| 释义 |
gipser Obs. exc. arch.|ˈdʒɪpsə(r)|
Forms: 4 gipciere, 5 gypcyere, (-cer, -sere), gipser, 9 gipsire, (gyp-).
[ad. OF. gibecier(e, gibessiere, gibacier, gibassier(e purse, pouch (mod.F. gibecière game or provision bag), of uncertain origin.
The suggestion made by Diez that gibecière is connected with F. gibier game, the chase (cf. also OF. gibecer to go hunting) is accepted by Littré and Hatz.-Darm., but is not supported by the sense of the word in OF. For other conjectures see Körting.]
A purse, pouch, or wallet, suspended from a belt or girdle.
c1386Chaucer Prol. 357 An Anlass and a gipser al of silk Heeng at his girdel. 1443in Rymer Foedera XI. 76/2 A gipser of gold garnished with rubies and perle. 1463Bury Wills (Camden) 37 My best gypcer, wt iij bagges, the jemews and the rynges of sylvir. 1614Camden Rem. 234 They had also about this time a kinde of Gowne called a Git..a pouche called a Gipser. 1834J. R. Planché Brit. Costume 176 A gypsire of purple velvet garnished with gold. 1855W. White To Switzerld. & back xv. 187 Schoolboys, equipped with knapsacks and gipsires. 1881E. Arnold Indian Poetry 114 All habited in garbs that merchants use, With trader's band and gipsire.
attrib.1403Act 5 Hen. IV, c. 13 §1 Pleuseurs des loialx artificers..font de jour en autre firmalx anelx bedes chandelers gipsserrynges [etc.]. |
