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ลองค้นหาคำในรูปแบบอื่น ๆ เพื่อให้ได้ผลลัพธ์มากขึ้นหรือน้อยลง: hessian, -hessian-
Possible hiragana form: へっしあん
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English-Thai: Longdo Dictionary
hessian(n) ผ้ากระสอบ
Hessian(adj) แห่งรัฐ Hesse ในประเทศเยอรมนี หรือ แห่งประชาชนจากรัฐ Hesse เช่น The Hessian capital city is Wiesbaden., See also: Hesse

CMU English Pronouncing Dictionary Dictionary [with local updates]
hessian

Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary (pronunciation guide only)
hessian

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
Hessian

a. Of or relating to Hesse, in Germany, or to the Hessians. [ 1913 Webster ]


Hessian boots, or
Hessians
, boot of a kind worn in England, in the early part of the nineteenth century, tasseled in front. Thackeray. --
Hessian cloth, or
Hessians
, a coarse hempen cloth for sacking. --
Hessian crucible. See under Crucible. --
Hessian fly (Zool.), a small dipterous fly or midge (Cecidomyia destructor). Its larvae live between the base of the lower leaves and the stalk of wheat, and are very destructive to young wheat; -- so called from the erroneous idea that it was brought into America by the Hessian troops, during the Revolution.
[ 1913 Webster ]

Hessian

n. 1. A native or inhabitant of Hesse. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A mercenary or venal person. [ U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ This use is a relic of the patriot hatred of the Hessian mercenaries who served with the British troops in the Revolutionary War. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. pl. See Hessian boots and cloth, under Hessian, a. [ 1913 Webster ]

WordNet (3.0)
hessian boot(n) (19th century) a man's high tasseled boot, Syn. Wellington boot, Wellington, jackboot, hessian
hessian fly(n) small fly whose larvae damage wheat and other grains, Syn. Mayetiola destructor

Japanese-English: EDICT Dictionary
ヘシアンクロス[heshiankurosu] (n) hessian cloth [Add to Longdo]
黄麻布[おうまふ, oumafu] (n) burlap; hessian [Add to Longdo]

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