English Dictionary

hair-tidy

名詞

歴史的

(historical) A dish used by women in the past to store the hair that fell while combing, and use it later for a bun, etc.

日本語の意味

（歴史的な用法）かつて、女性が櫛で髪をとかす際に落ちた髪の毛を一時的に保管し、後にお団子などの髪型を作るために使用した皿

She kept a small hair-tidy on her dressing table to save the strands that fell while combing, so she could use them later for a bun.

彼女は化粧台に小さな抜け毛入れを置き、櫛でとかしたときに抜けた髪の毛をためておき、後でお団子を作るときに使った。

意味（1）

(historical) A dish used by women in the past to store the hair that fell while combing, and use it later for a bun, etc.

1918 : The fireplace was choked up with rubbish. She poked among it but found nothing except a hair-tidy with a heart painted on it that belonged to the servant girl. - Katherine Mansfield, Prelude (Selected Stories, Oxford World's Classics paperback 2002, 81)

hair-tidies （ plural ）