单词 | house lot |
释义 | house lotn. Originally and chiefly North American. In early use: a plot or portion of land assigned by the governing body to a particular owner for building a house on. In later use: a piece of land suitable for building a house on; a building plot. Cf. home lot n., homestead n. 2b. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > [noun] > site of or for (a) building(s) > of type of building housesteadOE burghal division1591 house lot1636 shop lot1816 town site1818 homesite1911 the mind > possession > possessions > [noun] > real or immovable property > land > a piece of land > large enough for a house and its surroundings house lot1636 in-lot1779 1636 in Springfield (Mass.) Rec. (1898) I. 156 Every inhabitant shall have a convenient proportion for a house lott as we shall see meette for every one quality and estate. 1651 J. Wilson Let. 27 Oct. in Strength out of Weakness (1652) 17 They have laid out three long faire streets there,..and have severall house-lots apportioned severally to every one..and they are building English houses for themselves. 1706 Prop. Rec. Cambr., Mass. (1896) 227 The said piece of Land be and shall be from time to time improved by him..for a house Lott or home Stead to Build upon. 1795 J. Sullivan Hist. Maine 188 The house lots were all lotted for, except such as were allowed to be pitched by the old proprietors. 1827 S. Rodman in B. Swan New Bedford in 1827 (1935) 8 Occupied most of the day at my house lot. 1842 R. W. Emerson Conservative in Nature, Ess. & Lect. on Times (1844) 100 ‘Touch any wood, or field, or house-lot, on your peril’, cry all the gentlemen of this world. 1898 Times 6 Apr. 14/2 A portion of the estate over three acres in extent, and immediately adjoining the house lot, can be bought for $35,000. 1934 Science New Ser. 7 Dec. 511/2 Let us plan our own house lot to secure the optimum use of the land available. 1977 Audubon Jan. 75/3 The real estate developers who have been converting the Richelieu floodplain into houselots, and..the unfortunate homeowners who have been their innocent victims. 2006 Houston Chron. (Nexis) 3 Aug. 6 With house lots now being paved, the eighth and newest village of The Woodlands is on track to open in 2007. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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