godownn.¹

Brit.

/ɡəʊˈdaʊn/, U.S.

/ˌɡoʊˈdaʊn/

Forms:

α. 1500s godon, 1600s gadonge, 1600s gedong, 1600s godung, 1600s 1800s godong.

β. 1600s godowne, 1600s goedown, 1600s goodowne, 1600s– godown.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Italian. Partly a borrowing from Malay. Etymons: Italian godon; Malay gedong.

Etymology: < (i) Italian †godon (1560 in the passage translated in quot. 1588 at α. ), and its etymon (ii) Malay gedong, gadong, gudang, gedung warehouse, stone house; further etymology uncertain and disputed. Compare Portuguese †gudao (1552; probably < Malay).In β. forms apparently showing alteration after go v. and down adv. (compare to go down at go v. Phrasal verbs 1). N.E.D. (1900) indicates the stress as falling on the second syllable.

Chiefly South Asian and South-East Asian.

A warehouse or other place for storing goods.Originally with reference to south-eastern Asia; later also in the South Asia and elsewhere.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > supply > storage > [noun] > place where anything is or may be stored > storehouse > warehouse

warehouse1349

packhousec1483

godown1588

bankshallc1615

serai1619

seraglio1628

magazine house1645

truck-house1731

packing house1796

α.

1588 T. Hickock tr. C. Federici Voy. & Trauaile f. 27 The merchants haue all one house or Magason, which house they call Godon [It. godon].

1615 in W. Foster Lett. received by E. India Co. (1899) III. 109 In recompense whereof was given me an old ruined brick house or godung.

1615 R. Cocks Diary 13 Dec. (1883) I. 89 In full payment of the fee symple of the gadonge over the way.

1682 Impartial Vindic. Eng. East-India-Company (1688) 21 A strict search into every of our individual Godongs (or Warehouses) and Apartments for Goods as they pretended lost out of the Dutch Factory.

1832 B. Hall Fragm. Voy. & Trav. 2nd Ser. III. vi. 167 We had to..shape a course across two cellars, or godongs, as they are called in the East.

β. 1625 S. Purchas Pilgrimes II. x. xv. 1851 It was feared the Blackes would haue pulled down the Godowne and made pillage of all.1632 R. Fitche in St. Papers, Col., E. Ind. 309 His bottles..will be safe in the godown.1712 in C. R. Wilson Early Ann. Eng. in Bengal (1900) II. i. 51 The middle of the Banksall Yard having thatcht houses for Godowns for Navall stores etc. which is very Inconvenient and dangerous on Account of fire.1790 Ann. Reg. 1788 App. Chron. 239/1 The godowns [were] mostly carried away.1816 ‘Quiz’ Grand Master iv. 83 Which some parsee had brought from town, And lodg'd it safe in a godown.1861 G. Smith Ten Weeks Japan xviii. 254 The streets of Yokuhama are wide..containing on either side merchants' godowns and offices.1889 Times 11 Nov. 5/4 The Germans have agreed to restore to the Sultan of Zanzibar the Custom-house godowns.1908 W. Francis Nilgiris xv. 325 This [building]..is used as a potato and hay godown.1945 I. Snapper in P. Honig & F. Verdoorn Sci. & Scientists Netherlands Indies 315 Both the watchman and the rat catcher of a godown, where rice from Rangoon was stored, died from plague.1976 R. K. Narayan Painter of Signs i. 21 The bangle-seller's shop, that single cubicle beyond the banana godown, was crowded with women.2013 Times of India (Nexis) 4 Sept. The agency has also made arrangements to provide godowns to store grains.

Compounds

General attributive.

ΚΠ

1746 J. Z. Holwell & E. H. Cruttenden Let. July in A. Hume-Campbell & R. Henley Between N. Mullick & J. Z. Holwell: Case Mullick (1751) 3 The Loss of Interest, Godown Rent, and many other Inconveniences.

1837 Chinese Repository 5 506 Battá upon quality..should not be admitted into the godown accounts.

1855 Indian News 2 Oct. 445/1 Such a case has not obtained since 1834, when the opium godown roofs sunk down from the washing away of the walls.

1927 Fortn. Rev. Dec. 847 She..took to appearing at the godown door, quinine powders in one hand, Omum water in the other.

1974 G. Deshpande tr. J. Dalvi Chakra iii. 87 There, half a mile away from the colony, was her little piece of land, in the godown yard.

1999 New Straits Times (Malaysia) 19 Oct. (Life & Times section) 17/5 (advt.) Godown space to let.

2005 S.-H. Ng & O. K. M. Ip in J. Y. S. Cheng July 1 Protest Rally xiii. 375 Such traditional maritime industries as shipbuilding and repairs, wharf and go-down storage, and waterfront stevedoring.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	godown
释义	godownn.¹ Brit. /ɡəʊˈdaʊn/, U.S. /ˌɡoʊˈdaʊn/ Forms: α. 1500s godon, 1600s gadonge, 1600s gedong, 1600s godung, 1600s 1800s godong. β. 1600s godowne, 1600s goedown, 1600s goodowne, 1600s– godown. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Italian. Partly a borrowing from Malay. Etymons: Italian godon; Malay gedong. Etymology: < (i) Italian †godon (1560 in the passage translated in quot. 1588 at α. ), and its etymon (ii) Malay gedong, gadong, gudang, gedung warehouse, stone house; further etymology uncertain and disputed. Compare Portuguese †gudao (1552; probably < Malay).In β. forms apparently showing alteration after go v. and down adv. (compare to go down at go v. Phrasal verbs 1). N.E.D. (1900) indicates the stress as falling on the second syllable. Chiefly South Asian and South-East Asian. A warehouse or other place for storing goods.Originally with reference to south-eastern Asia; later also in the South Asia and elsewhere. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > supply > storage > [noun] > place where anything is or may be stored > storehouse > warehouse warehouse1349 packhousec1483 godown1588 bankshallc1615 serai1619 seraglio1628 magazine house1645 truck-house1731 packing house1796 α. 1588 T. Hickock tr. C. Federici Voy. & Trauaile f. 27 The merchants haue all one house or Magason, which house they call Godon [It. godon]. 1615 in W. Foster Lett. received by E. India Co. (1899) III. 109 In recompense whereof was given me an old ruined brick house or godung. 1615 R. Cocks Diary 13 Dec. (1883) I. 89 In full payment of the fee symple of the gadonge over the way. 1682 Impartial Vindic. Eng. East-India-Company (1688) 21 A strict search into every of our individual Godongs (or Warehouses) and Apartments for Goods as they pretended lost out of the Dutch Factory. 1832 B. Hall Fragm. Voy. & Trav. 2nd Ser. III. vi. 167 We had to..shape a course across two cellars, or godongs, as they are called in the East. β. 1625 S. Purchas Pilgrimes II. x. xv. 1851 It was feared the Blackes would haue pulled down the Godowne and made pillage of all.1632 R. Fitche in St. Papers, Col., E. Ind. 309 His bottles..will be safe in the godown.1712 in C. R. Wilson Early Ann. Eng. in Bengal (1900) II. i. 51 The middle of the Banksall Yard having thatcht houses for Godowns for Navall stores etc. which is very Inconvenient and dangerous on Account of fire.1790 Ann. Reg. 1788 App. Chron. 239/1 The godowns [were] mostly carried away.1816 ‘Quiz’ Grand Master iv. 83 Which some parsee had brought from town, And lodg'd it safe in a godown.1861 G. Smith Ten Weeks Japan xviii. 254 The streets of Yokuhama are wide..containing on either side merchants' godowns and offices.1889 Times 11 Nov. 5/4 The Germans have agreed to restore to the Sultan of Zanzibar the Custom-house godowns.1908 W. Francis Nilgiris xv. 325 This [building]..is used as a potato and hay godown.1945 I. Snapper in P. Honig & F. Verdoorn Sci. & Scientists Netherlands Indies 315 Both the watchman and the rat catcher of a godown, where rice from Rangoon was stored, died from plague.1976 R. K. Narayan Painter of Signs i. 21 The bangle-seller's shop, that single cubicle beyond the banana godown, was crowded with women.2013 Times of India (Nexis) 4 Sept. The agency has also made arrangements to provide godowns to store grains. Compounds General attributive. ΚΠ 1746 J. Z. Holwell & E. H. Cruttenden Let. July in A. Hume-Campbell & R. Henley Between N. Mullick & J. Z. Holwell: Case Mullick (1751) 3 The Loss of Interest, Godown Rent, and many other Inconveniences. 1837 Chinese Repository 5 506 Battá upon quality..should not be admitted into the godown accounts. 1855 Indian News 2 Oct. 445/1 Such a case has not obtained since 1834, when the opium godown roofs sunk down from the washing away of the walls. 1927 Fortn. Rev. Dec. 847 She..took to appearing at the godown door, quinine powders in one hand, Omum water in the other. 1974 G. Deshpande tr. J. Dalvi Chakra iii. 87 There, half a mile away from the colony, was her little piece of land, in the godown yard. 1999 New Straits Times (Malaysia) 19 Oct. (Life & Times section) 17/5 (advt.) Godown space to let. 2005 S.-H. Ng & O. K. M. Ip in J. Y. S. Cheng July 1 Protest Rally xiii. 375 Such traditional maritime industries as shipbuilding and repairs, wharf and go-down storage, and waterfront stevedoring. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > see also also refers to : go-downn.² < n.¹1588 see also
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