| 单词 |
Westphalia |
| 释义 |
Westphalia|wɛstˈfeɪlɪə| Also 7 Westfalia. [med.L., f. OHG. Westfalo (G. -fale, -phale) an inhabitant of the district now called Westfalen in German.] The name of a region of West Germany (part of the Land of North Rhine-Westphalia) lying between the Netherlands, Hanover, Hessen, and the Rhine (formerly a Prussian province), used attrib. with bacon, gammon, or ham.
c1650Townshend Poems (1912) 8 Give us a salt Westphalia Gammon, Not meat to eat, but meat to drink. 1656Blount Glossogr., Westphalia Bacon. 1664F. Hawkins Youths Behav. ii. 178 A Westfalia Ham of Bacon. Ibid. 180 A Westphalia Ham. 1682N. O. Boileau's Lutrin i. 178 His face..recalls the good Westphalia-Ham. 1710P. Lamb Royal Cookery 66 To make a Westphalia-Ham. 1715Lady G. Baillie Househ. Bk. (S.H.S.) 102 For 174/11 lb. westfalia hamb at 11d., 0 15 7. |

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