单词 | dotterel tree |
释义 | > as lemmasdotterel tree More fully dotterel tree. A tree which has had its upper trunk and branches cut back; a pollard tree. Cf. dodderel n. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > tree or woody plant > characterized by quality or health > [noun] > decayed or dead dotterela1568 dotard1592 rampike1746 snag1904 a1568 R. Ascham Scholemaster (1570) ii. f. 56 Som old dotterell trees. 1613 J. Sylvester Elegie Sir W. Sidney in Lachrymae Lachrymarum (new ed.) sig. I2 Doo not Wee take the timber for our turne, And leave the Dottrells, in their time to burn? 1821 J. Clare Village Minstrel I. 52 When he..Has mixt with them [sc. Shepherds] beneath a dotterel-tree. 1868 J. W. Burgon Provinc. Bedfordsh. in Bedf. Times Mar. Dottrel or Dottle-tree, a tree without a head, a pollard. Called a dodder tree in the north of the county. 1889 Country Gentleman 26 Jan. 116/3 He landed almost into the mouths of the hounds (quite unexpectedly) out of a dotterel tree. 1921 Leather World 11 Aug. 673/2 Older bark, such as may be got from an old hedgerow or ‘dotterel’ oak, is of less value to the tanner. < as lemmas |
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