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inkle

/ing-kuhl/US // ˈɪŋ kəl //UK // (ˈɪŋkəl) //

墨水瓶,油墨,水墨画,墨斗

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a linen tape used for trimmings.
    • : the linen thread or yarn from which this tape is made.

Examples

  • As soon as they arrive, Inkle goes and sells his benefactress in the slave market.

  • Dick and Bill are 'as great as inkle-weavers:' a saying very common in Limerick and Cork.

  • Painted cloths were hung about it, and it was drawn by four horses, “having head stalls of brode inkle with knoppes and tassels.”

  • My business is to prevent young sobersides, young Inkle, from appearing, to interrupt the ceremony.

  • "Tinkle, inkle," came the sound of old Daisy's bell from the pasture; and the sound started a new train of glad thoughts.