middlewardn.

Brit.

/ˈmɪdlwəd/, U.S.

/ˈmɪd(ə)lwərd/

Forms: see middle adj. and ward n.²

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: middle adj., ward n.²

Etymology: < middle adj. + ward n.² Compare earlier foreward n.², rearward n.¹, and vantward n.

†1. The centrally placed of several wards of a town, county, etc., or of a prison. Formerly also: gen. the middle or central part of something. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > central condition or position > [noun] > middle or centre

middleeOE

mideOE

midwardOE

middleheada1325

pointc1330

midsa1382

meanc1390

middleward1431

midstc1450

centrea1500

centrya1535

navel1604

umbilic1607

meditullium1611

half-way1634

umbrila1636

amidst1664

eye1671

umbil1688

omphalos1845

mid-career1911

middle-middle1926

1431 in J. B. Paul Registrum Magni Sigilli Scotorum (1882) II. 43 Serjand..wythin the myddyll ward of Edynburgh.

tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Duke Humfrey) (1896) viii. 137 Al the rynde is for this no thyng fyne; Thenne oonly take the tender myddilwardes.

a1522 G. Douglas Aeneid (1959) x. v. 3 The moyn intill hyr waverand cart of nycht Held rollyng throw the hewynnys myddil ward.

a1540 (c1460) G. Hay tr. Bk. King Alexander 1957 As his brand into the middilwart brast.

1674 S. Speed Kings-bench Litany in Fragmenta Carceris sig. E4 From lying in the middle Ward; From Chambers that are lockt and bar'd;..Libera nos Domine.

1839 W. H. Ainsworth Jack Sheppard III. iii. xxix. 272 Jonathan had himself transported to Newgate, where he was carried into the Middle Ward.

1852 Southern Literary Messenger 18 266/1 The city being divided into three wards,..the engines of one extremity of the city are not permitted to go farther than the middle ward.

1866 D. Wingate Annie Weir & Other Poems 63 How he wooed, how he won, though the battle was hard, The bonniest lass in the whole Middle Ward.

2. The middle body of an army or a fleet; the middle part of a group of people.

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society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > part of army by position > [noun] > main body or middle

stalec1350

chivalry1382

rangale?a1400

middlewardc1440

battle1489

main battle1569

main-ward1570

centre1590

camp-royal1593

main body1595

grossc1600

battalia1613

battalion1653

centreline1774

c1440 (?a1400) Morte Arthure 2904 The ryalle renttes of þe rownde table..rydis them agaynes, Mellis with the medill-warde.

1577 R. Holinshed Chron. II. 1491/1 The Earle hymselfe ledde the middle warde.

1600 E. Fairfax tr. T. Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne xx. viii. 365 And to the middle ward well armd he brings His footemen strong, his horsemen serud for wings.

1665 T. Manley tr. H. Grotius De Rebus Belgicis 673 Three Battels..of which the Middleward being double fill'd the whole breadth of the Shore.

1722 W. Hamilton Life of Sir William Wallace ii. iii. 235 Glocester, he leads on the Army's Van, Longcastle, does the middleward Command.

1885 J. Ingelow Poems 17 The moving majesties Made Calais Roads, cast anchor, all their less In the middle ward; their greater ships outside.

1904 J. Payne Hamid the Luckless 14 A space apart from Hamid halted they And from the middleward of their array, A crownéd king rode forth.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	middleward
释义	middlewardn. Brit. /ˈmɪdlwəd/, U.S. /ˈmɪd(ə)lwərd/ Forms: see middle adj. and ward n.² Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: middle adj., ward n.² Etymology: < middle adj. + ward n.² Compare earlier foreward n.², rearward n.¹, and vantward n. †1. The centrally placed of several wards of a town, county, etc., or of a prison. Formerly also: gen. the middle or central part of something. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > central condition or position > [noun] > middle or centre middleeOE mideOE midwardOE middleheada1325 pointc1330 midsa1382 meanc1390 middleward1431 midstc1450 centrea1500 centrya1535 navel1604 umbilic1607 meditullium1611 half-way1634 umbrila1636 amidst1664 eye1671 umbil1688 omphalos1845 mid-career1911 middle-middle1926 1431 in J. B. Paul Registrum Magni Sigilli Scotorum (1882) II. 43 Serjand..wythin the myddyll ward of Edynburgh. tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Duke Humfrey) (1896) viii. 137 Al the rynde is for this no thyng fyne; Thenne oonly take the tender myddilwardes. a1522 G. Douglas Aeneid (1959) x. v. 3 The moyn intill hyr waverand cart of nycht Held rollyng throw the hewynnys myddil ward. a1540 (c1460) G. Hay tr. Bk. King Alexander 1957 As his brand into the middilwart brast. 1674 S. Speed Kings-bench Litany in Fragmenta Carceris sig. E4 From lying in the middle Ward; From Chambers that are lockt and bar'd;..Libera nos Domine. 1839 W. H. Ainsworth Jack Sheppard III. iii. xxix. 272 Jonathan had himself transported to Newgate, where he was carried into the Middle Ward. 1852 Southern Literary Messenger 18 266/1 The city being divided into three wards,..the engines of one extremity of the city are not permitted to go farther than the middle ward. 1866 D. Wingate Annie Weir & Other Poems 63 How he wooed, how he won, though the battle was hard, The bonniest lass in the whole Middle Ward. 2. The middle body of an army or a fleet; the middle part of a group of people. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > part of army by position > [noun] > main body or middle stalec1350 chivalry1382 rangale?a1400 middlewardc1440 battle1489 main battle1569 main-ward1570 centre1590 camp-royal1593 main body1595 grossc1600 battalia1613 battalion1653 centreline1774 c1440 (?a1400) Morte Arthure 2904 The ryalle renttes of þe rownde table..rydis them agaynes, Mellis with the medill-warde. 1577 R. Holinshed Chron. II. 1491/1 The Earle hymselfe ledde the middle warde. 1600 E. Fairfax tr. T. Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne xx. viii. 365 And to the middle ward well armd he brings His footemen strong, his horsemen serud for wings. 1665 T. Manley tr. H. Grotius De Rebus Belgicis 673 Three Battels..of which the Middleward being double fill'd the whole breadth of the Shore. 1722 W. Hamilton Life of Sir William Wallace ii. iii. 235 Glocester, he leads on the Army's Van, Longcastle, does the middleward Command. 1885 J. Ingelow Poems 17 The moving majesties Made Calais Roads, cast anchor, all their less In the middle ward; their greater ships outside. 1904 J. Payne Hamid the Luckless 14 A space apart from Hamid halted they And from the middleward of their array, A crownéd king rode forth. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1431
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