单词 | neck of timber |
释义 | > as lemmasneck of timber b. Originally U.S. A narrow stretch of wood, pasture, ice, etc. Now usually in neck of the woods: a settlement in wooded country, or a small or remotely situated community; (hence more generally) a district, neighbourhood, or region. in this neck of the woods: in this vicinity, around here (also used elliptically). Formerly also †neck of timber. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > tree or woody plant > wood or assemblage of trees or shrubs > [noun] > belt or line of trees suitc1450 neck of the woods1780 droke1822 tree-line1893 fringing forest1903 gallery forest1920 tree-belt1962 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town, village, or collection of dwellings > [noun] > remote out-settlement1690 outstation1817 settlement1827 neck of the woods1839 1637 in D. G. Hill Dedham (Mass.) Rec. (1892) III. 28 Graunted to Samuell Morse yt necke of medowe lying next unto ye medowes graunted unto Edward Alleyn. 1699 in Early Rec. Town of Providence (Rhode Island) (1894) VI. 200 A percell of Meadow which..is scituate in a neck of Meaddow on the north side of Pautuxett River. 1720 in Mass. House of Representatives Jrnl. (1921) II. 233 A Petition..praying, that he may have leave to purchase..a Neck of Up Land. 1780 A. Young Tour Ireland (Dublin ed.) I. 266 You see three other necks of wood,..generally giving a deep shade. 1839 Spirit of Times 15 June 175/2 In this neck of the woods. 1855 ‘Uncle Sam’ Yankee Cram 158 The ‘Prairie Store’ has become the rendezvous of the denizens..of this ‘Neck of Timber’. 1857 Ld. Dufferin Lett. from High Latitudes (ed. 3) 296 The little schooner..pushed her way through the intervening neck of ice. 1871 M. S. De Vere Americanisms 178 He will..find his neighborhood designated as a neck of the woods, that being the name applied to any settlement made in the well-wooded parts of the South-west especially. 1874 E. Eggleston Circuit Rider xvi. 147 I reckon I am the beatin'est man to ax questions in this neck of timber. 1931 ‘Grey Owl’ Men of Last Frontier 15 A man may be soaking wet, half-frozen, hungry, and tired, landed on some inhospitable neck of the woods, vowing that a man is a fool to so abuse himself. 1955 M. Gilbert Sky High vi. 76 They don't come to live in this particular neck of the woods. 1967 Listener 19 Oct. 501 Some jerk has applied for a job as the new Cyril Connolly. Perhaps you would look him over, he lives in your neck of the woods. 1973 J. Wainwright Devil you Don't 21 In this neck, I say what. I also say when. 1990 Pract. Woodworking Mar. 66/1 The stone used for building in this particular neck of the woods happens to be a material called Wealdon Ironstone. < as lemmas |
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