mattamoren.

Brit.

/ˈmatəmɔː/, U.S.

/ˈmædəˌmɔr/

Forms: 1600s matamorre, 1700s matamore, 1800s– matamora, 1800s– matamoro, 1900s– mattamore.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Arabic. Etymons: French matamore; Arabic maṭmūra.

Etymology: < French matamore (1617), †matamorre (in the passage translated in quot. 1695) and its etymon Arabic maṭmūra < ṭamara to cover up, bury. Compare massymore n.The form in quot. 1873 is unexplained. It has the form of Spanish matamoros braggart (the derivation of which frommatar to kill and moro Moor is suggestive), but the work cited has no other Spanish connections. N.E.D. (1905) gives the pronunciation as (mætămōə·ɹ) /mætəˈmɔə/.

Now rare.

In northern Africa and the Middle East: a storehouse, cistern, prison, etc., located underground.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > supply > storage > [noun] > place where anything is or may be stored > storehouse > of specific types

mattamore1695

favissa1736

pantechnicon1830

kura1880

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > other types of dwelling > [noun] > cave or underground dwelling

earth houseeOE

cavec1220

bikea1522

mattamore1695

subterranean1714

subterrane1759

yurt1780

weem1792

subterrene1793

ice cave1810

gibber-gunyah1847

dugout1855

fogou1864

abri1887

pit house1907

1695 P. Motteux tr. F. Pidou de St. Olon Present State Morocco 73 Lodging only in Matamorres or Subterraneous places.

1788 tr. M. Chenier Present State Morocco I. ii. xiii. 287 They leave stones heaped over the matamores as marks.

1873 H. B. Tristram Land of Moab vii. 123 Several very large domed cisterns or matamoros, which have been carefully cemented.

1927–9 H. Wheeler Waverley Children's Dict. V. 2705/2 The mattamore, often in the form of a domed cistern, is found in Eastern countries; it is sometimes walled with cement.

2002 W. S. Howard in D. L. Bowen & E. A. Early Everyday Life Muslim Middle East (ed. 2) xviii. 197 In the past, one type of communal or self-help activity was the construction of storage pits for grain, called matamora. The decline in grain production..has brought matamora construction to a halt in this area.

2004 Maghreb Rev. 29 87 In each temple was a mattamore, an underground storage bin (or granary).

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mattamore
释义	mattamoren. Brit. /ˈmatəmɔː/, U.S. /ˈmædəˌmɔr/ Forms: 1600s matamorre, 1700s matamore, 1800s– matamora, 1800s– matamoro, 1900s– mattamore. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Arabic. Etymons: French matamore; Arabic maṭmūra. Etymology: < French matamore (1617), †matamorre (in the passage translated in quot. 1695) and its etymon Arabic maṭmūra < ṭamara to cover up, bury. Compare massymore n.The form in quot. 1873 is unexplained. It has the form of Spanish matamoros braggart (the derivation of which frommatar to kill and moro Moor is suggestive), but the work cited has no other Spanish connections. N.E.D. (1905) gives the pronunciation as (mætămōə·ɹ) /mætəˈmɔə/. Now rare. In northern Africa and the Middle East: a storehouse, cistern, prison, etc., located underground. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > supply > storage > [noun] > place where anything is or may be stored > storehouse > of specific types mattamore1695 favissa1736 pantechnicon1830 kura1880 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > other types of dwelling > [noun] > cave or underground dwelling earth houseeOE cavec1220 bikea1522 mattamore1695 subterranean1714 subterrane1759 yurt1780 weem1792 subterrene1793 ice cave1810 gibber-gunyah1847 dugout1855 fogou1864 abri1887 pit house1907 1695 P. Motteux tr. F. Pidou de St. Olon Present State Morocco 73 Lodging only in Matamorres or Subterraneous places. 1788 tr. M. Chenier Present State Morocco I. ii. xiii. 287 They leave stones heaped over the matamores as marks. 1873 H. B. Tristram Land of Moab vii. 123 Several very large domed cisterns or matamoros, which have been carefully cemented. 1927–9 H. Wheeler Waverley Children's Dict. V. 2705/2 The mattamore, often in the form of a domed cistern, is found in Eastern countries; it is sometimes walled with cement. 2002 W. S. Howard in D. L. Bowen & E. A. Early Everyday Life Muslim Middle East (ed. 2) xviii. 197 In the past, one type of communal or self-help activity was the construction of storage pits for grain, called matamora. The decline in grain production..has brought matamora construction to a halt in this area. 2004 Maghreb Rev. 29 87 In each temple was a mattamore, an underground storage bin (or granary). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1695
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