coal-blackadj.

Brit.

/ˈkəʊlblak/, U.S.

/ˈkoʊlˈblæk/

Forms: see coal n. and black adj. and n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: coal n., black adj.

Etymology: < coal n. + black adj.Compare Old English col-sweart as black as coal ( < coal n. + swart adj.), and similarly Middle High German kolswarz, Old Icelandic kolsvartr.

As black as coal; very dark.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > named colours > black or blackness > [adjective] > typically black > as coal

coal-blackc1275

as black (in early use also swart) as coala1400

coaly1565

c1275 (?c1250) Owl & Nightingale (Calig.) (1935) 75 (MED) Þin eȝene boþ colblake & brode.

c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 807 (MED) Þe stede þat was colblak & softly vp him heued.

c1405 (c1385) G. Chaucer Knight's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 1284 A Berys skyn colblak [c1415 Corpus Oxf. coleblak], for old.

1547 C. Langton Very Brefe Treat. Phisick iv. ii. sig. L.iv^v Other cullars, as the cullar of oyle, the cullar of lead, and all cole blacke cullars.

1593 W. Shakespeare Venus & Adonis sig. Diiij Cole-black clouds, that shadow heauens light.

1625 N. Carpenter Geogr. Delineated ii. iii. 48 The Land of Blackmores..where the people are all coleblacke.

1655 E. Terry Voy. E.-India 26 There are very many great lazy fowls upon, and about this Island [sc. Robben Island], with great cole-black bodies, and very white heads, called Penguins.

1709 Let. in T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. (1886) II. 305 His Coalblack hair was turned milk white of a night for y^e greatness of his troubles.

1768 T. Gray Descent of Odin in Poems 87 Uprose the king..And saddled strait his coal-black steed.

1812 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Cantos I & II i. lv. 35 Her black eye that mocks her coal-black veil.

1883 Harper's Mag. Aug. 378/2 A coal-black cat purred vociferously, as if she thought my only language was a snore.

1939 R. Chandler Big Sleep i. 5 The officer had..black mustachios, hot hard coal-black eyes, and the general look of a man it would pay to get along with.

1984 A. Oakley Taking it like Woman (1985) 173 She opens the shutters and looks out into the coalblack night.

2006 Guardian 12 Jan. i. 34/5 Such attractive waders with their coal-black bills, legs and prominent arrow-like wing bars.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	coal-black
释义	coal-blackadj. Brit. /ˈkəʊlblak/, U.S. /ˈkoʊlˈblæk/ Forms: see coal n. and black adj. and n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: coal n., black adj. Etymology: < coal n. + black adj.Compare Old English col-sweart as black as coal ( < coal n. + swart adj.), and similarly Middle High German kolswarz, Old Icelandic kolsvartr. As black as coal; very dark. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > black or blackness > [adjective] > typically black > as coal coal-blackc1275 as black (in early use also swart) as coala1400 coaly1565 c1275 (?c1250) Owl & Nightingale (Calig.) (1935) 75 (MED) Þin eȝene boþ colblake & brode. c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 807 (MED) Þe stede þat was colblak & softly vp him heued. c1405 (c1385) G. Chaucer Knight's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 1284 A Berys skyn colblak [c1415 Corpus Oxf. coleblak], for old. 1547 C. Langton Very Brefe Treat. Phisick iv. ii. sig. L.iv^v Other cullars, as the cullar of oyle, the cullar of lead, and all cole blacke cullars. 1593 W. Shakespeare Venus & Adonis sig. Diiij Cole-black clouds, that shadow heauens light. View more context for this quotation 1625 N. Carpenter Geogr. Delineated ii. iii. 48 The Land of Blackmores..where the people are all coleblacke. 1655 E. Terry Voy. E.-India 26 There are very many great lazy fowls upon, and about this Island [sc. Robben Island], with great cole-black bodies, and very white heads, called Penguins. 1709 Let. in T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. (1886) II. 305 His Coalblack hair was turned milk white of a night for y^e greatness of his troubles. 1768 T. Gray Descent of Odin in Poems 87 Uprose the king..And saddled strait his coal-black steed. 1812 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Cantos I & II i. lv. 35 Her black eye that mocks her coal-black veil. 1883 Harper's Mag. Aug. 378/2 A coal-black cat purred vociferously, as if she thought my only language was a snore. 1939 R. Chandler Big Sleep i. 5 The officer had..black mustachios, hot hard coal-black eyes, and the general look of a man it would pay to get along with. 1984 A. Oakley Taking it like Woman (1985) 173 She opens the shutters and looks out into the coalblack night. 2006 Guardian 12 Jan. i. 34/5 Such attractive waders with their coal-black bills, legs and prominent arrow-like wing bars. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.c1275
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