dreadnoughtn.adj.

Brit.

/ˈdrɛdnɔːt/, U.S.

/ˈdrɛdˌnɔt/,

/ˈdrɛdˌnɑt/

Forms: 1500s dreadenoughte, 1500s dreadnouvght, 1500s–1800s dreadnaught, 1600s– dreadnought.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: dread v., nought n.

Etymology: < dread v. + nought n.In early use in sense A. 1a (compare quots. 1573 and 1587) as the name of a warship in the Royal Navy of Elizabeth I, built in 1573. In sense A. 1b after the name of the British battleship HMS Dreadnought (launched on 18 Feb. 1906), the first battleship of this type to be built. With use in sense A. 2 compare fearnought n., attested earlier as the name of a fabric.

A. n.

a. (The name of) a fearless person or thing. Originally and frequently in the names of ships (in later use chiefly after sense A. 1b).In quot. 1782 the name of a hunting dog.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > courage > fearlessness > [noun] > one who is fearless

dreadnought1573

1573 Acct. Treasurer Marine Causes (P.R.O.: E 351/2209) m. 8d In newe beildinge and erectinge fower newe shipes called the Swifte sewer, the Dreadnoughte, the Achates & the handmayd.

1587 F. Drake Despatch 27 Apr. in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (1904) VI. p. xiv A greate leake sprange uppon the Dreadenoughte.

1615 A. Nixon Scourge Corrupt. 35 Our inquest of Honesty are confident men, and will rather die then deliuer vntruths: as for example,..Daniell Dread-naught.

1691 T. Hale Acct. New Inventions 12 The Dreadnought's Rudder-Irons being..so eaten, as not to be fit for her being adventured to Sea again with them.

1745 Gentleman's Mag. Feb. 105/1 At duskish the Dreadnought was about 7 miles astern.

1782 Crit. Rev. Oct. 272 Little Dreadnought, how he works him! the terriers too, they now are squeaking at him.

1827 M. Wilmot Jrnl. 3 July in More Lett. (1935) 268 Our Chezy dreadnought has received him into her house.

1832 W. Scott Redgauntlet (new ed.) I. i. 6 (note) To recollect that the author himself..was one of those juvenile dreadnoughts, is a sad reflection to one who cannot now step over a brook without assistance.

1893 Times 3 July 6/2 Some loose oars..with which I supported myself until picked up by the Dreadnought's whaler.

1964 J. D. Smart tr. R. Barth in Revolutionary Theol. in Making ii. 53 Here is a dreadnought on our side and against our opponents.

1999 Philadelphia Inquirer (Nexis) 27 Oct. d4 I'm of two minds about Laurie Kennedy's Lady Bracknell, the dictatorial dreadnought who threatens the young people's happiness.

b. Frequently with capital initial. A type of battleship superior in size, speed, and armour to all its predecessors, and having a main armament consisting entirely of big guns of one calibre. Cf. pre-Dreadnought adj. and n. Now historical.The distinction between ‘dreadnoughts’ and ‘pre-dreadnoughts’ was most significant while battleships of the older type remained in service, and both terms passed into historical use once this was no longer the case: see quot. 1959.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > war vessel > [noun] > battleship

line-of-battle ship1695

battleship1794

liner1829

dreadnought1906

battle-wagon1926

1906 Outlook 20 Oct. 495/2 The Atlantic Fleet will consist of three Dreadnoughts and five of the Canopus class.

1908 Westm. Gaz. 14 Aug. 2/2 The mysterious Dreadnoughts which are being built in this country for the Brazilian Government.

1959 Chambers's Encycl. IV. 634/2 All maritime powers adopted the general design and it became customary to define battleships as dreadnoughts and pre-dreadnoughts. These definitions generally lapsed as the pre-dreadnought ships became obsolete.

1972 Slavonic & East European Rev. 50 226 Four dreadnoughts, the beginning of a ten-year programme aimed at creating four battle squadrons.

2013 B. Lavery Conquest of Ocean 281 The Kiel Canal..was too narrow to allow the ship the size of a dreadnought through.

2. A type of thick woollen cloth with a long pile; a coat or other outer garment made of this cloth, typically worn in stormy weather. Cf. fearnought n. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from wool > [noun] > stout or durable > fearnought

fearnothing1725

fearnought1769

shepherd's velvet1791

shepherd's cloth1794

dreadnought1797

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > coat > types of > weatherproof > other

dreadnought1797

storm coat1830

1797 Edinb. Advertiser 28 Nov. 353/2 Dreadnoughts for Great Coats.

1801 Field of Mars (new ed.) II. Addenda at Copenhagen Throwing aside his green dreadnought, and shewing the stump of his right arm.

1834 R. Southey Doctor II. 197 One of those dreadnoughts the utility of which sets fashion at defiance.

1874 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. I. 746/1 Dreadnaught, a heavy, woolen, felted cloth, used as a lining for hatchways, etc., on board ship.

1892 Blackburn Standard 16 Apr. 3/2 Sailors..who wear ‘dreadnoughts’ instead of straw hats.

1934 J. Buchan Free Fishers vii. 109 He buttoned the high collar of his dreadnought, but the deluge trickled down his neck.

3. A variety of wheat. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > cereal, corn, or grain > [noun] > wheat

wheatc825

wheat-grainc1400

wheat berry1848

dreadnought1911

1911 Rep. Field & Pot-culture Exper. 1910 (Woburn Exper. Station) 20 The French wheats tried were..‘Red Marvel,’ ‘Sensation,’ and ‘Dreadnought’.

1959 J. M. McEwan Wheat Varieties of N.Z. 14 Dreadnought has been grown in New Zealand from 1910 and is believed to be of English origin.

1994 P. K. Martin et al. in A. N. E. Birch et al. Impact Genetic Variation on Sustainable Agric. 218 Two accessions of Dreadnought (980, 1476) were both found to be [salt] tolerant.

B. adj.

1. Afraid of nothing, fearless; (in later use) resembling or likened to a dreadnought (sense A. 1b). Now rare.In quot. 1592 punning on the name of a ship; cf. quot. 1573 at sense A. 1a.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > courage > fearlessness > dreadlessness > [adjective]

awelessc1400

dreadlessc1400

undreadfulc1400

dreadnought1592

unredoubting1665

unapprehensive1666

undreading1745

1592 W. Burton Dauids Euidenece vii. 150 God is our hope, God is our reuenge, & God is dread naught indeede.

1612 H. Peacham Minerua Britanna i. 54 The Dread-nought Argo, cuts the foaming surge.

1836 W. Irving Astoria I. 301 Three Kentucky hunters, of the true ‘dreadnought’ stamp.

1863 C. C. Clarke Shakespeare-characters 288 The manly and dreadnought character of the seafaring man.

1914 Daily Express 26 Nov. 2/4, 7 Dreadnought Zeppelins: Airships built for the Invasion of Britain.

1978 N.Y. Mag. 18 Dec. 18/3 What is the point of this dreadnought approach to a basically frivolous genre?

2011 i (Nexis) 23 May 53 The sheer dreadnought defiance of Wolves' Mick McCarthy.

2. Made of or consisting of dreadnought (sense A. 2). Now historical.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [adjective] > made from specific materials

warm?c1225

furredc1325

russet1390

imperial purple1577

furry1691

kidden1714

Shetland1790

pepper-and-salt1792

dreadnought1798

cilice1812

moleskin1836

nainsook1852

lingeriea1865

pepper-salt1882

Milanese1897

ramie1906

pinstripe1935

stranded1935

Day-Glo1949

1798 Edinb. Advertiser 30 Jan. 75/3 Dreadnought Great Coats 21s.

1822 M. Graham Jrnl. 30 Mar. in Captain's Wife (1993) 68 We have made gloves for the men at the wheel of canvass, lined with dreadnought, and for the people at night, waistbands of canvass, with dreadnought linings.

1842 C. Dickens Amer. Notes I. ii. 36 A pair of dreadnought trousers.

1936 Observer 1 Mar. 25/3 Her dreadnought garment is..as well suited to the rest of her apparel as if her wardrobe had been made with the awful sapience of the clerk of the weather.

2013 C. Jinks How to catch Bogle xvi. 150 Charlie's thin frame was almost lost in an old-fashioned driving coat... Enoch's black dreadnought coat was even bulkier.

Compounds

General attributive and objective (in sense A. 1b).

ΚΠ

1909 Daily Chron. 23 Mar. 1/1 Our Dreadnought strength and our strength in pre-Dreadnought ships, in comparison with those of Germany.

1909 Westm. Gaz. 13 Apr. 9/1 Three and a half years is still practically the time I count on for ‘Dreadnought’-building.

1915 Daily Express 23 Jan. 1/5 Vessels of the Dreadnought era.

1984 Mil. Affairs 48 179/1 The tonnage proposal was against size and not dreadnought design per se.

1999 Victorian Aug. 8/2 The two countries became caught up in an arms race over the production of the new Dreadnought battleships.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	dreadnought
释义	dreadnoughtn.adj. Brit. /ˈdrɛdnɔːt/, U.S. /ˈdrɛdˌnɔt/, /ˈdrɛdˌnɑt/ Forms: 1500s dreadenoughte, 1500s dreadnouvght, 1500s–1800s dreadnaught, 1600s– dreadnought. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: dread v., nought n. Etymology: < dread v. + nought n.In early use in sense A. 1a (compare quots. 1573 and 1587) as the name of a warship in the Royal Navy of Elizabeth I, built in 1573. In sense A. 1b after the name of the British battleship HMS Dreadnought (launched on 18 Feb. 1906), the first battleship of this type to be built. With use in sense A. 2 compare fearnought n., attested earlier as the name of a fabric. A. n. 1. a. (The name of) a fearless person or thing. Originally and frequently in the names of ships (in later use chiefly after sense A. 1b).In quot. 1782 the name of a hunting dog. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > courage > fearlessness > [noun] > one who is fearless dreadnought1573 1573 Acct. Treasurer Marine Causes (P.R.O.: E 351/2209) m. 8d In newe beildinge and erectinge fower newe shipes called the Swifte sewer, the Dreadnoughte, the Achates & the handmayd. 1587 F. Drake Despatch 27 Apr. in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (1904) VI. p. xiv A greate leake sprange uppon the Dreadenoughte. 1615 A. Nixon Scourge Corrupt. 35 Our inquest of Honesty are confident men, and will rather die then deliuer vntruths: as for example,..Daniell Dread-naught. 1691 T. Hale Acct. New Inventions 12 The Dreadnought's Rudder-Irons being..so eaten, as not to be fit for her being adventured to Sea again with them. 1745 Gentleman's Mag. Feb. 105/1 At duskish the Dreadnought was about 7 miles astern. 1782 Crit. Rev. Oct. 272 Little Dreadnought, how he works him! the terriers too, they now are squeaking at him. 1827 M. Wilmot Jrnl. 3 July in More Lett. (1935) 268 Our Chezy dreadnought has received him into her house. 1832 W. Scott Redgauntlet (new ed.) I. i. 6 (note) To recollect that the author himself..was one of those juvenile dreadnoughts, is a sad reflection to one who cannot now step over a brook without assistance. 1893 Times 3 July 6/2 Some loose oars..with which I supported myself until picked up by the Dreadnought's whaler. 1964 J. D. Smart tr. R. Barth in Revolutionary Theol. in Making ii. 53 Here is a dreadnought on our side and against our opponents. 1999 Philadelphia Inquirer (Nexis) 27 Oct. d4 I'm of two minds about Laurie Kennedy's Lady Bracknell, the dictatorial dreadnought who threatens the young people's happiness. b. Frequently with capital initial. A type of battleship superior in size, speed, and armour to all its predecessors, and having a main armament consisting entirely of big guns of one calibre. Cf. pre-Dreadnought adj. and n. Now historical.The distinction between ‘dreadnoughts’ and ‘pre-dreadnoughts’ was most significant while battleships of the older type remained in service, and both terms passed into historical use once this was no longer the case: see quot. 1959. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > war vessel > [noun] > battleship line-of-battle ship1695 battleship1794 liner1829 dreadnought1906 battle-wagon1926 1906 Outlook 20 Oct. 495/2 The Atlantic Fleet will consist of three Dreadnoughts and five of the Canopus class. 1908 Westm. Gaz. 14 Aug. 2/2 The mysterious Dreadnoughts which are being built in this country for the Brazilian Government. 1959 Chambers's Encycl. IV. 634/2 All maritime powers adopted the general design and it became customary to define battleships as dreadnoughts and pre-dreadnoughts. These definitions generally lapsed as the pre-dreadnought ships became obsolete. 1972 Slavonic & East European Rev. 50 226 Four dreadnoughts, the beginning of a ten-year programme aimed at creating four battle squadrons. 2013 B. Lavery Conquest of Ocean 281 The Kiel Canal..was too narrow to allow the ship the size of a dreadnought through. 2. A type of thick woollen cloth with a long pile; a coat or other outer garment made of this cloth, typically worn in stormy weather. Cf. fearnought n. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from wool > [noun] > stout or durable > fearnought fearnothing1725 fearnought1769 shepherd's velvet1791 shepherd's cloth1794 dreadnought1797 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > coat > types of > weatherproof > other dreadnought1797 storm coat1830 1797 Edinb. Advertiser 28 Nov. 353/2 Dreadnoughts for Great Coats. 1801 Field of Mars (new ed.) II. Addenda at Copenhagen Throwing aside his green dreadnought, and shewing the stump of his right arm. 1834 R. Southey Doctor II. 197 One of those dreadnoughts the utility of which sets fashion at defiance. 1874 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. I. 746/1 Dreadnaught, a heavy, woolen, felted cloth, used as a lining for hatchways, etc., on board ship. 1892 Blackburn Standard 16 Apr. 3/2 Sailors..who wear ‘dreadnoughts’ instead of straw hats. 1934 J. Buchan Free Fishers vii. 109 He buttoned the high collar of his dreadnought, but the deluge trickled down his neck. 3. A variety of wheat. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > cereal, corn, or grain > [noun] > wheat wheatc825 wheat-grainc1400 wheat berry1848 dreadnought1911 1911 Rep. Field & Pot-culture Exper. 1910 (Woburn Exper. Station) 20 The French wheats tried were..‘Red Marvel,’ ‘Sensation,’ and ‘Dreadnought’. 1959 J. M. McEwan Wheat Varieties of N.Z. 14 Dreadnought has been grown in New Zealand from 1910 and is believed to be of English origin. 1994 P. K. Martin et al. in A. N. E. Birch et al. Impact Genetic Variation on Sustainable Agric. 218 Two accessions of Dreadnought (980, 1476) were both found to be [salt] tolerant. B. adj. 1. Afraid of nothing, fearless; (in later use) resembling or likened to a dreadnought (sense A. 1b). Now rare.In quot. 1592 punning on the name of a ship; cf. quot. 1573 at sense A. 1a. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > courage > fearlessness > dreadlessness > [adjective] awelessc1400 dreadlessc1400 undreadfulc1400 dreadnought1592 unredoubting1665 unapprehensive1666 undreading1745 1592 W. Burton Dauids Euidenece vii. 150 God is our hope, God is our reuenge, & God is dread naught indeede. 1612 H. Peacham Minerua Britanna i. 54 The Dread-nought Argo, cuts the foaming surge. 1836 W. Irving Astoria I. 301 Three Kentucky hunters, of the true ‘dreadnought’ stamp. 1863 C. C. Clarke Shakespeare-characters 288 The manly and dreadnought character of the seafaring man. 1914 Daily Express 26 Nov. 2/4, 7 Dreadnought Zeppelins: Airships built for the Invasion of Britain. 1978 N.Y. Mag. 18 Dec. 18/3 What is the point of this dreadnought approach to a basically frivolous genre? 2011 i (Nexis) 23 May 53 The sheer dreadnought defiance of Wolves' Mick McCarthy. 2. Made of or consisting of dreadnought (sense A. 2). Now historical. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [adjective] > made from specific materials warm?c1225 furredc1325 russet1390 imperial purple1577 furry1691 kidden1714 Shetland1790 pepper-and-salt1792 dreadnought1798 cilice1812 moleskin1836 nainsook1852 lingeriea1865 pepper-salt1882 Milanese1897 ramie1906 pinstripe1935 stranded1935 Day-Glo1949 1798 Edinb. Advertiser 30 Jan. 75/3 Dreadnought Great Coats 21s. 1822 M. Graham Jrnl. 30 Mar. in Captain's Wife (1993) 68 We have made gloves for the men at the wheel of canvass, lined with dreadnought, and for the people at night, waistbands of canvass, with dreadnought linings. 1842 C. Dickens Amer. Notes I. ii. 36 A pair of dreadnought trousers. 1936 Observer 1 Mar. 25/3 Her dreadnought garment is..as well suited to the rest of her apparel as if her wardrobe had been made with the awful sapience of the clerk of the weather. 2013 C. Jinks How to catch Bogle xvi. 150 Charlie's thin frame was almost lost in an old-fashioned driving coat... Enoch's black dreadnought coat was even bulkier. Compounds General attributive and objective (in sense A. 1b). ΚΠ 1909 Daily Chron. 23 Mar. 1/1 Our Dreadnought strength and our strength in pre-Dreadnought ships, in comparison with those of Germany. 1909 Westm. Gaz. 13 Apr. 9/1 Three and a half years is still practically the time I count on for ‘Dreadnought’-building. 1915 Daily Express 23 Jan. 1/5 Vessels of the Dreadnought era. 1984 Mil. Affairs 48 179/1 The tonnage proposal was against size and not dreadnought design per se. 1999 Victorian Aug. 8/2 The two countries became caught up in an arms race over the production of the new Dreadnought battleships. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1573
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