châtelaine

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim The mistress of a castle or large household.

   “Cars passed her on the road; the people of the quarry town knew her and bowed to her; she was considered the chatelaine of the countryside, as her mother had been long ago.”

2. isim A chain or clasp worn at the waist by women with handkerchief, keys, etc., attached, supposed to resemble the chain of keys once worn by medieval chatelaines.

   “The latest fashion is to wear watches suspended from the chatelaine. The chatelaine is short, and ornamented with charms.”

3. isim A similar thing in miniature attached to a watchchain.
4. isim Alternative form of chatelaine.

   “Courts of love, hawking, hunting, cavalcades, were the pastime of the châtelaines of the middle ages.”