graveyardn.

Brit.

/ˈɡreɪvjɑːd/, U.S.

/ˈɡreɪvˌjɑrd/

Etymology: < grave n.¹ + yard n.¹

A burial-ground.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > burial > burial ground or cemetery > [noun]

littenc900

charnel1377

burying-place1382

fosse?a1425

churchyard1477

golgotha1604

God's acre1605

cemetery1613

burial-place1633

dormitory1634

burying-ground1711

burial-field1743

graveyard1767

burial-ground1803

burial-yard1842

boneyard1866

Boot Hill1901

necropole1921

memorial park1927

grave-site1953

1767 P. V. Fithian Jrnl. & Lett. (1900) 74 He meant it for a Satire upon the neglect of the people in suffering their Grave-Yard to lie common.

1806 M. L. Weems Let. in Ford's M. L. Weems: Wks. & Ways (1929) II. 344 Constantly walking over the grave yard of Foreigners.

1821 J. F. Cooper Spy I. xiv. 215 The grave-yard was an enclosure on the grounds of Mr. Wharton.

1825 J. Neal Brother Jonathan I. 20 Moving slowly..on their way to the grave-yard.

1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. xvi. 621 The..desolate graveyard of Donore.

1882 ‘M. Twain’ Innocents at Home iii. 278 A desperado..who ‘kept his private graveyard’, as the phrase went.

in extended use.1843 Quincy (Illinois) Whig 7 Jan. 2/6 The iron steamer Valley Forge has been sunk at the ‘Grave Yard’ below St. Louis.1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. xlii. 389 I remember..coming to a little grave-yard of ice-tablets.1879 Chambers's Jrnl. 18 Oct. 663/2 Those whose biographies lie in the sub-editorial desk—‘grave~yard’ this compartment is grimly called.1933 P. A. Eaddy Hull Down vii. 157 She had gone ashore on what was known as the ‘Graveyard’, on the northern side of the entrance to the Kaipara River.1953 R. Graves Poems 30 Must the book end, as you would end it, With testamentary appendices And graveyard indices?1965 New Statesman 7 May 715/2 I survived part of adolescence in the despair of Dundee, that industrial graveyard of the Thirties.1969 Daily Tel. 8 Feb. 1 The M1 motorway was a graveyard of cars abandoned across all six lanes.

Compounds

C1. General attributive.

graveyard cough n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > respiratory spasms > [noun] > coughing > type of cough

fox's cough1611

churchyard cough1693

hacking1770

barking1813

graveyard cough1873

hoicking1926

smoker's cough1927

1873 J. H. Beadle Undeveloped West 33 I was shaken by an ominous graveyard cough.

1890 E. Dowson Let. 11 Feb. (1967) 137 I have a graveyard cough of the most alarming dimensions.

graveyard test n.

ΚΠ

1957 Brit. Commonw. Forest Terminol.: Pt. II (Empire Forestry Assoc.) ii. 85 Graveyard test, a test conducted out of doors on pieces of timber in contact with the ground to determine their durability.

graveyard-minded adj.

ΚΠ

1948 I. J. C. Brown No Idle Words 71 No doubt Housman did overplay the lads, lightfoot or grave-yard-minded.

C2.

graveyard shift n. (see quots.).

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > work > times or periods of work > [noun] > spell of work or duty > other types of shift

day shift1842

dayside1899

graveyard shift1907

multiple shift1921

twilight shift1970

late1975

1907 Collier's 26 Jan. 14/1 From the saloons came the clink of the chips. For it was the ‘grave~yard gamblers’ shift... The small hours of the morning..are theirs.

1908 Sat. Evening Post (Philadelphia) 7 Nov. 27/2 A month later he and his fellows went on ‘graveyard’ shift. ‘Graveyard’ is the interval between twelve, midnight, and eight in the morning.

1965 ‘E. McBain’ Doll (1966) ii. 22 The afternoon shift is from four p.m. to midnight. And the graveyard shift is midnight to eight a.m.

graveyard watch n. (see quots.).

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > [noun] > crew > watch > period of a watch > specific

morning watch1598

dogwatch1657

dog1893

graveyard watch1927

1927 G. Bradford Gloss. Sea Terms 76/1 Graveyard watch, the middle watch or 12 to 4 a.m., because of the number of disasters that occur at this time.

1929 Papers Michigan Acad. Sci., Arts & Lett. 10 297 Graveyard watch, the watch from midnight till 4 a.m., so called on account of the silence throughout the ship.

1933 J. H. McCulloch Million Miles in Sail vii. 125 Without this arrangement..the ‘graveyard watch’—or..the middle watch..would fall to the lot of the same men each night.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	graveyard
释义	graveyardn. Brit. /ˈɡreɪvjɑːd/, U.S. /ˈɡreɪvˌjɑrd/ Etymology: < grave n.¹ + yard n.¹ A burial-ground. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > burial > burial ground or cemetery > [noun] littenc900 charnel1377 burying-place1382 fosse?a1425 churchyard1477 golgotha1604 God's acre1605 cemetery1613 burial-place1633 dormitory1634 burying-ground1711 burial-field1743 graveyard1767 burial-ground1803 burial-yard1842 boneyard1866 Boot Hill1901 necropole1921 memorial park1927 grave-site1953 1767 P. V. Fithian Jrnl. & Lett. (1900) 74 He meant it for a Satire upon the neglect of the people in suffering their Grave-Yard to lie common. 1806 M. L. Weems Let. in Ford's M. L. Weems: Wks. & Ways (1929) II. 344 Constantly walking over the grave yard of Foreigners. 1821 J. F. Cooper Spy I. xiv. 215 The grave-yard was an enclosure on the grounds of Mr. Wharton. 1825 J. Neal Brother Jonathan I. 20 Moving slowly..on their way to the grave-yard. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. xvi. 621 The..desolate graveyard of Donore. 1882 ‘M. Twain’ Innocents at Home iii. 278 A desperado..who ‘kept his private graveyard’, as the phrase went. in extended use.1843 Quincy (Illinois) Whig 7 Jan. 2/6 The iron steamer Valley Forge has been sunk at the ‘Grave Yard’ below St. Louis.1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. xlii. 389 I remember..coming to a little grave-yard of ice-tablets.1879 Chambers's Jrnl. 18 Oct. 663/2 Those whose biographies lie in the sub-editorial desk—‘grave~yard’ this compartment is grimly called.1933 P. A. Eaddy Hull Down vii. 157 She had gone ashore on what was known as the ‘Graveyard’, on the northern side of the entrance to the Kaipara River.1953 R. Graves Poems 30 Must the book end, as you would end it, With testamentary appendices And graveyard indices?1965 New Statesman 7 May 715/2 I survived part of adolescence in the despair of Dundee, that industrial graveyard of the Thirties.1969 Daily Tel. 8 Feb. 1 The M1 motorway was a graveyard of cars abandoned across all six lanes. Compounds C1. General attributive. a. graveyard cough n. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > respiratory spasms > [noun] > coughing > type of cough fox's cough1611 churchyard cough1693 hacking1770 barking1813 graveyard cough1873 hoicking1926 smoker's cough1927 1873 J. H. Beadle Undeveloped West 33 I was shaken by an ominous graveyard cough. 1890 E. Dowson Let. 11 Feb. (1967) 137 I have a graveyard cough of the most alarming dimensions. graveyard test n. ΚΠ 1957 Brit. Commonw. Forest Terminol.: Pt. II (Empire Forestry Assoc.) ii. 85 Graveyard test, a test conducted out of doors on pieces of timber in contact with the ground to determine their durability. b. graveyard-minded adj. ΚΠ 1948 I. J. C. Brown No Idle Words 71 No doubt Housman did overplay the lads, lightfoot or grave-yard-minded. C2. graveyard shift n. (see quots.). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > work > times or periods of work > [noun] > spell of work or duty > other types of shift day shift1842 dayside1899 graveyard shift1907 multiple shift1921 twilight shift1970 late1975 1907 Collier's 26 Jan. 14/1 From the saloons came the clink of the chips. For it was the ‘grave~yard gamblers’ shift... The small hours of the morning..are theirs. 1908 Sat. Evening Post (Philadelphia) 7 Nov. 27/2 A month later he and his fellows went on ‘graveyard’ shift. ‘Graveyard’ is the interval between twelve, midnight, and eight in the morning. 1965 ‘E. McBain’ Doll (1966) ii. 22 The afternoon shift is from four p.m. to midnight. And the graveyard shift is midnight to eight a.m. graveyard watch n. (see quots.). ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > [noun] > crew > watch > period of a watch > specific morning watch1598 dogwatch1657 dog1893 graveyard watch1927 1927 G. Bradford Gloss. Sea Terms 76/1 Graveyard watch, the middle watch or 12 to 4 a.m., because of the number of disasters that occur at this time. 1929 Papers Michigan Acad. Sci., Arts & Lett. 10 297 Graveyard watch, the watch from midnight till 4 a.m., so called on account of the silence throughout the ship. 1933 J. H. McCulloch Million Miles in Sail vii. 125 Without this arrangement..the ‘graveyard watch’—or..the middle watch..would fall to the lot of the same men each night. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1767
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