marl-pitn.

Brit.

/ˈmɑːlpɪt/, U.S.

/ˈmɑrlˌpɪt/

Forms: see marl n.¹ and pit n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: marl n.¹, pit n.¹

Etymology: < marl n.¹ + pit n.¹ Compare post-classical Latin marleputtus (c1260 in a British source), and Middle Dutch marleput (1354; Dutch regional (West Flanders) maarlput, Dutch mergelput).Attested earliest as part of minor place names and topographical surnames. Compare also earlier use as a field name, Merleput (Ormesby St Margaret with Scratby and Ormesby St Michael, Norfolk; 1220; now lost).

A pit from which marl is dug.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > workplace > places where raw materials are extracted > [noun] > other materials

marl-pit1272

gravel pitc1440

flint-pit1891

1272 in J. E. B. Gover et al. Place-names Surrey (1934) 364 Le Gretmarleput.

1280 in M. T. Löfvenberg Stud. Middle Eng. Local Surnames (1942) 128 (MED) Jul. Atte Murleput.

c1300 in W. W. Capes Charters & Rec. Hereford Cathedral (1908) 172 (MED) Quidem acra..extendit se a via que dicitur le Merswey usque ad le Marleput.

c1390 G. Chaucer Miller's Tale 3460 He was in a marle pit yfalle.

Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 327 Marlpytte, or chalke pytte, cretarium.

a1552 J. Leland Itinerary (1711) V. 75 Sum [pools] be likelyhod have begon of Marle Pittes.

1640 J. Fletcher & J. Shirley Night-walker iii. sig. E4 Or shall I drive her..over some rotton bridge, Or by a Marle pit side.

1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry (1721) I. 294 Carps delight in Marlpits.

1775 S. Neville Diary 10 Oct. (1950) x. 232 It was found in a marl-pit in 1771—the horns of two deer, which they had entangled so..that they could not disengage themselves.

1868 W. Peard Pract. Water-farming xv. 158 Old marl or gravel-pits.

1871 ‘G. Eliot’ Middlemarch (1872) I. xii. 180 Little details gave each field a particular physiognomy.., the sudden slope of the old marl-pit making a red background for the burdock.

1906 R. Kipling Puck of Pook's Hill 196 An old marlpit full of black water, where weepy, hairy moss hangs round the stumps of the willows and alders.

1951 Sport 16–22 Mar. 12/3 Eyes of visiting players and officials will widen with wonderment..at the magnificent stadium which is rising phoenix-like on the site of an old marl pit.

1993 Guardian 22 June i. 19/1 Every field had its marl-pit, sometimes there were two or three together depending on the acreage involved.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	marl-pit
释义	marl-pitn. Brit. /ˈmɑːlpɪt/, U.S. /ˈmɑrlˌpɪt/ Forms: see marl n.¹ and pit n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: marl n.¹, pit n.¹ Etymology: < marl n.¹ + pit n.¹ Compare post-classical Latin marleputtus (c1260 in a British source), and Middle Dutch marleput (1354; Dutch regional (West Flanders) maarlput, Dutch mergelput).Attested earliest as part of minor place names and topographical surnames. Compare also earlier use as a field name, Merleput (Ormesby St Margaret with Scratby and Ormesby St Michael, Norfolk; 1220; now lost). A pit from which marl is dug. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > workplace > places where raw materials are extracted > [noun] > other materials marl-pit1272 gravel pitc1440 flint-pit1891 1272 in J. E. B. Gover et al. Place-names Surrey (1934) 364 Le Gretmarleput. 1280 in M. T. Löfvenberg Stud. Middle Eng. Local Surnames (1942) 128 (MED) Jul. Atte Murleput. c1300 in W. W. Capes Charters & Rec. Hereford Cathedral (1908) 172 (MED) Quidem acra..extendit se a via que dicitur le Merswey usque ad le Marleput. c1390 G. Chaucer Miller's Tale 3460 He was in a marle pit yfalle. Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 327 Marlpytte, or chalke pytte, cretarium. a1552 J. Leland Itinerary (1711) V. 75 Sum [pools] be likelyhod have begon of Marle Pittes. 1640 J. Fletcher & J. Shirley Night-walker iii. sig. E4 Or shall I drive her..over some rotton bridge, Or by a Marle pit side. 1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry (1721) I. 294 Carps delight in Marlpits. 1775 S. Neville Diary 10 Oct. (1950) x. 232 It was found in a marl-pit in 1771—the horns of two deer, which they had entangled so..that they could not disengage themselves. 1868 W. Peard Pract. Water-farming xv. 158 Old marl or gravel-pits. 1871 ‘G. Eliot’ Middlemarch (1872) I. xii. 180 Little details gave each field a particular physiognomy.., the sudden slope of the old marl-pit making a red background for the burdock. 1906 R. Kipling Puck of Pook's Hill 196 An old marlpit full of black water, where weepy, hairy moss hangs round the stumps of the willows and alders. 1951 Sport 16–22 Mar. 12/3 Eyes of visiting players and officials will widen with wonderment..at the magnificent stadium which is rising phoenix-like on the site of an old marl pit. 1993 Guardian 22 June i. 19/1 Every field had its marl-pit, sometimes there were two or three together depending on the acreage involved. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1272
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