moonrakern.

Brit.

/ˈmuːnˌreɪkə/, U.S.

/ˈmunˌreɪkər/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: moon n.¹, raker n.¹

Etymology: < moon n.¹ + raker n.¹; for application in sense 1 see quot. 1787 at sense 1 and note below.

1. A native of the county of Wiltshire, in England.In Wiltshire a more complimentary turn is given to the story told in quot. 1787: the men were in fact raking a pond for kegs of smuggled brandy and, when caught, fooled the revenue men by feigning madness.

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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > British nation > English nation > [noun] > native or inhabitant of England > south of England > Wiltshire or Wilton

moonraker1767

1767 R. Randall Philalethes Again! 78 Must we all..be despised as meer ideots and moon-rakers?

1783 European Mag. Sept. 167/1 The wise men of Wiltshire... One of the most respectable of the inhabitants, returning, on a moon-shine night from the ale-house, thought he perceived, in a pond,..a large cheese... He hastened home for a rake... This..has obtained them the honourable denomination of the Moon-Rakers.

1787 F. Grose Local Prov. in Provinc. Gloss. sig. R vij ^v Wiltshire Moon-rakers. Some Wiltshire rusticks, as the story goes, seeing the figure of the moon in a pond, attempted to rake it out.

1819 J. C. Hobhouse Let. in S. Smiles Publisher & Friends (1891) I. xvi. 409 I have been..immersed in the miserable provincial politics of my brother moon-rakers of this county.

1881 E. Slow Wiltshire Rhymes 1 The Wiltshire Moonrakers.

1984 S. Moore Paths of Fortune 84 Your family are moonrakers, are they not?

1993 Guardian 10 June 16/4 He remained from choice a ‘regional’ footballer, his Moonraker accent never hidden.

2. Nautical. A sail set above the skysail. Cf. moonsail n. at moon n.¹ Compounds 2, raffee n.

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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > sail > [noun] > sail above skysail

moonraker1803

stargazer1834

1803 J. Davis Trav. U.S.A. x. 425 There were studding-sails set aloft and alow; royals, sky-scrapers, and moon-rakers; driver and ring-tail; flying jib, and jib of jibs.

1821 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 10 368 One man was content with royals, as his ship had been fitted from the dock-yard—another had sky-scrapers, moon-rakers,..royal and sky-studding-sails besides.

1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. 483 Moonrakers, sails above the sky-sails..usually designated moon-sails.

1890 W. J. Gordon Foundry 37 Now all the old canvas has gone, with its snowy wings from the watersails to the moonrakers.

1976 P. Kemp Oxf. Compan. Ships & Sea 687/1 Raffee, another name for the sail in a square-rigged ship known as a moonraker, set only in light weather.

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

单词	moonraker
释义	moonrakern. Brit. /ˈmuːnˌreɪkə/, U.S. /ˈmunˌreɪkər/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: moon n.¹, raker n.¹ Etymology: < moon n.¹ + raker n.¹; for application in sense 1 see quot. 1787 at sense 1 and note below. 1. A native of the county of Wiltshire, in England.In Wiltshire a more complimentary turn is given to the story told in quot. 1787: the men were in fact raking a pond for kegs of smuggled brandy and, when caught, fooled the revenue men by feigning madness. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > British nation > English nation > [noun] > native or inhabitant of England > south of England > Wiltshire or Wilton moonraker1767 1767 R. Randall Philalethes Again! 78 Must we all..be despised as meer ideots and moon-rakers? 1783 European Mag. Sept. 167/1 The wise men of Wiltshire... One of the most respectable of the inhabitants, returning, on a moon-shine night from the ale-house, thought he perceived, in a pond,..a large cheese... He hastened home for a rake... This..has obtained them the honourable denomination of the Moon-Rakers. 1787 F. Grose Local Prov. in Provinc. Gloss. sig. R vij ^v Wiltshire Moon-rakers. Some Wiltshire rusticks, as the story goes, seeing the figure of the moon in a pond, attempted to rake it out. 1819 J. C. Hobhouse Let. in S. Smiles Publisher & Friends (1891) I. xvi. 409 I have been..immersed in the miserable provincial politics of my brother moon-rakers of this county. 1881 E. Slow Wiltshire Rhymes 1 The Wiltshire Moonrakers. 1984 S. Moore Paths of Fortune 84 Your family are moonrakers, are they not? 1993 Guardian 10 June 16/4 He remained from choice a ‘regional’ footballer, his Moonraker accent never hidden. 2. Nautical. A sail set above the skysail. Cf. moonsail n. at moon n.¹ Compounds 2, raffee n. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > sail > [noun] > sail above skysail moonraker1803 stargazer1834 1803 J. Davis Trav. U.S.A. x. 425 There were studding-sails set aloft and alow; royals, sky-scrapers, and moon-rakers; driver and ring-tail; flying jib, and jib of jibs. 1821 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 10 368 One man was content with royals, as his ship had been fitted from the dock-yard—another had sky-scrapers, moon-rakers,..royal and sky-studding-sails besides. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. 483 Moonrakers, sails above the sky-sails..usually designated moon-sails. 1890 W. J. Gordon Foundry 37 Now all the old canvas has gone, with its snowy wings from the watersails to the moonrakers. 1976 P. Kemp Oxf. Compan. Ships & Sea 687/1 Raffee, another name for the sail in a square-rigged ship known as a moonraker, set only in light weather. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1767
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