| 单词 |
Malines |
| 释义 |
Malines|mæˈliːn|
[The name of a town (also called Mechlin) in Belgium.]
1. In full Malines lace = Mechlin lace. In full Malines (also Maline) net, a net made for millinery or veils.
1833Carlyle Sart. Res. i. iv. in Fraser's Mag. Nov. 590/2 To Teufelsdröckh the highest Duchess is respectable..but nowise for her pearl bracelets, and Malines laces. 1842Thackeray Fitz-Boodle's Conf. in Fraser's Mag. June 713/1, I thought she would not let the evening pass without talking of her Malines lace. 1850Harper's Mag. Aug. 431/2 Another pattern is..embroidered and trimmed with malines. 1897Sears, Roebuck Catal. 318/1 A 27 inch Maline net veiling..in black, brown, cream or navy blue. 1909Daily Chron. 4 Mar. 4/5 Lady Anne Lambton was the wearer of Malines net, the skirt panelled with lace. 1911J. Masefield Jim Davis iii. 30 It contained a dozen yards of very beautiful Malines lace. 1912Queen 13 Apr. 613/1 This coat..had long sleeves slit up at the wrist, and edged with white net bordered with Malines. 1964Mrs. L. B. Johnson White House Diary 12 Mar. (1970) 89, I dressed early this morning, in solid black, with my mantilla draped over my maline hat, and set out..for the Requiem Mass for King Paul.
2. A Belgian breed of the domestic fowl. Also attrib.
1906E. Brown Races Domestic Poultry viii. 117/1 The birds which are known as poulets and poulardes de Bruxelles are entirely Malines. 1910Encycl. Poultry II. 295 The Malines fowl is of the Asiatic type, and is large in size... There are two varieties—the Coucou and the white. 1938T. Newman Princ. & Pract. Poultry Husbandry i. 23 The Maline..was the result of a cross between the Langshan and Campine, and the Antwerp Brahma. |
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