Longshanksn.

Brit.

/ˈlɒŋʃaŋks/, U.S.

/ˈlɔŋˌʃæŋks/,

/ˈlɑŋˌʃæŋks/

Forms:

α. (In singular form) Middle English Langshank (northern), Middle English Longschank, Middle English Longschanke, Middle English Longschaunk, Middle English Longshanck, Middle English Longskank, 1500s–1600s Longshanke, 1500s– Longshank.

β. (In plural form) Middle English Longchankes, Middle English Longeschankes, Middle English Longschankes, Middle English Longschanks, Middle English–1600s Longshankes, 1500s Longshangkes, 1500s– Longshanks; also Scottish pre-1700 Langschankis, 1700s– Langshanks.

Also with lower-case initial.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: long adj.¹, shank n.

Etymology: In α. forms < long adj.¹ + shank n. In β. forms < long adj.¹ + the plural of shank n.With the application to King Edward I of England (see sense 1b) compare similar use of Anglo-Norman lunge jambes (a1350 or earlier):a1350 (c1300) Chron. P. de Langtoft (Royal 20 A.xi) 284 Lewelin..E David son frere, unt perdu manantie, Cil od le lunge jambes [sc. Edward I] de tut est seisie.Compare also the phrase with (the) long shanks used (earlier) as an epithet of the king:a1350 ( in R. H. Robbins Hist. Poems 14th & 15th Cent. (1959) 21 Tprot, scot, for þi strif! hang vp þyn hachet ant þi knyf, whil him lasteþ þe lyf wiþ þe longe shonkes.?1457 J. Hardyng Chron. (Lansd.) in Eng. Hist. Rev. (1912) 27 741 Ten men..boonde thaym..The iuggement to bide..Of kynge Edward, with longshankes by surnoun.a1538 A. Abell Roit or Quheill of Tyme f. 101, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Lang schankis Birnyng of the towne [etc.]..hes did his gudschir with the lang schankis.?a1556 Grey Friars Chron. in R. Howlett Monumenta Franciscana (1882) II. 149 Kynge Edward the furst, that was callyd kynge Edward with the longshangkes.

a. colloquial. (A nickname for) a tall or long-legged person.

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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > leg > [noun] > types of > person having

Longshanks1278

langbain?c1500

spindle-shank1602

spider-shanks1828

1278 in J. Jönsjö Stud. Middle Eng. Nicknames (1979) 119 Rob. Langshank.

1314 in J. Jönsjö Stud. Middle Eng. Nicknames (1979) 119 Ric. Longchankes.

1605 W. Camden Remaines 135 What is Fronte but Beetle-browed? Casius but Cattes-eies? Petus but Pink-eyed? Cocles One-eye, Naso Bottle-nose,..Uarus Bowlegged, Pedo Long-shankes.

1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Long-shanks, long-legged.

1719 Proc. Old Bailey 4 Dec. 5/1 He seeing the Prisoner going by, said there goes Long Legs, (or Long Shanks).

1788 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue (ed. 2) Long Shanks, a long-legged person.

1839 C. F. Briggs Adventures Harry Franco I. xxii. 236 All hands call him dismal Jerry, except Mike, the mast man, and he calls him Sergeant Longshanks.

1898 E. D. Kelley Four Girls at Cottage City (new ed.) xxiii. 335 All on account of that long-shanks!

1939 F. Thompson Lark Rise ii. 32 The two tamer children..would make a dash on their long stalky legs for their own garden gate followed by..cries of ‘Long-shanks! Cowardy, cowardy custards.’

1959 I. Opie & P. Opie Lore & Lang. Schoolchildren ix. 169 In the following [terms] the chief emphasis is on height, ‘Lofty’ being the most popular nickname, followed by ‘Longshanks’.

2011 Express (Nexis) 22 Oct. 19 As a longshanks himself, Child was always being asked to reach for things on supermarket shelves.

b. spec. As the epithet of Edward I, king of England (reigned 1272–1307).The account of the excavation of Edward's tomb cited in quot. 1775 reports that the length of the body was measured at 6 feet 2 inches (188 cm), which would have made him unusually tall for the period.

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c1450 John of Fordun Chronica Gentis Scotorum (1871) I. 402 Rex Edwardus Langschankis, pater istius Edwardi.

1569 R. Grafton Chron. I. 162 Edward the first of that name,..surnamed Longshanke, beyng of the age of xxxv yeres, began his reigne ouer Englande.

a1593 C. Marlowe Edward II (1594) sig. F3^v Great Edward Longshankes issue.

1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 342 Edward king of Jngland, frome his lang leggis called Langschankis.

1596 M. Drayton Mortimeriados sig. D1^v Great Lancaster..Canst thou thy oth to Longshanks thus forget?

a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Westm. 236 He was surnamed Longshanks, his step being another mans stride.

1775 J. Ayloffe Acct. Body King Edward First 12 How far the appellation of Long Shanks..was properly applicable, cannot be ascertained, since the length of the tibiæ could not be truly measured.

1840 R. H. Barham Grey Dolphin in Ingoldsby Legends 1st Ser. 97 The barge which carried Edward Longshanks and his fortunes.

1906 W. H. Schofield Eng. Lit. to Chaucer v. 281 An adventure of Edward Longshanks, which, it seems, was credited by his contemporaries.

2000 G. E. Haggerty et al. Gay Hist. & Cultures 267 Edward II..The son of Edward Longshanks and Eleanor of Castile.

2. A wading bird of the genus Himantopus; a stilt.Cf. long leg n. 2, long-legged plover n. at long-legged adj. Compounds.

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the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > [noun] > family Recurvirostridae > genus Himantopus (stilt)

Himantopus1753

long-legged plover1766

stilt-plover1779

Longshanks1804

stilt1831

tilt1831

stilt-bird1835

stilt-shank1852

1804 T. Bewick Hist. Brit. Birds II. 4 (heading) Long-legged plover. Long-shanks, or Long-leg.

1813 A. Wilson Amer. Ornithol. VII. 50 The name by which this bird is known on the sea coast is the Stilt, or Tilt, or Long-shanks.

1817 T. Forster Synoptical Catal. Brit. Birds 25 Charadrius himantopus, Longlegged Plover, Longshanks, or Longlegs.

1863 H. G. Adams Our Feathered Families 133 The Black-winged Stiltshank..also called the Stilt, the Longshank, or Longlegs, and Long-legged Plover.

1917 T. G. Pearson Birds Amer. I. 223 Black-necked Stilt..Longshanks.

2010 N. L. Jennings In Plain Sight vi. 185 Not surprisingly it is also known by the locally common names daddy-long-legs and longshanks.

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

单词	longshanks
释义	Longshanksn. Brit. /ˈlɒŋʃaŋks/, U.S. /ˈlɔŋˌʃæŋks/, /ˈlɑŋˌʃæŋks/ Forms: α. (In singular form) Middle English Langshank (northern), Middle English Longschank, Middle English Longschanke, Middle English Longschaunk, Middle English Longshanck, Middle English Longskank, 1500s–1600s Longshanke, 1500s– Longshank. β. (In plural form) Middle English Longchankes, Middle English Longeschankes, Middle English Longschankes, Middle English Longschanks, Middle English–1600s Longshankes, 1500s Longshangkes, 1500s– Longshanks; also Scottish pre-1700 Langschankis, 1700s– Langshanks. Also with lower-case initial. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: long adj.¹, shank n. Etymology: In α. forms < long adj.¹ + shank n. In β. forms < long adj.¹ + the plural of shank n.With the application to King Edward I of England (see sense 1b) compare similar use of Anglo-Norman lunge jambes (a1350 or earlier):a1350 (c1300) Chron. P. de Langtoft (Royal 20 A.xi) 284 Lewelin..E David son frere, unt perdu manantie, Cil od le lunge jambes [sc. Edward I] de tut est seisie.Compare also the phrase with (the) long shanks used (earlier) as an epithet of the king:a1350 ( in R. H. Robbins Hist. Poems 14th & 15th Cent. (1959) 21 Tprot, scot, for þi strif! hang vp þyn hachet ant þi knyf, whil him lasteþ þe lyf wiþ þe longe shonkes.?1457 J. Hardyng Chron. (Lansd.) in Eng. Hist. Rev. (1912) 27 741 Ten men..boonde thaym..The iuggement to bide..Of kynge Edward, with longshankes by surnoun.a1538 A. Abell Roit or Quheill of Tyme f. 101, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Lang schankis Birnyng of the towne [etc.]..hes did his gudschir with the lang schankis.?a1556 Grey Friars Chron. in R. Howlett Monumenta Franciscana (1882) II. 149 Kynge Edward the furst, that was callyd kynge Edward with the longshangkes. 1. a. colloquial. (A nickname for) a tall or long-legged person. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > leg > [noun] > types of > person having Longshanks1278 langbain?c1500 spindle-shank1602 spider-shanks1828 1278 in J. Jönsjö Stud. Middle Eng. Nicknames (1979) 119 Rob. Langshank. 1314 in J. Jönsjö Stud. Middle Eng. Nicknames (1979) 119 Ric. Longchankes. 1605 W. Camden Remaines 135 What is Fronte but Beetle-browed? Casius but Cattes-eies? Petus but Pink-eyed? Cocles One-eye, Naso Bottle-nose,..Uarus Bowlegged, Pedo Long-shankes. 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Long-shanks, long-legged. 1719 Proc. Old Bailey 4 Dec. 5/1 He seeing the Prisoner going by, said there goes Long Legs, (or Long Shanks). 1788 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue (ed. 2) Long Shanks, a long-legged person. 1839 C. F. Briggs Adventures Harry Franco I. xxii. 236 All hands call him dismal Jerry, except Mike, the mast man, and he calls him Sergeant Longshanks. 1898 E. D. Kelley Four Girls at Cottage City (new ed.) xxiii. 335 All on account of that long-shanks! 1939 F. Thompson Lark Rise ii. 32 The two tamer children..would make a dash on their long stalky legs for their own garden gate followed by..cries of ‘Long-shanks! Cowardy, cowardy custards.’ 1959 I. Opie & P. Opie Lore & Lang. Schoolchildren ix. 169 In the following [terms] the chief emphasis is on height, ‘Lofty’ being the most popular nickname, followed by ‘Longshanks’. 2011 Express (Nexis) 22 Oct. 19 As a longshanks himself, Child was always being asked to reach for things on supermarket shelves. b. spec. As the epithet of Edward I, king of England (reigned 1272–1307).The account of the excavation of Edward's tomb cited in quot. 1775 reports that the length of the body was measured at 6 feet 2 inches (188 cm), which would have made him unusually tall for the period. ΚΠ c1450 John of Fordun Chronica Gentis Scotorum (1871) I. 402 Rex Edwardus Langschankis, pater istius Edwardi. 1569 R. Grafton Chron. I. 162 Edward the first of that name,..surnamed Longshanke, beyng of the age of xxxv yeres, began his reigne ouer Englande. a1593 C. Marlowe Edward II (1594) sig. F3^v Great Edward Longshankes issue. 1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 342 Edward king of Jngland, frome his lang leggis called Langschankis. 1596 M. Drayton Mortimeriados sig. D1^v Great Lancaster..Canst thou thy oth to Longshanks thus forget? a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Westm. 236 He was surnamed Longshanks, his step being another mans stride. 1775 J. Ayloffe Acct. Body King Edward First 12 How far the appellation of Long Shanks..was properly applicable, cannot be ascertained, since the length of the tibiæ could not be truly measured. 1840 R. H. Barham Grey Dolphin in Ingoldsby Legends 1st Ser. 97 The barge which carried Edward Longshanks and his fortunes. 1906 W. H. Schofield Eng. Lit. to Chaucer v. 281 An adventure of Edward Longshanks, which, it seems, was credited by his contemporaries. 2000 G. E. Haggerty et al. Gay Hist. & Cultures 267 Edward II..The son of Edward Longshanks and Eleanor of Castile. 2. A wading bird of the genus Himantopus; a stilt.Cf. long leg n. 2, long-legged plover n. at long-legged adj. Compounds. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > [noun] > family Recurvirostridae > genus Himantopus (stilt) Himantopus1753 long-legged plover1766 stilt-plover1779 Longshanks1804 stilt1831 tilt1831 stilt-bird1835 stilt-shank1852 1804 T. Bewick Hist. Brit. Birds II. 4 (heading) Long-legged plover. Long-shanks, or Long-leg. 1813 A. Wilson Amer. Ornithol. VII. 50 The name by which this bird is known on the sea coast is the Stilt, or Tilt, or Long-shanks. 1817 T. Forster Synoptical Catal. Brit. Birds 25 Charadrius himantopus, Longlegged Plover, Longshanks, or Longlegs. 1863 H. G. Adams Our Feathered Families 133 The Black-winged Stiltshank..also called the Stilt, the Longshank, or Longlegs, and Long-legged Plover. 1917 T. G. Pearson Birds Amer. I. 223 Black-necked Stilt..Longshanks. 2010 N. L. Jennings In Plain Sight vi. 185 Not surprisingly it is also known by the locally common names daddy-long-legs and longshanks. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1278
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