kneelerとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From 中期英語 knelere, equivalent to kneel +‎ -er.

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名詞

kneeler (plural kneelers)

1. A person who kneels.

   All the kneelers sighed with relief when they were told it was over and they could finally stand up.

2. 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.

3. 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
4. On a gable-end, the stone (often decorated) at the base of the slope of the gable on either side.

参考

• kneeling chair