| 单词 | congested estate |
| 释义 | > as lemmascongested estate c. congested district, congested estate: in Ireland and Scotland, an area of land of which the resources are inadequate to support its population. (Cf. congest n.2) Hence applied to similar areas elsewhere. Also of an urban area: excessively full of buildings, traffic. etc. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town or city > [adjective] > other types of town or city spiry1744 steepled1837 timbery1859 millionaire1864 steeple-roofedc1870 congested district1883 twinned1957 Motopian1961 1883 Peel City Guardian 4 Apr. 3/1 The chronic distress prevailing in certain congested parts of Ireland. 1886 Peel City Guardian 4 Sept. 2/1 The worst enemies of the crofters were those who would throw the slightest impediment in the way of..emigration..from the congested districts. 1893 Graphic 14 Jan. 30/2 The Congested Districts Board. 1897 Daily News 30 June 3/4 Congested Districts (Scotland) Bill. 1902 Daily Chron. 26 Mar. 6/1 The definition of a congested estate is one in which one-half of the area is in holdings not exceeding ten acres, or one in which half of the area is bog land or mountain. 1945 Ann. Reg. 1944 49 The Barlow Report on the location of industry..the ‘decongestion’ of congested areas and the encouragement of reasonable balance between different regions. 1957 Encycl. Brit. II. 971/1 He [sc. A. J. Balfour] broadened the basis of material prosperity and social progress by creating the Congested Districts board in 1890. 1963 Daily Tel. 4 Sept. 22/7 Drivers would receive quarterly or monthly accounts for the time they had used their cars in congested town centres. < as lemmas |
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