n. [ Etymol. uncertain. Perhaps the name of some notorius scold. ] A word employed in the phrase, To ride Skimmington; that is to ride on a horse with a woman, but behind her, facing backward, carrying a distaff, and accompanied by a procession of jeering neighbors making mock music; a cavalcade in ridicule of a henpecked man. The custom was in vogue in parts of England. [ 1913 Webster ]
[すれすれ, suresure] (adj-na, n) (1) (uk) grazing; skimming; almost touching; passing within inches; being within a whisker; shaving close; (2) (uk) barely; just; narrowly; by a slim margin; (P) [Add to Longdo]
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