mound-buildingn.

Brit.

/ˈmaʊndˌbɪldɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈmaʊn(d)ˌbɪldɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mound n.², building n.

Etymology: < mound n.² + building n. Compare earlier mound builder n.

The action of building mounds.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > building or constructing with other materials > [noun] > with clay or earth

pisé1797

mound-building1849

terre pisée1936

1849 H. Melville Mardi II. lvii As in the moundbuilding period of yore, so every age thinks its erections will forever endure.

1853 I. A. Lapham Antiq. Wisconsin (1855) 89 These later tribes continued the practice of mound-building so far as to erect a circular or conical tumulus over their dead.

1877 J. W. Dawson Origin of World 259 The Babel enterprise is in fact the first recorded development of that mound-building instinct which the earlier races everywhere evince.

1885 Overland Monthly Apr.–May 540/2 Recent as are the latest Iroquois mounds, the whole period of mound-building extended over many centuries, and dated back to a time that can only be guessed at.

1962 H. J. Frith Mallee-Fowl 23 Throughout the whole mound-building process, the rainfall has a great influence on the rate at which the birds work.

1982 Christian Sci. Monitor (Nexis) 15 Dec. 5 The fire ant..helps aerate fields..with its mound building.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

mound-buildingadj.

Brit.

/ˈmaʊndˌbɪldɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈmaʊn(d)ˌbɪldɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mound n.², building adj.

Etymology: < mound n.² + building adj. Compare mound builder n.

1. mound-building bird n. = mound builder n. 2.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > [noun] > member of Megapodidae (mound-builder)

megapode1840

mound-building bird1846

mound bird1855

maleo1860

mound-maker1860

mound builder1869

megapod1890

incubator-bird1943

1846 J. L. Stokes Discov. Austral. I. 417 This..must have been the Leipoa ocellata of Gould, one of the mound or tumuli-building birds, first seen in Western Australia.

1852 S. Sidney Three Colonies xxv. 362 The leipoa, or mound-building bird,..is found in great numbers.

1855 W. S. Dallas in Syst. Nat. Hist. II. 219 The most remarkable of the mound-building birds is the Australian Brush-Turkey.

1991 Sci. Amer. Dec. 58/1 His subjects have included sea snakes, crocodiles as well as the eggs of terrestrially breeding frogs and mound-building birds.

2. Archaeology. Designating the Mound Builders (mound builder n. 1), their culture, territories, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > ethnicities > North American peoples > [adjective] > ancient peoples

mound-building1849

Hohokam1937

Ancestral Puebloan1989

1849 New Englander (New Haven, Connecticut) Feb. 102 The antiquary will doubtless find in it a proof that serpent-worship existed among the mound-building aborigines of this country.

1902 A. B. Hulbert Hist. Highways Amer. I. (title) Paths of the Mound-Building Indians [etc.].

1946 Nature 2 Nov. 615/2 Most of the mounds belong to the comparatively well-known Hopewell mound-building culture.

1973 Current Anthropol. 14 414/2 Benchley..suggests a method for studying the early astronomical calendars used in mound-building areas [of the Mississippi].

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mound-building
释义	mound-buildingn. Brit. /ˈmaʊndˌbɪldɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈmaʊn(d)ˌbɪldɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mound n.², building n. Etymology: < mound n.² + building n. Compare earlier mound builder n. The action of building mounds. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > building or constructing with other materials > [noun] > with clay or earth pisé1797 mound-building1849 terre pisée1936 1849 H. Melville Mardi II. lvii As in the moundbuilding period of yore, so every age thinks its erections will forever endure. 1853 I. A. Lapham Antiq. Wisconsin (1855) 89 These later tribes continued the practice of mound-building so far as to erect a circular or conical tumulus over their dead. 1877 J. W. Dawson Origin of World 259 The Babel enterprise is in fact the first recorded development of that mound-building instinct which the earlier races everywhere evince. 1885 Overland Monthly Apr.–May 540/2 Recent as are the latest Iroquois mounds, the whole period of mound-building extended over many centuries, and dated back to a time that can only be guessed at. 1962 H. J. Frith Mallee-Fowl 23 Throughout the whole mound-building process, the rainfall has a great influence on the rate at which the birds work. 1982 Christian Sci. Monitor (Nexis) 15 Dec. 5 The fire ant..helps aerate fields..with its mound building. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). mound-buildingadj. Brit. /ˈmaʊndˌbɪldɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈmaʊn(d)ˌbɪldɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mound n.², building adj. Etymology: < mound n.² + building adj. Compare mound builder n. 1. mound-building bird n. = mound builder n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > [noun] > member of Megapodidae (mound-builder) megapode1840 mound-building bird1846 mound bird1855 maleo1860 mound-maker1860 mound builder1869 megapod1890 incubator-bird1943 1846 J. L. Stokes Discov. Austral. I. 417 This..must have been the Leipoa ocellata of Gould, one of the mound or tumuli-building birds, first seen in Western Australia. 1852 S. Sidney Three Colonies xxv. 362 The leipoa, or mound-building bird,..is found in great numbers. 1855 W. S. Dallas in Syst. Nat. Hist. II. 219 The most remarkable of the mound-building birds is the Australian Brush-Turkey. 1991 Sci. Amer. Dec. 58/1 His subjects have included sea snakes, crocodiles as well as the eggs of terrestrially breeding frogs and mound-building birds. 2. Archaeology. Designating the Mound Builders (mound builder n. 1), their culture, territories, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > North American peoples > [adjective] > ancient peoples mound-building1849 Hohokam1937 Ancestral Puebloan1989 1849 New Englander (New Haven, Connecticut) Feb. 102 The antiquary will doubtless find in it a proof that serpent-worship existed among the mound-building aborigines of this country. 1902 A. B. Hulbert Hist. Highways Amer. I. (title) Paths of the Mound-Building Indians [etc.]. 1946 Nature 2 Nov. 615/2 Most of the mounds belong to the comparatively well-known Hopewell mound-building culture. 1973 Current Anthropol. 14 414/2 Benchley..suggests a method for studying the early astronomical calendars used in mound-building areas [of the Mississippi]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1849adj.1846
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