† hen mouldn.

Forms: see hen n.¹ and mould n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: hen n.¹, mould n.¹

Etymology: Apparently < hen n.¹ + mould n.¹, from a resemblance to earth on which chickens have been kept.

English regional (south midlands). Obsolete.

A kind of soil or earth, typically loosely consolidated and containing decaying organic matter. Eng. Dial. Dict. (at Hen sb.¹) records this as still in use in the late 19th cent.

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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > earth or soil > kind of earth or soil > [noun] > dark soil

black land1598

black soil1700

hen mould1712

mulatto land1741

mulatto soil1789

black cotton ground1804

mulatto loam1837

mulatto mould1838

black bottom1841

black turf1897

1712 J. Morton Nat. Hist. Northants. 37 Hen-mould..is of a much like Constitution to the Moory-Land above described. 'Tis a black, hollow, spungy, and mouldering Earth, which is usually found..at and nigh the Bottoms of Hills.

1808 T. Batchelor Gen. View Agric. County of Bedford i. 12 Those parts which are upon high ground, and yet have little or no descent, are frequently what are denominated woodlands, or hen-mould earth.

1848 Trans. N.-Y. State Agric. Soc. 1847 7 709 A gentleman farmer and myself put one of these ploughs to trial..upon a field of mixed soils, one end being a very strong clay, the other a black clay hen mould.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019).

单词	hen mould
释义	† hen mouldn. Forms: see hen n.¹ and mould n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: hen n.¹, mould n.¹ Etymology: Apparently < hen n.¹ + mould n.¹, from a resemblance to earth on which chickens have been kept. English regional (south midlands). Obsolete. A kind of soil or earth, typically loosely consolidated and containing decaying organic matter. Eng. Dial. Dict. (at Hen sb.¹) records this as still in use in the late 19th cent. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > earth or soil > kind of earth or soil > [noun] > dark soil black land1598 black soil1700 hen mould1712 mulatto land1741 mulatto soil1789 black cotton ground1804 mulatto loam1837 mulatto mould1838 black bottom1841 black turf1897 1712 J. Morton Nat. Hist. Northants. 37 Hen-mould..is of a much like Constitution to the Moory-Land above described. 'Tis a black, hollow, spungy, and mouldering Earth, which is usually found..at and nigh the Bottoms of Hills. 1808 T. Batchelor Gen. View Agric. County of Bedford i. 12 Those parts which are upon high ground, and yet have little or no descent, are frequently what are denominated woodlands, or hen-mould earth. 1848 Trans. N.-Y. State Agric. Soc. 1847 7 709 A gentleman farmer and myself put one of these ploughs to trial..upon a field of mixed soils, one end being a very strong clay, the other a black clay hen mould. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019). < n.1712
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