nose-ring(n.)
"鼻环,用于鼻中隔的圆形装饰品",1769年用于装饰人; 1778年用于牵引动物,源自 nose(n.)+ ring(n.1)。
This ornament has been worn in the from very ancient times, and is still in use among the primitive peoples of the Levant and in India and parts of Africa. In the Levant it is commonly through one of the wings of the nose; but the fashion of passing it through the septum is still found in India. [Century Dictionary, 1895]
这种装饰品自古以来就被佩戴,仍然在黎凡特地区的原始民族和印度以及非洲部分地区使用。在黎凡特地区,它通常穿过鼻翼之一; 但穿过鼻中隔的时尚仍然在印度流行。[世纪词典,1895年]
该词起源时间:1769年