| 单词 |
supportasse |
| 释义 |
† supportasse Obs. (or Hist.) [Obscure formation on support v.; perh. an error.] = supporter 3 b.
1583Stubbes Anat. Abuses i. (1879) 52 A certain deuice made of wyers,..whipped ouer either with gold, thred, siluer or silk, and this hee [sc. the Devil] calleth a supportasse, or vnderpropper. This is to be applyed round about their necks vnder the ruffe,..to beare vp the whole frame and body of the ruffe from falling and hanging down. 1902Athenæum 2 Aug. 163/3 Plate xlvi. shows a vandyked ruff with its supportasses. |

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