frontagen.

Brit.

/ˈfrʌntɪdʒ/, U.S.

/ˈfrən(t)ɪdʒ/

Etymology: < front n. + -age suffix.Not in Johnson or Todd. An alleged sense ‘part of a woman's head-dress’, given in some dictionaries, is based on a blundered version of a passage of Addison: see quot. 1711 at fontange n.

1. Land which abuts on a river or piece of water, or on a road. Also, the land between the front of a building and the road, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > land > tract > [noun] > frontage

frontagea1642

front1766

a1642 R. Callis Reading of Statute of Sewers (1647) ii. 87 Frontage is where the grounds of any man do joyn with the brow or front thereof to the Sea, or to great or royal streams.

1813 Examiner 17 May 319/2 They have obliged proprietors of houses situated at a short distance from the road to purchase their frontage.

1831 Drakard's Stamford News 4 Feb. Advt. 1 Two Frontages with two cottages upon the same.

1861 M. Pattison in Westm. Rev. Apr. 414 One corner of the Thames Street frontage [of the Steelyard] was occupied by a wine-house.

1870 Daily News 16 Feb. The remainder of the establishment consisting chiefly of the river frontage, will then be sold in plots.

1875 Spectator (Melbourne) 15 May 16/1 It might be bought and sold in the market any day, like a Collins-street frontage.

2. Measurement of front-line, extent of front.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > front > [noun] > extent of front

frontc1540

frontage1844

1844 Port Phillip Patriot (Melbourne) 18 July 3/7 The run has four miles frontage to the Yarra Yarra.

1863 Hinchliff Trav. S. Amer. 24 Shopkeepers in the best quarters pay enormous rents, but get very little frontage to display their goods.

1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Frontage, the length or face of a wharf.

1874 J. Geikie Great Ice Age v. 71 The great Humboldt glacier..is continually shedding icebergs along its whole vast extent of frontage.

1887 Times (Weekly ed.) 1 July 20/4 The substantial old Family Mansion..extensive frontage of 35 ft.

3. The front face or part of a building. Also collective.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > [noun] > front or face

front1365

face1591

faciate1648

façade1656

frontsidea1699

frontage1861

1861 Times 16 Aug. There is a breadth of roadway and a grandeur of frontage that would not disgrace the neighbourhood of Piccadilly.

1875 C. Merivale Gen. Hist. Rome lxxix. 669 The august capitals of Egypt and Syria, with their long columnar frontages, and marked horizontal lines of architecture.

1875 M. Pattison I. Casaubon 400 Savile was just finishing the fine frontage towards the meadows.

1876 M. M. Grant Sun-maid I. ii. 77 The frontage of the Château looked southward.

1894 Daily News 5 Sept. 5/3 A municipal law requires the frontages of Paris houses to be painted or scraped every six or seven years.

4. Military. ‘The ground troops of line occupy either on parade or in camp’ (Voyle).

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military operations > distribution of troops > military position > [noun] > ground occupied by troops of the line

frontage1893

1893 Times 15 June 12/1 The battalion commander ‘instructs the captains as to the frontage of their companies.’

5. The action of fronting in a certain direction; the fact of facing a certain way; exposure, outlook.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > direction > [noun] > aspect or direction faced > fact of facing a direction

prospect?a1475

frontage1859

1859 R. F. Burton Central Afr. in Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 29 183 The breeze is..excluded by careless frontage.

1867 D. G. Mitchell Rural Stud. 286 But it has no wide and open frontage to the sun.

1871 Daily News 22 Sept. We had changed front left back to meet his flank attack; now we had still to maintain that frontage.

Compounds

attributive, as frontage-foot, frontage-owner, frontage-rate, frontage-system; frontage-claim n. a portion of land of a definite measurement in front, but of indefinite length towards the rear.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > workplace > places where raw materials are extracted > mine > [noun] > land appropriated by miner

claim1792

frontage-claim1869

1869 R. B. Smyth Gold Fields Victoria 612 Frontage-claim—A claim, the lateral boundaries of which are not fixed until the lead has been traced through it.

1877 W. Black Green Pastures (1878) xli. 325 We would cover every frontage foot with gold.

1889 Spectator 14 Dec. 843 The small affair of a frontage rate.

1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Miner's Right I. viii. 200 The frontage system..was considered..to afford a highly needful guarantee for capital invested in mining enterprise.

1896 Star 15 Dec. 2/6 Charging the frontage owners 9s. in the pound.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online September 2019).

单词	frontage
释义	frontagen. Brit. /ˈfrʌntɪdʒ/, U.S. /ˈfrən(t)ɪdʒ/ Etymology: < front n. + -age suffix.Not in Johnson or Todd. An alleged sense ‘part of a woman's head-dress’, given in some dictionaries, is based on a blundered version of a passage of Addison: see quot. 1711 at fontange n. 1. Land which abuts on a river or piece of water, or on a road. Also, the land between the front of a building and the road, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > tract > [noun] > frontage frontagea1642 front1766 a1642 R. Callis Reading of Statute of Sewers (1647) ii. 87 Frontage is where the grounds of any man do joyn with the brow or front thereof to the Sea, or to great or royal streams. 1813 Examiner 17 May 319/2 They have obliged proprietors of houses situated at a short distance from the road to purchase their frontage. 1831 Drakard's Stamford News 4 Feb. Advt. 1 Two Frontages with two cottages upon the same. 1861 M. Pattison in Westm. Rev. Apr. 414 One corner of the Thames Street frontage [of the Steelyard] was occupied by a wine-house. 1870 Daily News 16 Feb. The remainder of the establishment consisting chiefly of the river frontage, will then be sold in plots. 1875 Spectator (Melbourne) 15 May 16/1 It might be bought and sold in the market any day, like a Collins-street frontage. 2. Measurement of front-line, extent of front. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > front > [noun] > extent of front frontc1540 frontage1844 1844 Port Phillip Patriot (Melbourne) 18 July 3/7 The run has four miles frontage to the Yarra Yarra. 1863 Hinchliff Trav. S. Amer. 24 Shopkeepers in the best quarters pay enormous rents, but get very little frontage to display their goods. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Frontage, the length or face of a wharf. 1874 J. Geikie Great Ice Age v. 71 The great Humboldt glacier..is continually shedding icebergs along its whole vast extent of frontage. 1887 Times (Weekly ed.) 1 July 20/4 The substantial old Family Mansion..extensive frontage of 35 ft. 3. The front face or part of a building. Also collective. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > [noun] > front or face front1365 face1591 faciate1648 façade1656 frontsidea1699 frontage1861 1861 Times 16 Aug. There is a breadth of roadway and a grandeur of frontage that would not disgrace the neighbourhood of Piccadilly. 1875 C. Merivale Gen. Hist. Rome lxxix. 669 The august capitals of Egypt and Syria, with their long columnar frontages, and marked horizontal lines of architecture. 1875 M. Pattison I. Casaubon 400 Savile was just finishing the fine frontage towards the meadows. 1876 M. M. Grant Sun-maid I. ii. 77 The frontage of the Château looked southward. 1894 Daily News 5 Sept. 5/3 A municipal law requires the frontages of Paris houses to be painted or scraped every six or seven years. 4. Military. ‘The ground troops of line occupy either on parade or in camp’ (Voyle). ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military operations > distribution of troops > military position > [noun] > ground occupied by troops of the line frontage1893 1893 Times 15 June 12/1 The battalion commander ‘instructs the captains as to the frontage of their companies.’ 5. The action of fronting in a certain direction; the fact of facing a certain way; exposure, outlook. ΘΚΠ the world > space > direction > [noun] > aspect or direction faced > fact of facing a direction prospect?a1475 frontage1859 1859 R. F. Burton Central Afr. in Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 29 183 The breeze is..excluded by careless frontage. 1867 D. G. Mitchell Rural Stud. 286 But it has no wide and open frontage to the sun. 1871 Daily News 22 Sept. We had changed front left back to meet his flank attack; now we had still to maintain that frontage. Compounds attributive, as frontage-foot, frontage-owner, frontage-rate, frontage-system; frontage-claim n. a portion of land of a definite measurement in front, but of indefinite length towards the rear. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > workplace > places where raw materials are extracted > mine > [noun] > land appropriated by miner claim1792 frontage-claim1869 1869 R. B. Smyth Gold Fields Victoria 612 Frontage-claim—A claim, the lateral boundaries of which are not fixed until the lead has been traced through it. 1877 W. Black Green Pastures (1878) xli. 325 We would cover every frontage foot with gold. 1889 Spectator 14 Dec. 843 The small affair of a frontage rate. 1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Miner's Right I. viii. 200 The frontage system..was considered..to afford a highly needful guarantee for capital invested in mining enterprise. 1896 Star 15 Dec. 2/6 Charging the frontage owners 9s. in the pound. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online September 2019). frontagev. Brit. /ˈfrʌntɪdʒ/, U.S. /ˈfrən(t)ɪdʒ/ Etymology: < frontage n. transitive. To face; to have the front towards. ΘΚΠ the world > space > direction > direct [verb (transitive)] > face a direction front1523 prospect1555 face1567 behold1593 head1610 frontage1914 1914 N. Munro New Road ii. 17 Narrow, broken lanes with all the gable-ends of the abutting buildings frontaging the thoroughfare. 1958 Times 15 Mar. 7/5 His ratable value increased because he now frontages a made-up road. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < n.a1642v.1914
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frontagen.

Compounds

frontagev.