnegans Wake 180 A scrumptious cocked hat and..a coat macfarlane (the kerssest cut, you understand?).1959S. Beckett Embers in Evergreen Rev. Nov.–Dec. 30 Hands behind his back holding up the tails of his old macfarlane.

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