gadsmann.

Brit.

/ˈɡadzmən/, U.S.

/ˈɡædzmən/, Scottish English

/ˈɡadzmən/,

/ˈɡɔdzmən/

Inflections: Plural gadsmen.

Forms:

α. pre-1700 1700s– gadman, 1700s gademan, 1800s gaadman, 1800s gaudman.

β. 1700s– gaudsman, 1800s gadesman, 1800s– gadsman.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: gad n.¹, man n.¹

Etymology: In α. forms (i) < gad n.¹ + man n.¹ In β. forms (ii) < the genitive of gad n.¹ + man n.¹ Compare later goadman n. at goad n.¹ Compounds 1 and goadsman n. at goad n.¹ Compounds 2.

Chiefly Scottish. Now historical.

A person employed to drive a team of oxen or other draught animals; = goadsman n. at goad n.¹ Compounds 2. Cf. gad n.¹ 2a.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > breaking up land > ploughing > [noun] > ploughman or woman > controller of draught animals

driverc1390

plough driver?c1475

gadsman?a1500

ploughboy1544

goadster1837

forelooper1863

α.

a1500 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Fables: Fox, Wolf, & Husbandman l. 2236 in Poems (1981) 85 His gadman and he. His stottis he straucht with ‘Benedicite!’

1515 Accts. Ld. High Treasurer Scotl. in R. Pitcairn Criminal Trials Scotl. (1833) I. 260* xij cartaris ane hundrethe and xx pynouris and ix gadmen, being careand the Artalzery fra Edinburghe to Streueling.

1665 Edinb. Test. LXXII. 24 in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue (at cited word) George Duncan, gadman.

1724 P. Walker Some Remarkable Passages Life A. Peden 52 The Plow-men will lose their Grips of the Plough, and the Gade-men will throw away their Gades.

1801 W. Beattie Fruits Time Parings 38 The Gaudman..maks yoke-sticks o' rodden.

1863 J. L. W. By-gone Days 10 With every plough two persons were engaged, one the ploughman..the other the gadman, from the long gad or goad with which he impelled the horses or oxen.

1927 Sc. Hist. Rev. 24 196 The gadman..found it almost an impossible task to keep the team of twelve oxen going straight.

1962 J. G. Leyburn Scotch-Irish ii. 23 The gad-man was especially valuable if he could whistle loudly and tunefully, to stimulate the oxen to their work.

β. 1773 R. Fergusson Poems 95 While gaudsmen whistle, or while birdies sing.a1796 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 219 A gaudsman ane, a thrasher t'other.1826 W. Hone Every-day Bk. (1827) II. 1656 Pig drivers and ‘gadsmen’.1898 Dundee Courier & Argus 15 Dec. 4/2 Half-a-dozen oxen drawing a plough, with a ‘gaudsman’ to guide them.1901 T. Mair in A. I. McConnochie Bk. of Ellon 178 The names of some of them [sc. a team of oxen] were yelled fiercely by the gadsman or others.1996 C. I. Macafee Conc. Ulster Dict. 137/2 Gaudsman, the person who drives plough horses with a goad.2002 Rev. Sc. Culture 15 19/2 There was no longer a need for a gadsman, a helper with a sharp goad, to urge on the large team of oxen, or horses.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	gadsman
释义	gadsmann. Brit. /ˈɡadzmən/, U.S. /ˈɡædzmən/, Scottish English /ˈɡadzmən/, /ˈɡɔdzmən/ Inflections: Plural gadsmen. Forms: α. pre-1700 1700s– gadman, 1700s gademan, 1800s gaadman, 1800s gaudman. β. 1700s– gaudsman, 1800s gadesman, 1800s– gadsman. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: gad n.¹, man n.¹ Etymology: In α. forms (i) < gad n.¹ + man n.¹ In β. forms (ii) < the genitive of gad n.¹ + man n.¹ Compare later goadman n. at goad n.¹ Compounds 1 and goadsman n. at goad n.¹ Compounds 2. Chiefly Scottish. Now historical. A person employed to drive a team of oxen or other draught animals; = goadsman n. at goad n.¹ Compounds 2. Cf. gad n.¹ 2a. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > breaking up land > ploughing > [noun] > ploughman or woman > controller of draught animals driverc1390 plough driver?c1475 gadsman?a1500 ploughboy1544 goadster1837 forelooper1863 α. a1500 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Fables: Fox, Wolf, & Husbandman l. 2236 in Poems (1981) 85 His gadman and he. His stottis he straucht with ‘Benedicite!’ 1515 Accts. Ld. High Treasurer Scotl. in R. Pitcairn Criminal Trials Scotl. (1833) I. 260* xij cartaris ane hundrethe and xx pynouris and ix gadmen, being careand the Artalzery fra Edinburghe to Streueling. 1665 Edinb. Test. LXXII. 24 in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue (at cited word) George Duncan, gadman. 1724 P. Walker Some Remarkable Passages Life A. Peden 52 The Plow-men will lose their Grips of the Plough, and the Gade-men will throw away their Gades. 1801 W. Beattie Fruits Time Parings 38 The Gaudman..maks yoke-sticks o' rodden. 1863 J. L. W. By-gone Days 10 With every plough two persons were engaged, one the ploughman..the other the gadman, from the long gad or goad with which he impelled the horses or oxen. 1927 Sc. Hist. Rev. 24 196 The gadman..found it almost an impossible task to keep the team of twelve oxen going straight. 1962 J. G. Leyburn Scotch-Irish ii. 23 The gad-man was especially valuable if he could whistle loudly and tunefully, to stimulate the oxen to their work. β. 1773 R. Fergusson Poems 95 While gaudsmen whistle, or while birdies sing.a1796 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 219 A gaudsman ane, a thrasher t'other.1826 W. Hone Every-day Bk. (1827) II. 1656 Pig drivers and ‘gadsmen’.1898 Dundee Courier & Argus 15 Dec. 4/2 Half-a-dozen oxen drawing a plough, with a ‘gaudsman’ to guide them.1901 T. Mair in A. I. McConnochie Bk. of Ellon 178 The names of some of them [sc. a team of oxen] were yelled fiercely by the gadsman or others.1996 C. I. Macafee Conc. Ulster Dict. 137/2 Gaudsman, the person who drives plough horses with a goad.2002 Rev. Sc. Culture 15 19/2 There was no longer a need for a gadsman, a helper with a sharp goad, to urge on the large team of oxen, or horses. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.?a1500
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