kneeler
English
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Etymology
[edit]From Middle English knelere, equivalent to kneel + -er.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]kneeler (plural kneelers)
- A person who kneels.
- All the kneelers sighed with relief when they were told it was over and they could finally stand up.
- A hassock.
- The parish deacon was always pushing to get new kneelers for the church, probably because he was old and his knees were sensitive.
- 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 207:
- The benches are scuffed Victorian, and lying on them are sets of kneelers embroidered by parishioners.
- 1986, Craig G. Harris, “Cut Off from Among Their People”, in Joseph Beam, editor, In The Life: A Black Gay Anthology, page 66:
- He bowed his head and began to say a prayer, but interrupted himself — touching his lover's beard, then his hands for the last time. His crying was now audible as the undertaker helped him from the kneeler and back to his seat.
- An apparatus that permits the loading door of a bus to decrease in height in order to facilitate boarding of passengers that are seniors and physically disadvantaged
- (architecture) On a gable end, the stone (often decorated) at the base of the slope of the gable on either side.
- Synonym: kneestone
Translations
[edit]hassock
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apparatus
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