inkle
/ing-kuhl/US // ˈɪŋ kəl //UK // (ˈɪŋkəl) //
墨水瓶,油墨,水墨画,墨斗
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 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.
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