leavewayn.

Brit.

/ˈliːvweɪ/, U.S.

/ˈlivˌweɪ/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: leave n.¹, way n.¹

Etymology: < leave n.¹ + way n.¹ With sense 2 compare leeway n.

†1. A tramway or railway laid simply by arrangement with affected landowners. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

1870 Railway News 3 Dec. 650/2 He had to make the best terms he could with his neighbours, and, therefore, as their leave was a necessary condition of the undertaking, the roads so made were called ‘leaveways’. These leaveways were numerous in the neighbourhood of the Northumberland collieries 200 years ago.

2. A degree of freedom; scope, leeway.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > freedom of action or from restraint > [noun] > scope or free opportunity

roomeOE

leisure1303

libertyc1425

free chase1467

scope1534

roomtha1540

swinge1542

swing1584

blank charter1593

freedom1623

field1639

play1641

free agencya1646

range1793

expatiationa1848

leaveway1890

open slather1919

headroom1932

1890 Theatre 3 May 428/1 It gives leaveway for the imagination to continue the dream which lay in the piece.

1912 Jrnl. Adv. Therapeutics 30 103 Let the patient choose the hour which is most convenient, but it must always be the same hour day after day, not even a leave-way of fifteen minutes may be tolerated.

1934 Jrnl. Bar Assoc. Kansas Aug. 93 When he fixed the minimum with leaveway for abstracts requiring more work the offerer said he could get them done for $7.50.

2007 S. E. Granville Cry of Nurse 68 Set up your rules and don't deviate from them. You can give them some leaveway, but always put your limit up.

3. Encouragement, incentive; permission. Now chiefly U.S. (in African-American usage).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > courage > encouragement > [noun]

fosteringc1230

comfortingc1320

recomforting1487

emboldening1503

emboldishment1512

heartening1534

encouragement1550

encouraging1578

flushing1775

inspiriting1846

leaveway1913

society > authority > lack of subjection > permission > [noun] > permission to act

powerc1300

permission1425

leaveway1913

1913 T. E. Lawrence Let. 29 Sept. (1938) 157 They half suggested a royalty of a pound a head a day, as leave-way to dig.

1958 J. M. Brewer Dog Ghosts 56 Lissen heah, if'n dat red toro yo' boss-man own be's so fine, huccome you don' gib us leaveway to see 'im?

1958 L. Sparks in J. M. Brewer Dog Ghosts & Word of Brazos 63 When she fuss staa't to gibin' dis young man leaveway to come to see her, she kinda careful 'bout hidin' what she doin'.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	leaveway
释义	leavewayn. Brit. /ˈliːvweɪ/, U.S. /ˈlivˌweɪ/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: leave n.¹, way n.¹ Etymology: < leave n.¹ + way n.¹ With sense 2 compare leeway n. †1. A tramway or railway laid simply by arrangement with affected landowners. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1870 Railway News 3 Dec. 650/2 He had to make the best terms he could with his neighbours, and, therefore, as their leave was a necessary condition of the undertaking, the roads so made were called ‘leaveways’. These leaveways were numerous in the neighbourhood of the Northumberland collieries 200 years ago. 2. A degree of freedom; scope, leeway. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > freedom of action or from restraint > [noun] > scope or free opportunity roomeOE leisure1303 libertyc1425 free chase1467 scope1534 roomtha1540 swinge1542 swing1584 blank charter1593 freedom1623 field1639 play1641 free agencya1646 range1793 expatiationa1848 leaveway1890 open slather1919 headroom1932 1890 Theatre 3 May 428/1 It gives leaveway for the imagination to continue the dream which lay in the piece. 1912 Jrnl. Adv. Therapeutics 30 103 Let the patient choose the hour which is most convenient, but it must always be the same hour day after day, not even a leave-way of fifteen minutes may be tolerated. 1934 Jrnl. Bar Assoc. Kansas Aug. 93 When he fixed the minimum with leaveway for abstracts requiring more work the offerer said he could get them done for $7.50. 2007 S. E. Granville Cry of Nurse 68 Set up your rules and don't deviate from them. You can give them some leaveway, but always put your limit up. 3. Encouragement, incentive; permission. Now chiefly U.S. (in African-American usage). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > courage > encouragement > [noun] fosteringc1230 comfortingc1320 recomforting1487 emboldening1503 emboldishment1512 heartening1534 encouragement1550 encouraging1578 flushing1775 inspiriting1846 leaveway1913 society > authority > lack of subjection > permission > [noun] > permission to act powerc1300 permission1425 leaveway1913 1913 T. E. Lawrence Let. 29 Sept. (1938) 157 They half suggested a royalty of a pound a head a day, as leave-way to dig. 1958 J. M. Brewer Dog Ghosts 56 Lissen heah, if'n dat red toro yo' boss-man own be's so fine, huccome you don' gib us leaveway to see 'im? 1958 L. Sparks in J. M. Brewer Dog Ghosts & Word of Brazos 63 When she fuss staa't to gibin' dis young man leaveway to come to see her, she kinda careful 'bout hidin' what she doin'. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1870
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