high-centredhigh-centeredadj.
/hʌɪˈsɛntəd/, U.S. /ˌhaɪˈsɛn(t)ərd/ 1. Having a high centre (in various senses).
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1847 J. Thorne Rambles by Rivers I. xii. 179 We will now cross over the river by means of Kew bridge—a substantial high-centred structure, erected..in the last century.
1893 Amer. Gardening Apr. 237/1 Flowers above medium size, full and high centered.
1954 O. Riddle Unleashing Evol. Thought vii. 161 This confusion is so widespread and high-centered that it constitutes an indictment of much of higher education almost everywhere.
1974 Environmental Conservation 1 57/2 A second transect in an area of high-centred polygons..exhibited less than 2% differences in total thaw by season's end.
2013 Ballarat (Austral.) Courier (Nexis) 16 Feb. 121 Admire the charming homes that line the streets with their bright-wooden facades, coloured shutters, high-centred gables and multiple storeys.
2. Originally and chiefly U.S.
a. Of a narrow (dirt) road or track: having a ridge along its centre, formed as ruts are worn away on either side; characterized by such ridges. Cf. high centre n.
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1906 Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. 21 Apr. 1173/2 It [sc. the automobile] should be high enough from the ground..to clear obstacles, such as large stones and high centered roads.
1979 Road & Track Nov. 77/2 Moving over rough ground on a high-centered track can result in considerable nerve-wracking graunches as the vehicle squats down on its suspension.
2010 D. W. Messersmith Kingman v. 66 (caption) The..car is a White-brand automobile specially equipped with 42-inch tires to allow it to navigate the high-centered roads of the time.
b. Of a vehicle: stuck fast by its chassis on a high centre (high centre n.), uneven ground, or on any obstacle on the road, track, etc., with the wheels raised off the ground or unable to gain traction. Now also figurative.
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1937 Emporia (Kansas) Gaz. 2 Nov. 2/7 It is thought the culprits got it high centered, for marks showed that the wheels had been spun.
1954 Bakersfield Californian 24 May 20/5 She recovered consciousness sometime later to find her car ‘high-centered’ on a sand ridge.
1992 Lethbridge (Alberta) Herald 16 May c6/4 One of the hardest jobs in the world is kneeling in the snow trying to dig out a high-centred vehicle.
2001 Associated Press State & Local Wire (Nexis) 17 May Democrats don't want to give Republicans big concessions... And so they stay high-centered.
2013 S. C. Hammond Lessons of Lost vi. 108 He pulled the jack out of the trunk and placed it under the high-centered car.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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