ditchingn.

/ˈdɪtʃɪŋ/

Etymology: < ditch v.¹ + -ing suffix¹.

The action of ditch v.¹

a. The making and repairing of ditches.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > industry > earth-moving, etc. > [noun] > making ditches

dikingc1000

ditchingc1380

the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > preparation of land or soil > ditching or drainage > [noun]

dikingc1000

ditchingc1380

voidance1398

water-furrowing1398

avoidinga1513

rilling1610

dikage1634

c1380 Eng. Wycliffite Serm. in Sel. Wks. I. 28 For dichying and hegging and delvynge of tounes.

?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. xxxviii^v In quicsettyng, dichyng, and hedgyng.

1767 A. Young Farmer's Lett. 245 When the ditching is done, the next work is to land-drain the whole fields.

1868 J. E. T. Rogers Man. Polit. Econ. (1876) xii. 159 Rough draining, ditching, and ridging were used in wet soils.

b. Sculpture. (See quot. 1886.)

ΚΠ

1886 Pall Mall Gaz. 1 June 14/1 On being asked the way he prepared his models he continued:—I first draw the subject in crayon..and then transfer the lines to clay. Then I begin an operation known as ‘ditching,’ which consists of digging up around the outlines of the figures and objects until they stand out in rough relief.

Categories »

c. Of aircraft: see ditch v.¹ 6b.

Compounds

ditching-machine n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > tools and implements > [noun] > machine for making or cleaning ditches

ditching-machine1838

ditcher1847

go-devil1852

ditching-plough1874

trencher1947

society > occupation and work > equipment > earth-moving and excavating equipment > [noun] > ditching equipment

ditching-machine1838

ditcher1847

ditching-plough1874

1838 H. W. Ellsworth Valley Upper Wabash iv. 35 The recent improvements in ditching machines.

1854 J. R. Bartlett Personal Narr. II. xxii. 18 In one place I saw a ditching machine in operation.

1880 J. W. Hill Illustr. Guide Agric. Implem. 500 Fowler's ditching machine..for opening wide drainage or irrigation ditches.

ditching-plough n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > tools and implements > [noun] > machine for making or cleaning ditches

ditching-machine1838

ditcher1847

go-devil1852

ditching-plough1874

trencher1947

society > occupation and work > equipment > earth-moving and excavating equipment > [noun] > ditching equipment

ditching-machine1838

ditcher1847

ditching-plough1874

1874 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Ditching-plow, a plow having a deep, narrow share for cutting drains and trenches, and means for lifting the earth and depositing it at the side or sides of the excavation.

ditching-tool n.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

ditching n.

ΚΠ

1941 in A. G. Smith et al. Investigations Behaviour Aircraft (1957) 23/2 Hudson ditching trials.

1943 J. M. Redding & H. I. Leyshon Skyways to Berlin xv. 100 We had had ditching practice.

1943 J. M. Redding & H. I. Leyshon Skyways to Berlin xv. 101 There is a standard procedure in ditching.

1944 Times 20 Mar. 5/7 The crews run over the ‘ditching’ procedure to be followed should they have to come down on the sea.

1962 D. Slayton in J. Glenn et al. Into Orbit 23 Most flyers have had to learn some kind of ditching technique in case they make a forced landing over water.

单词	ditching
释义	ditchingn. /ˈdɪtʃɪŋ/ Etymology: < ditch v.¹ + -ing suffix¹. The action of ditch v.¹ a. The making and repairing of ditches. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > earth-moving, etc. > [noun] > making ditches dikingc1000 ditchingc1380 the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > preparation of land or soil > ditching or drainage > [noun] dikingc1000 ditchingc1380 voidance1398 water-furrowing1398 avoidinga1513 rilling1610 dikage1634 c1380 Eng. Wycliffite Serm. in Sel. Wks. I. 28 For dichying and hegging and delvynge of tounes. ?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. xxxviii^v In quicsettyng, dichyng, and hedgyng. 1767 A. Young Farmer's Lett. 245 When the ditching is done, the next work is to land-drain the whole fields. 1868 J. E. T. Rogers Man. Polit. Econ. (1876) xii. 159 Rough draining, ditching, and ridging were used in wet soils. b. Sculpture. (See quot. 1886.) ΚΠ 1886 Pall Mall Gaz. 1 June 14/1 On being asked the way he prepared his models he continued:—I first draw the subject in crayon..and then transfer the lines to clay. Then I begin an operation known as ‘ditching,’ which consists of digging up around the outlines of the figures and objects until they stand out in rough relief. Categories » c. Of aircraft: see ditch v.¹ 6b. Compounds ditching-machine n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > tools and implements > [noun] > machine for making or cleaning ditches ditching-machine1838 ditcher1847 go-devil1852 ditching-plough1874 trencher1947 society > occupation and work > equipment > earth-moving and excavating equipment > [noun] > ditching equipment ditching-machine1838 ditcher1847 ditching-plough1874 1838 H. W. Ellsworth Valley Upper Wabash iv. 35 The recent improvements in ditching machines. 1854 J. R. Bartlett Personal Narr. II. xxii. 18 In one place I saw a ditching machine in operation. 1880 J. W. Hill Illustr. Guide Agric. Implem. 500 Fowler's ditching machine..for opening wide drainage or irrigation ditches. ditching-plough n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > tools and implements > [noun] > machine for making or cleaning ditches ditching-machine1838 ditcher1847 go-devil1852 ditching-plough1874 trencher1947 society > occupation and work > equipment > earth-moving and excavating equipment > [noun] > ditching equipment ditching-machine1838 ditcher1847 ditching-plough1874 1874 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Ditching-plow, a plow having a deep, narrow share for cutting drains and trenches, and means for lifting the earth and depositing it at the side or sides of the excavation. ditching-tool n. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online December 2020). > as lemmas ditching ditching n. ΚΠ 1941 in A. G. Smith et al. Investigations Behaviour Aircraft (1957) 23/2 Hudson ditching trials. 1943 J. M. Redding & H. I. Leyshon Skyways to Berlin xv. 100 We had had ditching practice. 1943 J. M. Redding & H. I. Leyshon Skyways to Berlin xv. 101 There is a standard procedure in ditching. 1944 Times 20 Mar. 5/7 The crews run over the ‘ditching’ procedure to be followed should they have to come down on the sea. 1962 D. Slayton in J. Glenn et al. Into Orbit 23 Most flyers have had to learn some kind of ditching technique in case they make a forced landing over water. extracted from ditchv.¹ < n.c1380 as lemmas
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Compounds

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