earth-stoppingn.

Brit.

/ˈəːθˌstɒpɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈərθˌstɑpɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: earth n.¹, stopping n.

Etymology: < earth n.¹ + stopping n. Compare earlier earthstopper n.

The action, process, or practice of blocking up a fox's earth before a hunt in order to prevent the fox from escaping into it.

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1794 Sporting Mag. Oct. 3/1 In our present Number we have given an engraving of earth stopping, a preliminary piece of business necessary to fox hunting.

1864 Times 16 Dec. 6/3 Negotiations were entered into for his becoming the master of hounds to the Oakely Club,..the club taking all the cost of the earth-stopping upon themselves.

1891 N. Amer. Rev. Sept. 317 Let us hope that the caprices of society will soon send him back to the earth-stopping and badger-drawing which are his natural occupation.

1930 R. Clapham in C. Frederick et al. Foxhunting ix. 120 Allied with the well-being of coverts is the importance of efficient earthstopping.

1960 Mod. Lang. Rev. Jan. 433 Earth-stopping, that oldest and most miserable of occupations, might cost £300 a year.

1993 Guardian 4 Sept. 23/8 The RSPCA..know that earth-stopping has been carried out by the 200 fox-hunts all over England on over 21,000 occasions each year.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

earth-stoppingadj.

Brit.

/ˈəːθˌstɒpɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈərθˌstɑpɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: earth n.¹, stopping adj.

Etymology: < earth n.¹ + stopping adj. With sense 1 compare earlier earthstopper n. and earth-stopping n. With sense 2 compare earlier world-stopping adj. at world n. Compounds 8.

†1. Fox-hunting. That engages in earth-stopping (earth-stopping n.). Obsolete. rare.

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1845 Bell's Life in London 7 Dec. 6/1 He is to the earth-stopping fraternity what the ‘superintendent’ is to the police.

1847 Bell's Life in London 14 Mar. 3/2 The earth-stopping gamekeeper, who had now got upon his pony.

2. Of great importance; powerful, impressive. Frequently in hyperbolic use.

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the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [adjective] > of high or great importance

worthlyeOE

mickleeOE

greatc1225

right hand?c1225

solemna1387

materialc1475

superior1526

grand1542

weighty1558

main1581

pregnant1591

pregnate1598

materious1611

moliminous1642

momentous1656

magic1696

all-important1748

big1748

eventful1756

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bread and butter1822

bada1825

key1832

all-absorbing1834

earth-moving?1834

earth-shaking1835

earth-shatteringa1859

high-ranking1874

beaucoup1917

major league1951

earth-stopping1956

crucial1957

1956 J. Porter Doctor, spare my Cow! i. 5 To be suddenly confronted in a foreign land with a theft of nearly everything a person owns is rather an earth-stopping event.

1988 Herald Sun (Melbourne) (Nexis) 27 Jan. 4 In winter, it can be an earth-stopping, cold-defying cassoulet of pork and beans and salted duck.

1995 Independent (Nexis) 15 June 23 What document could be so earth-stopping that the original needs to be in Los Angeles the next day?

2003 Mojo May 46/2 In the '60s,..few matched his mixture of good-time geniality, a raffish, roosterish charm and that earth-stopping voice.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	earth-stopping
释义	earth-stoppingn. Brit. /ˈəːθˌstɒpɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈərθˌstɑpɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: earth n.¹, stopping n. Etymology: < earth n.¹ + stopping n. Compare earlier earthstopper n. The action, process, or practice of blocking up a fox's earth before a hunt in order to prevent the fox from escaping into it. ΚΠ 1794 Sporting Mag. Oct. 3/1 In our present Number we have given an engraving of earth stopping, a preliminary piece of business necessary to fox hunting. 1864 Times 16 Dec. 6/3 Negotiations were entered into for his becoming the master of hounds to the Oakely Club,..the club taking all the cost of the earth-stopping upon themselves. 1891 N. Amer. Rev. Sept. 317 Let us hope that the caprices of society will soon send him back to the earth-stopping and badger-drawing which are his natural occupation. 1930 R. Clapham in C. Frederick et al. Foxhunting ix. 120 Allied with the well-being of coverts is the importance of efficient earthstopping. 1960 Mod. Lang. Rev. Jan. 433 Earth-stopping, that oldest and most miserable of occupations, might cost £300 a year. 1993 Guardian 4 Sept. 23/8 The RSPCA..know that earth-stopping has been carried out by the 200 fox-hunts all over England on over 21,000 occasions each year. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). earth-stoppingadj. Brit. /ˈəːθˌstɒpɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈərθˌstɑpɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: earth n.¹, stopping adj. Etymology: < earth n.¹ + stopping adj. With sense 1 compare earlier earthstopper n. and earth-stopping n. With sense 2 compare earlier world-stopping adj. at world n. Compounds 8. †1. Fox-hunting. That engages in earth-stopping (earth-stopping n.). Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1845 Bell's Life in London 7 Dec. 6/1 He is to the earth-stopping fraternity what the ‘superintendent’ is to the police. 1847 Bell's Life in London 14 Mar. 3/2 The earth-stopping gamekeeper, who had now got upon his pony. 2. Of great importance; powerful, impressive. Frequently in hyperbolic use. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [adjective] > of high or great importance worthlyeOE mickleeOE greatc1225 right hand?c1225 solemna1387 materialc1475 superior1526 grand1542 weighty1558 main1581 pregnant1591 pregnate1598 materious1611 moliminous1642 momentous1656 magic1696 all-important1748 big1748 eventful1756 colossal1775 bread and butter1822 bada1825 key1832 all-absorbing1834 earth-moving?1834 earth-shaking1835 earth-shatteringa1859 high-ranking1874 beaucoup1917 major league1951 earth-stopping1956 crucial1957 1956 J. Porter Doctor, spare my Cow! i. 5 To be suddenly confronted in a foreign land with a theft of nearly everything a person owns is rather an earth-stopping event. 1988 Herald Sun (Melbourne) (Nexis) 27 Jan. 4 In winter, it can be an earth-stopping, cold-defying cassoulet of pork and beans and salted duck. 1995 Independent (Nexis) 15 June 23 What document could be so earth-stopping that the original needs to be in Los Angeles the next day? 2003 Mojo May 46/2 In the '60s,..few matched his mixture of good-time geniality, a raffish, roosterish charm and that earth-stopping voice. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1794adj.1845
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