英语词汇darbies的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

darbies. Darbies is a British expression for handcuffs, but the word, oddly enough, derives from the name of a usurer. It seems that a shrewd 16th-century lawyer and moneylender named Derby drew up an ironclad bond that left no loopholes for debtors to escape through. This contract, used extensively by usurers, came to be called father Derbie’s bands. Because they were also impossible to “unlock” it wasn’t long before all manacles were known as derbies, too, the word often pro- nounced darbies. Darbies is first recorded in 1576, and no other plausible explanation has been offered for its derivation.

词汇	darbies
词源	darbies. Darbies is a British expression for handcuffs, but the word, oddly enough, derives from the name of a usurer. It seems that a shrewd 16th-century lawyer and moneylender named Derby drew up an ironclad bond that left no loopholes for debtors to escape through. This contract, used extensively by usurers, came to be called father Derbie’s bands. Because they were also impossible to “unlock” it wasn’t long before all manacles were known as derbies, too, the word often pro- nounced darbies. Darbies is first recorded in 1576, and no other plausible explanation has been offered for its derivation.
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