chestnuttingn.

Etymology: < chestnut n.; compare nutting n.¹Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈchestnutting.

The gathering of chestnuts. Also attributive.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > picking or gathering > [noun] > nut-gathering

nutting1824

nut-gathering1829

chestnutting1875

1875 H. B. Stowe We & our Neighbors xxxiii. 314 Reminiscences of..boys and girls going chestnutting and having good times.

1884 Roe in Harper's Mag. Nov. 910/2 Amy wishes to have a chestnutting party to-morrow.

1907 M. C. Harris Tents of Wickedness ii. i. 113 I know I would apostatise for a chestnutting in Frost's woods on a mellow September afternoon.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	chestnutting
释义	chestnuttingn. Etymology: < chestnut n.; compare nutting n.¹Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈchestnutting. The gathering of chestnuts. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > picking or gathering > [noun] > nut-gathering nutting1824 nut-gathering1829 chestnutting1875 1875 H. B. Stowe We & our Neighbors xxxiii. 314 Reminiscences of..boys and girls going chestnutting and having good times. 1884 Roe in Harper's Mag. Nov. 910/2 Amy wishes to have a chestnutting party to-morrow. 1907 M. C. Harris Tents of Wickedness ii. i. 113 I know I would apostatise for a chestnutting in Frost's woods on a mellow September afternoon. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1875
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