hemmel

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A shed or hovel for cattle. Northumbria,UK,dialectal
    — Cattle kept in hemmels should always have their food may be stated that the roofs of all the buildings should given to them in the sheds
  2. A handrail, especially one fitted on one side of a planked or wooden bridge. UK,Yorkshire,dialectal
    — The bridge was narrow, with barely enough room for one to cross at a time. So they barred her way, the leader clutching the hemmel (handrail) on either side.

词形变化

hemmels plural hemmels plural

词源

词源 1
From Scots hemmel, hammel, dialectal English hemble (“hovel, stable, shed”), perhaps allied to Dutch hemel (“heaven, canopy”), German Himmel. Compare English heaven.
词源 2
Compare dialectal Swedish hammel (“little bar or beam”).
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