| 释义 |
out-ˈholl, v. East Anglian dial.
[out- 15.]
trans. To scour out a ditch: cf. holl n.
1781Minutes in W. Marshall Norfolk (1795) II. 76, I am determined henceforward to stem, if possible, the vile practices..of ‘outholling’ and ‘cutting kid’. 1787Ibid. I. 101 Out-holling, that is, scouring out the ditch for manure; without returning any part of the soil to the roots of the hedgewood. a1825Forby Out-holl, to scour a ditch. |