coven-treecovin-treen.

Brit.

/ˈkʌvᵻntriː/, U.S.

/ˈkəvənˌtri/, Scottish English

/ˈkʌvᵻntri/

Etymology: In sense 1, apparently < coven n.; but 2 is of uncertain origin.

Scottish.

1. ‘A large tree in front of old Scottish mansion-houses, where the laird met his visitors’ (Jamieson), or where he assembled his retainers.

ΚΠ

1823 W. Scott Quentin Durward I. iii. 54 I love not the Castle when the covin-tree bears such acorns as I see yonder.

1844 W. H. Maxwell Wanderings in Highlands & Islands II. App. 324 At all old Scottish mansion-houses, there was a tree at some distance from the door, called the coglin tree, (variously the covan tree,) where the landlord met his guests.

1882 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Sept. 367 The Border reivers were being hung to their own covin trees by rough and ready Jedburgh Justice.

2. A local name of the shrub Viburnum Lantana, called also wayfaring (man's) tree: recorded by Britten and Holland from Buckinghamshire and Wiltshire.

ΚΠ

a1697 Aubrey (Brit. & Holl.) Coven-tree common about Chalke and Cranbourn Chase; the carters doe make their whippes of it.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	coven-tree
释义	coven-treecovin-treen. Brit. /ˈkʌvᵻntriː/, U.S. /ˈkəvənˌtri/, Scottish English /ˈkʌvᵻntri/ Etymology: In sense 1, apparently < coven n.; but 2 is of uncertain origin. Scottish. 1. ‘A large tree in front of old Scottish mansion-houses, where the laird met his visitors’ (Jamieson), or where he assembled his retainers. ΚΠ 1823 W. Scott Quentin Durward I. iii. 54 I love not the Castle when the covin-tree bears such acorns as I see yonder. 1844 W. H. Maxwell Wanderings in Highlands & Islands II. App. 324 At all old Scottish mansion-houses, there was a tree at some distance from the door, called the coglin tree, (variously the covan tree,) where the landlord met his guests. 1882 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Sept. 367 The Border reivers were being hung to their own covin trees by rough and ready Jedburgh Justice. 2. A local name of the shrub Viburnum Lantana, called also wayfaring (man's) tree: recorded by Britten and Holland from Buckinghamshire and Wiltshire. ΚΠ a1697 Aubrey (Brit. & Holl.) Coven-tree common about Chalke and Cranbourn Chase; the carters doe make their whippes of it. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1697
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