单词 | foraging |
释义 | foragingn. The action of forage v. in various senses. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military organization > logistics > [noun] > provision or procurement of supplies > foraging forage1481 foraging1481 foragement1596 the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > robbery > sacking, raiding, or looting > [noun] > going about with intention of raveninga1398 forage1481 foraging1481 outriding?c1500 marauding1684 maraud1804 the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > eating by animals > [noun] > foraging foraging1651 1481 W. Caxton tr. Siege & Conqueste Jerusalem (1893) xxxv. 72 The noble men..sente out on fouragyng ouer alle the countrey. 1651 Bp. J. Taylor XXVIII Serm. xvii. 216 A Libian Tiger drawn from his wilder forragings. 1832 W. Irving Alhambra I. 20 They..had been signally enriched by the foraging of the previous evening. 1861 J. G. Holland Lessons in Life xxiii. 327 His Childe Harold is nothing but the record of his tireless foraging. Compounds C1. General attributive. foraging-expedition n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > [noun] > a search for food foraging-expedition1863 1863 H. W. Bates Naturalist on River Amazons II. v. 363 This ant goes on foraging-expeditions like the rest of its tribe. foraging-party n. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > group with special function or duty > [noun] > forage party forages1523 foraging-party1780 1780 D. Brodhead in J. Sparks Corr. Amer. Revol. (1853) III. 10 Unless I send out foraging parties, and impress cattle. foraging-ship n. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > war vessel > [noun] > tender or supply vessel victuallera1572 handmaid1599 magazine ship1617 magazine1624 victualling-ship1665 tender1675 storeship1693 supply ship1778 foraging-ship1809 supply boat1823 powder-hoy1867 oiler1916 1809 Naval Chron. 21 394 (note) The Conqueror..was a foraging ship. C2. foraging-cap n. = forage-cap n. at forage n. Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > cap > types of > denoting office or profession > military Monmouth cap1577 watering cap1746 muff-cap1809 shako1816 chaco1826 forage-cap1827 foraging-cap1830 bearskin1843 field cap1845 kepi1861 busby1870 czako1891 forager1891 Brodrick1905 watch cap1909 gorblimey1919 split-arse cap1931 beret1948 piss-cutter1949 1830 T. Moore Mem. (1854) VI. 144 Dressed in a neat blue frock and a foraging cap. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online December 2021). > as lemmasˈforaging ˈforaging adj. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military organization > logistics > [adjective] > foraging foraging1624 1624 J. Smith Gen. Hist. Virginia iii. iv. 54 Two of our forraging disorderly souldiers. a1657 G. Daniel Trinarchodia: Henry V cclxvi, in Poems (1878) IV. 167 Forraging Bees. 1863 H. W. Bates Naturalist on River Amazons II. v. 351 The Ecitons, or foraging ants. 1873 J. G. Holland Arthur Bonnicastle xix. 306 A foraging squirrel picked up his dinner almost at my feet. < as lemmas |
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