nosepin

English

Indian woman wearing a nosepin

Australian aboriginal nosepin

Etymology

nose +‎ pin

Noun

nosepin (plural nosepins)

Any of various decorative ornaments that are worn at the end of the nose.
- 1953, Nationalmuseets skrifter: Etnografisk række - Issue 6, page 69:
  The nosepin was worn by both sexes, the septum of the nose being pierced shortly after birth, at least as far as the girls were concerned; but probably the same applied to the boys.
- 1992, Kalima Rose, Where Women Are Leaders: The SEWA Movement in India, →ISBN, page 58:
  In all my life, I have never worn a gold earring or nosepin.
- 1996, Ravi Shankar -, The Scream of the Dragonflies: And Other Stories, page 218:
  And I can see you, my elfin beloved, the stars are like your nosepin.
- 2013, Bengt Danielsson, From Raft to Raft: An Incredible Voyage from Tahiti to Chile and Back, →ISBN:
  While they were trying to get their bearings, a party of naked savages with nosepins and sharppointed spears emerged from the belt of mangroves and gazed at them hungrily.
A removable pin that attaches to the nose or tip of a device.
- 1959, Welding Journal - Volume 38, Part 2, →ISBN Invalid ISBN:
  The satellite, which is the payload, is fastened to the nosepin of the third-stage rocket motor.
- 1975, Jury Verdicts Weekly - Volume 19, page 4:
  Plaintiffs contended that on the night of the subject accident the decedent unhooked the yardhorse from a trailer and had parked it 10 feet in front of the trailer to drop a nosepin on the trailer; that after the decedent left the yardgoat- and while he was attempting to lower the nosepin, the yardgoat, which apparently had been in neutral, silently engaged into reverse, moved back and crushed the decedent under the trailer.
- 1975, Jury Verdicts Weekly - Volume 19, page 4:
  Plaintiffs contended that on the night of the subject accident the decedent unhooked the yardhorse from a trailer and had parked it 10 feet in front of the trailer to drop a nosepin on the trailer; that after the decedent left the yardgoat- and while he was attempting to lower the nosepin, the yardgoat, which apparently had been in neutral, silently engaged into reverse, moved back and crushed the decedent under the trailer.
- 1981, Gayle Rivers & ‎James Hudson, The Teheran contract, page 203:
  We got a bearing indicated on the northern nosepin of the aircraft.

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单词	nosepin
释义	nosepin English Indian woman wearing a nosepin Australian aboriginal nosepin Etymology nose +‎ pin Noun nosepin (plural nosepins) Any of various decorative ornaments that are worn at the end of the nose. 1953, Nationalmuseets skrifter: Etnografisk række - Issue 6, page 69: The nosepin was worn by both sexes, the septum of the nose being pierced shortly after birth, at least as far as the girls were concerned; but probably the same applied to the boys. 1992, Kalima Rose, Where Women Are Leaders: The SEWA Movement in India, →ISBN, page 58: In all my life, I have never worn a gold earring or nosepin. 1996, Ravi Shankar -, The Scream of the Dragonflies: And Other Stories, page 218: And I can see you, my elfin beloved, the stars are like your nosepin. 2013, Bengt Danielsson, From Raft to Raft: An Incredible Voyage from Tahiti to Chile and Back, →ISBN: While they were trying to get their bearings, a party of naked savages with nosepins and sharppointed spears emerged from the belt of mangroves and gazed at them hungrily. A removable pin that attaches to the nose or tip of a device. 1959, Welding Journal - Volume 38, Part 2, →ISBN Invalid ISBN: The satellite, which is the payload, is fastened to the nosepin of the third-stage rocket motor. 1975, Jury Verdicts Weekly - Volume 19, page 4: Plaintiffs contended that on the night of the subject accident the decedent unhooked the yardhorse from a trailer and had parked it 10 feet in front of the trailer to drop a nosepin on the trailer; that after the decedent left the yardgoat- and while he was attempting to lower the nosepin, the yardgoat, which apparently had been in neutral, silently engaged into reverse, moved back and crushed the decedent under the trailer. 1975, Jury Verdicts Weekly - Volume 19, page 4: Plaintiffs contended that on the night of the subject accident the decedent unhooked the yardhorse from a trailer and had parked it 10 feet in front of the trailer to drop a nosepin on the trailer; that after the decedent left the yardgoat- and while he was attempting to lower the nosepin, the yardgoat, which apparently had been in neutral, silently engaged into reverse, moved back and crushed the decedent under the trailer. 1981, Gayle Rivers & ‎James Hudson, The Teheran contract, page 203: We got a bearing indicated on the northern nosepin of the aircraft. Anagrams pension
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