单词 | arbory |
释义 | † arboryn. Obsolete. 1. Growth of trees or shrubs; timber, wood, coppice. [ < Old French arboirie, ‘pousse d'arbres’ Godefroy.] ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > tree or woody plant > [noun] > collectively arbory1366 timber1792 tree-life1898 1366 Mandeville's Trav. xxiv. 256 In that Contree is but Lytille Arberye. c1440 Morte Arth. 3245 Enhorilde with arborye and alkyns trees. 2. = arbour n. [An assimilation of that to words in -ory suffix1, or -ry suffix. Compare also Italian arborata ‘an arbor or bowre of boughs or trees’ (Florio 1598), of which the French equivalent would be arborée.] ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > garden > division or part of garden > [noun] > arbour arboura1375 leveselc1386 harbour1505 summer house1519 bower1523 summer hall1583 arbory1588 pergola?1664 arborage1697 amphitheatre1715 tonnelle1861 bower eaves- 1588 T. Hariot Briefe Rep. Virginia sig. E2 Their houses are made of small poles..as is vsed in many arbories in our gardens. 1695 W. Kennett Parochial Antiq. ix. 610 Sheds or Arbories, made up with branches and boughs of trees. 3. A place where trees are cultivated; an orchard. [Apparently < Latin arbor after words like rectory, armory.] ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > cultivation of fruit > [noun] > orchard or fruit garden orchardOE arbour1377 pomaryc1390 orchat1499 fruit-yard1555 fruitery1609 tope1698 orcharding1721 arbory1792 huerta1838 1792 D. Lloyd Voy. Life 96 Yon celestial arbory, where fruits Ambrosial blush unfading tints. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2019). † arboryadj. Obsolete. rare. = arboreal adj. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > tree or woody plant > [adjective] treen1340 arbory1572 arboreous1646 arborical1655 arborary1656 arboral1657 arboreala1667 arborous1667 arborean1838 dendral1874 1572 J. Bossewell Wks. Armorie ii. f. 118v He beareth Azure, iij. Gees arborie Dargent. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < |
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