infieldn.adv.

Brit.

/ˈɪnfiːld/, U.S.

/ˈɪnˌfild/

Forms: Also in-field.

Etymology: < in adv. + field n.¹

A. n.

a. The land of a farm which lies around or near the homestead, as opposed to the outlying parts, which are usually on higher ground and may consist of moorland; hence, arable land as opposed to pasture; land regularly manured and cropped. infield and outfield, a system of husbandry which confines manuring and tillage to the infield land.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > [noun] > systems of cultivation

round tilth1723

infield and outfield1733

terrace1796

superculture1835

terrace-cultivation1860

terrace-culture1863

conservation tillage1897

monoculture1901

strip farming1913

polyculture1915

sailab1916

shifting cultivation1922

strip-cultivation1932

shifting agriculture1934

strip-cropping1936

podu1938

contour terracing1939

strip system1954

swiddening1971

monocropping1974

the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > [noun] > outlying or inlying land

inland1473

outfield1542

infield1733

home ground1750

back forty1936

the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > [noun] > enclosed land or field > infield or outfield

townland1509

outfield1676

infield1733

infold1861

outfold1861

1733 P. Lindsay Interest Scotl. 37 When we break up one Field for Tillage, if we left out another for Hay or Pasture in good Condition, the unfrugal Practice of Outfield and Infield would be at an End, every Part of a Farm would in its Turn produce equally plentiful Crops of Grain or Grass.

1762 A. Dickson Treat. Agric. i. xiii. 101 The arable land in Scotland is divided into infield and outfield. The infield is the land upon which, from time immemorial, the whole dung made in the farm has been laid.

1820 W. Scott Monastery I. i. 83 The part of the Township properly arable, and kept as such continually under the plough, was called in-field.

1848 A. Hepburn in Hist. Berwickshire Naturalists' Club 2 No. 6. 272 The wretched system of agriculture, called infield and outfield, which prevailed throughout the greater part of last century.

1856 F. L. Olmsted Journey Slave States 270 The cultivated land was divided into ‘in-fields’ and ‘out-fields’; the former, being those nearest the central establishment, received all the manure that was made, and were planted with tobacco.

1903 New York Sun 1 Nov. 10 His car was seen to swerve suddenly and dive through the heavy fence of the infield.

b. attributive, as infield corn, infield ground, infield land. (This was probably the original use.)

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the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > [adjective] > inlying or outlying land

in-town1538

infield corn1606

outfield1823

1606 Sc. Acts Jas. VI c. 8 (Jam.) The croft infield corne [to be teynded] at ane tyme, the beere at ane vther tyme, and the outfield corne at the third tyme.

1762 A. Dickson Treat. Agric. iv. iii. 406 All land called infield land, has a mixture of this kind of soil in its composition.

1791 Act 31 Geo. III c. 92 (title) An Act for..inclosing a certain large open Tract of Land within the Manor of Holy Island..and for extinguishing the Right of Common upon the ancient Infield Lands within the said Island.

a1800 in Edinb. Rev. 168 196 The rich infield ground produced spontaneously rib-grass, white, yellow, and red clover.

1820 W. Scott Monastery II. i. 6 There was but a trifling quantity of arable or infield land attached to it.

2. A field adjacent to the farmhouse or grange; a home field.

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the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > [noun] > enclosed land or field > other fields

broom-fieldc1314

summer field1597

roughet1616

share acre1641

work field1684

town park1701

tath-field1753

town1822

gas field1833

summer country1860

broom-croft1871

infield1875

1875 G. W. Dasent Vikings II. 165 As they left the in-fields, near the grange [etc.].

3. Baseball.

a. That part of the field enclosed within the base-lines; the diamond.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > baseball > baseball ground > [noun] > ground where fielders stand

field1848

short field1856

left field1857

right field1857

infield1867

outfield1868

1867 H. Chadwick Base Ball Player's Bk. Reference 138 The In-Field.—That portion of the field within the base lines.

1912 C. Mathewson Pitching in Pinch ii. 23 Devoe beat out an infield hit.

1970 New Yorker 3 Oct. 32/1 Soon there will be nobody around who remembers muddy infields.

b. The four fielders placed on the boundaries of the in-field, i.e. the three base-men and the short-stop.

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > characteristics of team ball games > [noun] > players or positions

wing-back1734

goalkeeper1789

outfielder1855

quarter1857

centre fielder1865

outfield1867

quarterback1867

right1867

centre1868

left wing1871

left-back1873

left half-back1873

centre forward1874

left-centre1877

right-centre1877

centre back1878

centre half-back1879

forward1879

back1880

right wing1880

right half-back1881

goaltender1882

right-winger1882

wing1882

centre half1884

left winger1884

inside1886

half1887

custodian1888

left half1888

midfielder1888

left wing1889

right half1889

centreman1890

midfield1890

outside right1890

outfieldsman1891

goalie1894

winger1896

infield1897

inside forward1897

inside right1897

outside forward1897

outside1898

outside left1900

rearguard1904

pivot1911

wing-man1942

keeper1957

link1958

linkman1963

midfield1976

1897 Earl of Suffolk et al. Encycl. Sport I. 76/1 Short Stop..is also called upon to back up all the positions of the in-field.

1906 Spalding's Base Ball Guide 15 The ‘infield’ team comprising the three base players and short stop.

4. Cricket.

a. The part of the playing area near the wicket; collective, the fieldsmen stationed there (as opposed to the outfield n.).

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > cricket ground > [noun] > parts of field

long field1828

leg1833

silly point1862

deep field1870

country1878

infield1898

the deep1906

rough1952

1898 G. Giffen With Bat & Ball vii. 99 In the in-field the soil had been well watered and was fairly hard... But what of the out-field?

1954 A. G. Moyes Austral. Batsmen iii. 46 Few bowlers..relish seeing the ball flying back over their heads, forcing them to weaken the in-field to stop the fours.

1960 E. W. Swanton W. Indies Revisited vii. 167 May's in-field was spread so deep for Sobers as to invite him to take a single almost anywhere.

b. = infieldsman n.

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > cricketer > [noun] > fielder > fielders by position

middle wicket1772

long-stop1773

second stop1773

stop1773

long fieldsman1790

long field?1801

third man1801

outscout1805

leg1816

point1816

slip1816

backstop1819

long fielder1835

long leg1835

long field off1837

short leg1843

square leg1849

cover-point1850

long-stopper1851

middle-off1851

cover-slip1854

long off1854

left fielder1860

short square1860

mid-off1865

extra cover (point)1867

deep-fielder1870

mid-on1870

cover1897

leg trap1897

infield1898

deep field1900

slipper1903

slip fieldsman1906

midwicket1909

infieldsman1910

slip-catcher1920

infielder1927

leg slip1956

1898 G. Giffen With Bat & Ball xi. 188 He is a brilliant in-field.

5. U.S. The area enclosed by a race-track. Also attributive.

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > horse racing > racecourse > [noun] > parts of

rail1830

stretch1895

outer1915

infield1923

1923 E. Hemingway Three Stories & Ten Poems 36 You could see them [sc. horses] way off across the infield all in a bunch starting on the first swing like a lot of little toy horses.

1929 E. Hemingway Farewell to Arms xx. 138 We..walked across the infield and then across the smooth thick turf of the course to the paddock.

1934 in B. A. Botkin Treasury Southern Folklore (1949) ii. iv. 404 His cry is echoed by a mighty ‘They're off’ from the packed stands and the infield crowd.

1934 in B. A. Botkin Treasury Southern Folklore (1949) ii. iv. 407 They buried Black Gold there in the infield of the track.

1966 Publ. Amer. Dial. Soc. 1964 xlii. 6 Infield, area inside the racing course.

B. adv.

In or towards the centre of a playing-field.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > place for sports or games > [adverb] > in or towards centre of field

infield1959

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > characteristics of team ball games > [adverb] > part of playing area

onside1871

midfield1883

upfield1951

infield1959

onsides1962

1959 Times 18 Feb. 5/1 Evans..came infield and burst through the centre.

1960 V. Jenkins Lions Down Under viii. 116 A brilliant try by Malcolm Thomas, who ran down the touch-line..before cutting in-field to touch down under the posts.

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

单词	infield
释义	infieldn.adv. Brit. /ˈɪnfiːld/, U.S. /ˈɪnˌfild/ Forms: Also in-field. Etymology: < in adv. + field n.¹ A. n. 1. a. The land of a farm which lies around or near the homestead, as opposed to the outlying parts, which are usually on higher ground and may consist of moorland; hence, arable land as opposed to pasture; land regularly manured and cropped. infield and outfield, a system of husbandry which confines manuring and tillage to the infield land. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > [noun] > systems of cultivation round tilth1723 infield and outfield1733 terrace1796 superculture1835 terrace-cultivation1860 terrace-culture1863 conservation tillage1897 monoculture1901 strip farming1913 polyculture1915 sailab1916 shifting cultivation1922 strip-cultivation1932 shifting agriculture1934 strip-cropping1936 podu1938 contour terracing1939 strip system1954 swiddening1971 monocropping1974 the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > [noun] > outlying or inlying land inland1473 outfield1542 infield1733 home ground1750 back forty1936 the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > [noun] > enclosed land or field > infield or outfield townland1509 outfield1676 infield1733 infold1861 outfold1861 1733 P. Lindsay Interest Scotl. 37 When we break up one Field for Tillage, if we left out another for Hay or Pasture in good Condition, the unfrugal Practice of Outfield and Infield would be at an End, every Part of a Farm would in its Turn produce equally plentiful Crops of Grain or Grass. 1762 A. Dickson Treat. Agric. i. xiii. 101 The arable land in Scotland is divided into infield and outfield. The infield is the land upon which, from time immemorial, the whole dung made in the farm has been laid. 1820 W. Scott Monastery I. i. 83 The part of the Township properly arable, and kept as such continually under the plough, was called in-field. 1848 A. Hepburn in Hist. Berwickshire Naturalists' Club 2 No. 6. 272 The wretched system of agriculture, called infield and outfield, which prevailed throughout the greater part of last century. 1856 F. L. Olmsted Journey Slave States 270 The cultivated land was divided into ‘in-fields’ and ‘out-fields’; the former, being those nearest the central establishment, received all the manure that was made, and were planted with tobacco. 1903 New York Sun 1 Nov. 10 His car was seen to swerve suddenly and dive through the heavy fence of the infield. b. attributive, as infield corn, infield ground, infield land. (This was probably the original use.) ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > [adjective] > inlying or outlying land in-town1538 infield corn1606 outfield1823 1606 Sc. Acts Jas. VI c. 8 (Jam.) The croft infield corne [to be teynded] at ane tyme, the beere at ane vther tyme, and the outfield corne at the third tyme. 1762 A. Dickson Treat. Agric. iv. iii. 406 All land called infield land, has a mixture of this kind of soil in its composition. 1791 Act 31 Geo. III c. 92 (title) An Act for..inclosing a certain large open Tract of Land within the Manor of Holy Island..and for extinguishing the Right of Common upon the ancient Infield Lands within the said Island. a1800 in Edinb. Rev. 168 196 The rich infield ground produced spontaneously rib-grass, white, yellow, and red clover. 1820 W. Scott Monastery II. i. 6 There was but a trifling quantity of arable or infield land attached to it. 2. A field adjacent to the farmhouse or grange; a home field. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > [noun] > enclosed land or field > other fields broom-fieldc1314 summer field1597 roughet1616 share acre1641 work field1684 town park1701 tath-field1753 town1822 gas field1833 summer country1860 broom-croft1871 infield1875 1875 G. W. Dasent Vikings II. 165 As they left the in-fields, near the grange [etc.]. 3. Baseball. a. That part of the field enclosed within the base-lines; the diamond. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > baseball > baseball ground > [noun] > ground where fielders stand field1848 short field1856 left field1857 right field1857 infield1867 outfield1868 1867 H. Chadwick Base Ball Player's Bk. Reference 138 The In-Field.—That portion of the field within the base lines. 1912 C. Mathewson Pitching in Pinch ii. 23 Devoe beat out an infield hit. 1970 New Yorker 3 Oct. 32/1 Soon there will be nobody around who remembers muddy infields. b. The four fielders placed on the boundaries of the in-field, i.e. the three base-men and the short-stop. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > characteristics of team ball games > [noun] > players or positions wing-back1734 goalkeeper1789 outfielder1855 quarter1857 centre fielder1865 outfield1867 quarterback1867 right1867 centre1868 left wing1871 left-back1873 left half-back1873 centre forward1874 left-centre1877 right-centre1877 centre back1878 centre half-back1879 forward1879 back1880 right wing1880 right half-back1881 goaltender1882 right-winger1882 wing1882 centre half1884 left winger1884 inside1886 half1887 custodian1888 left half1888 midfielder1888 left wing1889 right half1889 centreman1890 midfield1890 outside right1890 outfieldsman1891 goalie1894 winger1896 infield1897 inside forward1897 inside right1897 outside forward1897 outside1898 outside left1900 rearguard1904 pivot1911 wing-man1942 keeper1957 link1958 linkman1963 midfield1976 1897 Earl of Suffolk et al. Encycl. Sport I. 76/1 Short Stop..is also called upon to back up all the positions of the in-field. 1906 Spalding's Base Ball Guide 15 The ‘infield’ team comprising the three base players and short stop. 4. Cricket. a. The part of the playing area near the wicket; collective, the fieldsmen stationed there (as opposed to the outfield n.). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > cricket ground > [noun] > parts of field long field1828 leg1833 silly point1862 deep field1870 country1878 infield1898 the deep1906 rough1952 1898 G. Giffen With Bat & Ball vii. 99 In the in-field the soil had been well watered and was fairly hard... But what of the out-field? 1954 A. G. Moyes Austral. Batsmen iii. 46 Few bowlers..relish seeing the ball flying back over their heads, forcing them to weaken the in-field to stop the fours. 1960 E. W. Swanton W. Indies Revisited vii. 167 May's in-field was spread so deep for Sobers as to invite him to take a single almost anywhere. b. = infieldsman n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > cricketer > [noun] > fielder > fielders by position middle wicket1772 long-stop1773 second stop1773 stop1773 long fieldsman1790 long field?1801 third man1801 outscout1805 leg1816 point1816 slip1816 backstop1819 long fielder1835 long leg1835 long field off1837 short leg1843 square leg1849 cover-point1850 long-stopper1851 middle-off1851 cover-slip1854 long off1854 left fielder1860 short square1860 mid-off1865 extra cover (point)1867 deep-fielder1870 mid-on1870 cover1897 leg trap1897 infield1898 deep field1900 slipper1903 slip fieldsman1906 midwicket1909 infieldsman1910 slip-catcher1920 infielder1927 leg slip1956 1898 G. Giffen With Bat & Ball xi. 188 He is a brilliant in-field. 5. U.S. The area enclosed by a race-track. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > horse racing > racecourse > [noun] > parts of rail1830 stretch1895 outer1915 infield1923 1923 E. Hemingway Three Stories & Ten Poems 36 You could see them [sc. horses] way off across the infield all in a bunch starting on the first swing like a lot of little toy horses. 1929 E. Hemingway Farewell to Arms xx. 138 We..walked across the infield and then across the smooth thick turf of the course to the paddock. 1934 in B. A. Botkin Treasury Southern Folklore (1949) ii. iv. 404 His cry is echoed by a mighty ‘They're off’ from the packed stands and the infield crowd. 1934 in B. A. Botkin Treasury Southern Folklore (1949) ii. iv. 407 They buried Black Gold there in the infield of the track. 1966 Publ. Amer. Dial. Soc. 1964 xlii. 6 Infield, area inside the racing course. B. adv. In or towards the centre of a playing-field. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > place for sports or games > [adverb] > in or towards centre of field infield1959 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > characteristics of team ball games > [adverb] > part of playing area onside1871 midfield1883 upfield1951 infield1959 onsides1962 1959 Times 18 Feb. 5/1 Evans..came infield and burst through the centre. 1960 V. Jenkins Lions Down Under viii. 116 A brilliant try by Malcolm Thomas, who ran down the touch-line..before cutting in-field to touch down under the posts. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). infieldv. Etymology: < in- prefix³ + field n.¹ Compare impark.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: inˈfield. transitive. ‘To inclose, as a field’ (Webster, 1856). This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.adv.1606v.1856
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infieldn.adv.

infieldv.