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单词 garth
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garthn.1

Brit. /ɡɑːθ/, U.S. /ɡɑrθ/
Forms: Also Middle English gerth, Middle English–1500s garthe, 1800s dialect gaath, gaith.
Origin: A borrowing from early Scandinavian. Etymon: Norse garð-r.
Etymology: < Old Norse garð-r (Danish gaard , Swedish gård ) yard, courtyard, fence = Old English geard yard n.1 The word is still current in the eastern and northern dialects of English, but is obsolete in Scottish.
1.
a. A small piece of enclosed ground, usually beside a house or other building, used as a yard, garden, or paddock; frequently with defining word, as apple-garth, barn-garth, cloister-garth, field-garth, fold-garth, garden-garth, hall-garth, hemp-garth, minster-garth, stack-garth, willow-garth, see under the initial element.See also church garth n., kirk-garth n.
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the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > [noun] > enclosed land or field > small field or enclosure
parrockeOE
croft969
pightlec1200
curtilagec1330
gartha1340
toftc1440
pingle1546
lot1789
log-paddock1900
a1340 R. Rolle Psalter xxxvi. 2 Þe kale, þat he says not ere of garthis bot of gressis.
c1420 Pallad. on Husb. i. 777 Yet is the chalk or cley lond forto eschewe, And from the rede also thy garth remewe.
1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) i. l. 257 Throw a dyrk garth [1570 gait] scho gydyt him furth fast.
1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 39 In symmer syne, quhen euerie schaw wes schene, And euerie garth with gerss wes growand grene.
c1560 A. Scott Poems (S.T.S.) vii. 25 Sen in ȝour garth þe lilly quhyte May nocht remane amang þe laif.
1625 W. Lisle tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Noe in tr. Part of Du Bartas Ded. 5 See lad, quoth he, the house and garth well drest To morrow morn.
1701–2 A. de la Pryme Let. 2 Feb. in Diary (1870) ii. 249 I got it [sc. Aparine Plinii] plentifully in a garth of Richard Rogison's, of Broughton, in Lincolnshire, amongst the corn.
1799 A. Young Gen. View Agric. County Lincoln 412 A garden for potatoes, of a rood or half an acre, called a garth.
1848 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 9 i. 126 The most independent mode is for the cottager to rent a small garth or close.
1887 York Herald 16 Apr. 6/5 The party of Greek gipsies..encamped in a garth close to the Gaol.
figurative.1559 D. Lindsay Test. Papyngo l. 57 in Wks. (1931) I In all the garth of Eloquence, Is no thyng left bot barrane stok and stone.
b. Short for: Cloister-garth.
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1884 19th Cent. Jan. 104 The open space [of the quadrangle] not roofed in was called the garth.
1890 Daily News 30 June 7/6 The central grassplot of the cloisters—the garth—offers a far better and more sanitary burialplace.
2. A fence or hedge. rare. Also with defining word, as thorn-garth.
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the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > that which or one who closes or shuts > a barrier > [noun] > hedge or fence
hayc725
gartha1340
tiningc1440
mound?a1500
frith1511
dike1567
sepiment1656
a1340 R. Rolle Psalter lxxxviii. 39 Thou distroyd all his thorne garthis [L. sepes].
1483 Cath. Angl. 42/2 To breke garthe, desepire.
1483 Cath. Angl. 151/1 A garthe, sepes.
1894 J. C. Atkinson Mem. Old Whitby 43 A garth is a fence of any kind,—earth, stones, turves, posts and rails.
1908 W. G. Collingwood Scand. Brit. 193 He made his bær, a group of buildings, in the tún, or homefield, which he manured and mowed for hay, and surrounded with a garth.
3. = fishgarth n.
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > fish-keeping, farming, or breeding > [noun] > fish-weir or -garth
weir839
fish-weirc1000
yair1178
fishgarth1454
eel-bed1483
water frith1584
frith1602
garth1609
fish-lock1661
crawl1682
fish-yard1685
fishing-pen1791
eelery1854
fishing-weir1870
crib1873
ark1883
kiddle1891
1609 Sc. Acts Jas. VI (1814) IV. 432/1 All & haill þe salmond fischeing..Comprehending þe garthis and pullis vnder-writtin.
1708 Rastell's Termes de la Ley (new ed.) 366 Garth is..a Dam or Wear in a River for the catching of Fish, vulgarly called a Fish-Garth.
1873 Act 36 & 37 Victoria c. 71 Sched. 3 License Duties..For each..hangbaulk, garth, goryd, box, crib, or cruive £12 0. 0.

Compounds

C1. General attributive.
garth-end n.
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1565–73 in J. Raine Depositions Courts Durham (1845) 226 He threatyned hir..to cast hir over the wall at hys garth end.
1720 J. Clarke Ess. Educ. Youth 25 The..Fellow..directed a Gentleman..to go by his Father's Garth-End.
garth-yard n.
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1890 ‘W. A. Wallace’ Only a Sister 78 I just stopped under the big ash-tree at the end o' the garth-yard.
C2.
garth-cress n. Obsolete garden-cress (cf. Middle English toun-cresse).
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > leaf vegetables > cress
cressa700
town cresseOE
fen-cressc1000
well-cressOE
nasturtiumOE
watercressc1300
garth-cress?14..
watercress?a1450
women's meadwort?a1450
garden cressa1500
peppergrass?a1500
nosewort1563
nosesmart1589
water-rocket1605
nosewort1608
well grassa1646
cresson1657
water grass1708
tongue-grass1726
poor man's pepper1738
marsh-rocket1739
passerage1879
?14.. MS. Linc. Med. lf. 292 (Halliw.) Tak a peny-weghte of garthe cresse sede, and gyff hym at ete.
garth-man n. (a) †one who owns or works a fish-garth; (b) (see quot. 1877).
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > fish-keeping, farming, or breeding > [noun] > fish-farmer or -breeder
garth-man1389
garther1679
pisciculturist1858
fish-breeder1860
fish-culturist1874
fish-farmer1876
mariculturist1969
1389 Act 13 Rich. II c. 19 Qe null peschour ne garthman..ne mette..en les ewes de Thamise..ascuns rees appelez stalkers.
1584 Order Sept. in R. Griffiths Ess. Jurisdict. Thames (1746) 63 No Fishermen, Garthmen, Petermen, Draymen or Trinkermen, shall..set up any Wears, Engines [etc.].
1865 Stamford Mercury in Standard 16 Sept. A man..for 20 years garthman at Mr. Mason's, of Rigsby.
1877 E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. Garthman, the man who attends upon the stock in a fold-yard.
garth-spade n. Obsolete a garden-spade.
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1573 in J. Raine Wills & Inventories Archdeaconry Richmond (1853) 242 A gavelocke, ij hacks, iij peatspades, ij flainge spades a garthspade, vijs.
garth-stead n. (see quot. 1877).
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1515 Comp. Gild St. Mary, Boston 9 b Tenentes vnias Garthstede nuper Hugonis Madershall.]
1877 E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. Garth-stead, a homestead; a stack-yard; a yard in which cattle is folded.

Derivatives

garth v. Obsolete rare to enclose with a fence.
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1483 Cath. Angl. 151/2 To Garthe, sepire, &c.; vbi to close.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

garthn.2

Brit. /ɡɑːθ/, U.S. /ɡɑrθ/
Forms: Middle English garte, Middle English–1600s garthe, 1600s– garth.
Etymology: Northern form of gerth (see under girth n.), < Old Norse giǫrð (feminine), girth or hoop.
northern dialect.
1. A saddle-girth.
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > horse-gear > [noun] > girth
wanty1297
wame-towc1310
womb ropea1325
girth1377
surcingle1390
warrok1392
garthc1425
cinglec1430
girt1563
wanty rope1569
girse1591
saddle banda1604
mail girt1607
saddle girt1613
saddle girth1635
mail-girth1673
girding1680
body girth1688
roller1688
wombtack1729
breast-girth1805
girthing1805
cinch1866
latigo1873
c1425 Thomas of Erceld. 57 Hir garthes of nobyll sylke þay were..Hir steraps were of crystalle clere.
c1425 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 665/34 Hec singula, a garthe.
1483 Cath. Angl. 151/1 A Garte of a hors (A. Garthe for A hors); singula, ventrale.
1607 G. Markham Cavelarice ii. 32 This done, with the help of another groome that may deliuer the girthes, let the Saddle be girded on; at the first so gently that he may no more but feel the garths.
1888 S. O. Addy Gloss. Words Sheffield Garth, the strap which goes under a horse's belly to fasten the saddle to him.
2. A wooden hoop (e.g. for a barrel).
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society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > vessel > barrel or cask > [noun] > hoop
hoopa1175
tonnel-hoop1341
garth1483
girr1611
gird1612
neck-hoop1641
1424 in J. T. Fowler Memorials Church SS. Peter & Wilfrid, Ripon (1888) III. 152 Item Thomæ Colleper pro v garthys ligneis, 5d.]
1483 Cath. Angl. 151/2 A Garthe for wesselle, cinctorium, circulus.
?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. xliii If there be asshes in it, to sell the small asshes to coupers for garthes.
1615 G. Markham Eng. Hus-wife in Countrey Contentments 168 Besides the wearing and breaking of Garthes, and Plugs.
1623 C. Butler Feminine Monarchie (rev. ed.) iii. sig. F3 Then with a small pliant Garth or Belt.. gird the hackle close to the Hiue.
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 424/2 Distilling Bag..Its wide at the top and open, being kept so by an hoop or garth sowed about it.
1847–78 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words Garth, a hoop or band. North.
1888 S. O. Addy Gloss. Words Sheffield Garth, the rim or hoop of a barrel.
3. Girth, or measurement round about.
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the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > thickness > [noun] > girth
largeur1545
bigness1615
girth1644
girt1647
garth1684
1684 R. Howlett School Recreat. 133 The largest in the Garth is the strongest Cock. The Dimension of the Garth is thus known: Gripe the Cock about [etc.].
1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Cock He should be..long from the Head to the Rump, thick in the Garth.
1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Garth, the bulk of the body measured by the girdle.

Compounds

garth-web n. Obsolete woven material for making saddle-girths (see girth-web n.).
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric for specific purpose > [noun] > for girths
girth-web1381
garth-web?1523
skein1566
girt-web1655
girse-web1697
girth-webbing1794
?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. viv A brode thonge of ledder or of garth webbe of an elne longe.
1607 G. Markham Cavelarice iv. 41 Then you shall take a peece of garthwebbe.

Derivatives

garth v. Obsolete rare to fit with hoops.
ΚΠ
1483 Cath. Angl. 151/2 To Garthe wesselle, circulare.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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