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capstring

noun

Etymology

From cap + string.

  1. derived from *strengʰ-✻ — “rope, cord, strand; to tighten”
  2. inherited from *strangiz✻ — “string”
  3. inherited from *strangi✻
  4. inherited from strenġ
  5. inherited from string
  6. compounded as capstring — “cap + string”

Definitions

  1. A string that fastens a cap on the wearer's head.

    • By this well-managed ruse he came into possession of a scarlet breast-knot from Mrs. Dashwood; a black crape capstring from Mrs. Faithful; a smelling bottle from Juliet; and a pencil-case from Blanche[…]

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for capstring. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA