cornfieldn.

Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcornfield.

a. A field in which corn is grown.

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the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > land raising crops > [noun] > corn-land or -field

cornlanda1387

cornfield?1523

corn-ground1548

granary1570

milpa1648

kerning-ground1732

seeds1794

walk1797

corn belt1882

?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. xlvii Standynge water in his corne feldes, at the landes endes or sydes.

1638 J. Penkethman Artachthos sig. K^v Great Flouds, which destroyed Corne-fields, Pastures, and Beasts.

1717 G. Berkeley Jrnls. Trav. Italy 16 May in Wks. (1955) VII. 268 Corn fields surrounded with elms & vines.

1883 ‘G. Lloyd’ Ebb & Flow II. xxxiii. 232 Zig-zagging about among hills and cornfields.

b. A field in which maize is grown. U.S.Quot. 1608 may not refer to a maize-field.

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the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > [noun] > enclosed land or field > with reference to what grows on it

fieldeOE

cornfield1608

1608 J. Smith True Relation Occurr. Virginia sig. D4^v The riuer diuideth in two, the neck a plaine high Corne field.

1634 in Cambridge (Mass.) Prop. Rec. (1896) 1 The Constable shall make a Surveyinge of the Houses, backsids, Corne ffeilds,..and other lands.

1688 Connecticut Hist. Soc. Coll. VI. 223 A Regulation ffor Cattle Corne ffields & ffences.

1752 W. Trent Jrnl. (1871) 86 French and Indians..surprised the Indians in the cornfields.

1772 Carroll Papers in Maryland Hist. Mag. 14 150 Our Cornfields are in very good order.

1809 W. Irving Hist. N.Y. I. iii. vii. 176 He..clears away a corn field and potatoe patch.

1820 Western Carolinian (Salisbury, N. Carolina) 1 Aug. He will find its component parts to consist of corn field peas.

1837 J. M. Peck Gazetteer Illinois (ed. 2) i. 25 The..squirrels often do mischief in the corn fields.

1872 E. Eggleston Hoosier School-master xi. 94 Ralph strolled through the Squire's cornfield.

1872 M. S. De Vere Americanisms 48 So-called self-made men are to this day fond of boasting that they never received any other education but in an old cornfield school.

1895 ‘C. E. Craddock’ Myst. Witch-Face Mt. x. 157 I woudn't hev trested him with a handful o' cornfield peas.

1948 Chicago Daily News 12 Jan. 1/1 The farmer..coveted his neighbor's wife across the cornfields.

Compounds

cornfield plover n. the upland sandpiper, Bartramia longicauda.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	cornfield
释义	cornfieldn. Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcornfield. a. A field in which corn is grown. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > land raising crops > [noun] > corn-land or -field cornlanda1387 cornfield?1523 corn-ground1548 granary1570 milpa1648 kerning-ground1732 seeds1794 walk1797 corn belt1882 ?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. xlvii Standynge water in his corne feldes, at the landes endes or sydes. 1638 J. Penkethman Artachthos sig. K^v Great Flouds, which destroyed Corne-fields, Pastures, and Beasts. 1717 G. Berkeley Jrnls. Trav. Italy 16 May in Wks. (1955) VII. 268 Corn fields surrounded with elms & vines. 1883 ‘G. Lloyd’ Ebb & Flow II. xxxiii. 232 Zig-zagging about among hills and cornfields. b. A field in which maize is grown. U.S.Quot. 1608 may not refer to a maize-field. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > [noun] > enclosed land or field > with reference to what grows on it fieldeOE cornfield1608 1608 J. Smith True Relation Occurr. Virginia sig. D4^v The riuer diuideth in two, the neck a plaine high Corne field. 1634 in Cambridge (Mass.) Prop. Rec. (1896) 1 The Constable shall make a Surveyinge of the Houses, backsids, Corne ffeilds,..and other lands. 1688 Connecticut Hist. Soc. Coll. VI. 223 A Regulation ffor Cattle Corne ffields & ffences. 1752 W. Trent Jrnl. (1871) 86 French and Indians..surprised the Indians in the cornfields. 1772 Carroll Papers in Maryland Hist. Mag. 14 150 Our Cornfields are in very good order. 1809 W. Irving Hist. N.Y. I. iii. vii. 176 He..clears away a corn field and potatoe patch. 1820 Western Carolinian (Salisbury, N. Carolina) 1 Aug. He will find its component parts to consist of corn field peas. 1837 J. M. Peck Gazetteer Illinois (ed. 2) i. 25 The..squirrels often do mischief in the corn fields. 1872 E. Eggleston Hoosier School-master xi. 94 Ralph strolled through the Squire's cornfield. 1872 M. S. De Vere Americanisms 48 So-called self-made men are to this day fond of boasting that they never received any other education but in an old cornfield school. 1895 ‘C. E. Craddock’ Myst. Witch-Face Mt. x. 157 I woudn't hev trested him with a handful o' cornfield peas. 1948 Chicago Daily News 12 Jan. 1/1 The farmer..coveted his neighbor's wife across the cornfields. Compounds cornfield plover n. the upland sandpiper, Bartramia longicauda. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.?1523
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