“packstaff”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

packstaff

释义

packstaff|ˈpækstɑːf, -stæf|
[f. pack n.¹ + staff.]
A staff on which a pedlar supports his pack when standing to rest himself. In proverbial phrase † as plain as a packstaff (obs.; now pikestaff).
1542Becon David's Harp Early Wks. (Parker Soc.) 276 He is as plain as a pack-staff.1597Bp. Hall Sat. iii. Prol. 4 Not, riddle like, obscuring their intent; But, packe⁓staffe plaine, uttring what thing they ment.1691Dryden Amphitryon iii. i, O Lord, what absurdities! as plain as any packstaff.1760–72H. Brooke Fool of Qual. (1792) I. iv. 153 Poundings of packstaves.1881A. J. Duffield Don Quix. I. 310 The benedictions of the pack-staves.
†b. attrib. (expressing contempt). Obs.
1598Marston Sco. Villanie i. i. B vij, O packstaffe rimes.Ibid. ii. v. E v, A packstaffe Epethite, and scorned name.

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