单词 | kitchen ground |
释义 | > as lemmaskitchen ground C2. As a modifier designating a piece of land surrounding the kitchen, or in which kitchen produce is grown, as in kitchen ground, kitchen yard, kitchen plot. See also kitchen garden n. ΚΠ 1376–8 in F. G. Davenport Econ. Devel. of Norfolk Manor (1906) p. i (MED) De iiii s. de firma pasturae et fructus gardini manerii et herbagii de Pondyerd et Kecheneyerd. 1683 J. Reid Scots Gard'ner v. 22 In your Kitchen-plots, & in Nurseries for Trees, plant no Trees through the ground: for when they grow up, they cover and choak the ground. 1712 J. James tr. A.-J. Dézallier d'Argenville Theory & Pract. Gardening 3 These make the Perfection of the Art of Gardening..to consist in a Kitchen-Ground. 1843 H. Martineau Hill & Valley (new ed.) 50 Another portion of his garden was half kitchen-plot. 1999 Internat. Jrnl. Hist. Archaeol. 3 40 Residences were usually surrounded by stable yards, kitchen grounds, nut grounds, orchards, and farmyards, and by such features as fish ponds and dovecotes. 2014 D. Barber Third Plate xxvii. 344 Ill-suited to roller milling, it was mostly grown in small kitchen plots and ground by hand. < as lemmas |
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