| 单词 |
Rippon |
| 释义 |
ˈRippon Obs. exc. Hist. The name of a town in Yorkshire (now written Ripon), used attrib. or ellipt. as a designation of spurs, for the manufacture of which it was formerly renowned.
1625B. Jonson Staple of N. i. iii, There's an angel, if my Spurres Be not right Rippon. 1636Davenant Wits v. i, With rowels of Sharp Rippon spurs. a1661Fuller Worthies, Yorks. (1662) 190 As true Steel as Rippon Rowels. 1704Swift Mech. Operat. Spir. Misc. (1711) 299 The former, while it is in the State of a Rider, wears huge Rippon Spurs. 1835W. Irving Abbotsford §5 Around were hung..a Highland broadsword from Floddenfield; a pair of Rippon spurs from Bannockburn. 1850Fairholt Costume (ed. 3) II. 349 Rippons, spurs. |

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