gold workingn.

Brit.

/ˈɡəʊld ˌwəːkɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈɡoʊld ˌwərkɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: gold n.¹, working n.

Etymology: < gold n.¹ + working n. Compare earlier goldwork n. 2. Compare also earlier gold mining n.

1. The working or mining of gold; gold mining.Earliest in attributive use.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > artistic work in metal > [noun] > art of working in gold

goldsmithery1380

gold working1751

goldwork1761

goldsmithy1843

1751 Daily Advertiser 5 Jan. (advt.) Wanted, a Youth..as an Apprentice to a genteel Branch of the Gold Working Business.

1760 Public Ledger 28 Nov. 1104/2 Two Apprentices in the Gold-Working Branch of Business.

1800 Times 26 Feb. (advt.) Wanted, a Lad of respectable Family and connections, as an Apprentice, to learn the flourishing Arts of Jewellery and Gold-working in all their branches.

1892 Jrnl. Royal Statist. Soc. 55 396 These [water races] have been expended mainly with the object of bringing water to gold fields, for the purpose of sluicing or of other modes of gold working, and for the carrying away of debris from mines.

1921 Hispanic Amer. Hist. Rev. 4 498 The entire gold-working technology of the Aztecs is here made very clearly understood by one of the most important writers.

1974 Jrnl. Afr. Hist. 15 445 The pattern of alluvial goldworking has been further influenced by climatic and riverine factors.

2012 K. V. Flannery & J. Marcus Creation of Inequality xx. 443 Fathers were allowed to bequeath the tools and skills of goldworking to their sons, nephews, or clan mates.

2. Usually in plural. A place where gold mining or gold washing takes place.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > workplace > places where raw materials are extracted > mine > [noun] > gold-mine

goldmine?c1475

gold working1816

society > occupation and work > workplace > places where raw materials are extracted > mine > [noun] > place where washing is carried on > gold

washing-place1748

gold wash1769

gold washing1812

gold working1816

1816 R. Jameson Syst. Mineral. (ed. 2) III. 4 The platina in granulated grains is found in alluvial soil, along with grains of gold, in gold-workings in Brazil.

1872 R. B. Smyth Mining Statist. 41 Profitable gold-workings have been opened.

1912 Proc. Rhodesia Sci. Assoc. 11 iii. 170 I have seen in the Transvaal not a single ancient working that I could definitely class as a gold working.

2012 B. Fagan Beyond Blue Horizon viii. 145 Much of it [sc. gold] came from gold workings in what is now Zimbabwe.

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

单词	gold working
释义	gold workingn. Brit. /ˈɡəʊld ˌwəːkɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈɡoʊld ˌwərkɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: gold n.¹, working n. Etymology: < gold n.¹ + working n. Compare earlier goldwork n. 2. Compare also earlier gold mining n. 1. The working or mining of gold; gold mining.Earliest in attributive use. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > artistic work in metal > [noun] > art of working in gold goldsmithery1380 gold working1751 goldwork1761 goldsmithy1843 1751 Daily Advertiser 5 Jan. (advt.) Wanted, a Youth..as an Apprentice to a genteel Branch of the Gold Working Business. 1760 Public Ledger 28 Nov. 1104/2 Two Apprentices in the Gold-Working Branch of Business. 1800 Times 26 Feb. (advt.) Wanted, a Lad of respectable Family and connections, as an Apprentice, to learn the flourishing Arts of Jewellery and Gold-working in all their branches. 1892 Jrnl. Royal Statist. Soc. 55 396 These [water races] have been expended mainly with the object of bringing water to gold fields, for the purpose of sluicing or of other modes of gold working, and for the carrying away of debris from mines. 1921 Hispanic Amer. Hist. Rev. 4 498 The entire gold-working technology of the Aztecs is here made very clearly understood by one of the most important writers. 1974 Jrnl. Afr. Hist. 15 445 The pattern of alluvial goldworking has been further influenced by climatic and riverine factors. 2012 K. V. Flannery & J. Marcus Creation of Inequality xx. 443 Fathers were allowed to bequeath the tools and skills of goldworking to their sons, nephews, or clan mates. 2. Usually in plural. A place where gold mining or gold washing takes place. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > workplace > places where raw materials are extracted > mine > [noun] > gold-mine goldmine?c1475 gold working1816 society > occupation and work > workplace > places where raw materials are extracted > mine > [noun] > place where washing is carried on > gold washing-place1748 gold wash1769 gold washing1812 gold working1816 1816 R. Jameson Syst. Mineral. (ed. 2) III. 4 The platina in granulated grains is found in alluvial soil, along with grains of gold, in gold-workings in Brazil. 1872 R. B. Smyth Mining Statist. 41 Profitable gold-workings have been opened. 1912 Proc. Rhodesia Sci. Assoc. 11 iii. 170 I have seen in the Transvaal not a single ancient working that I could definitely class as a gold working. 2012 B. Fagan Beyond Blue Horizon viii. 145 Much of it [sc. gold] came from gold workings in what is now Zimbabwe. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1751
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