backdamn.

Brit.

/ˈbakdam/, U.S.

/ˈbækˌdæm/, Caribbean English

/ˈbakˌdam/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: back- comb. form, dam n.¹

Etymology: < back- comb. form + dam n.¹

Caribbean (Guyana).

1. Usually as two words or with hyphen. A dam protecting a sugar estate from flooding and demarcating its rear boundary.In early use probably not as a fixed collocation.

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1807 H. Bolingbroke Voy. Demerary ii. 30 Two side dams are likewise thrown up, and extend as far as the cultivation, where they join a back dam.

1877 E. Jenkins Lutchmee & Dilloo II. xxv. 88 She noticed that at the back-dam he often wandered away over the bounds of the adjacent estates.

1915 Timehri 3 246 The backdam of Pln. [= Plantation] Overwinning abuts on Pln. Vryheid.

1964 C. Nicole Ratoon 10 Beyond the canefields was the back dam, the limit of the plantation, and beyond the back dam was the bush, just visible as a deep-green smudge.

1990 C. T. Shiwcharan Indians in Brit. Guiana, 1919–1929 (Ph.D. thesis, Univ. of Warwick) iii. 173 It was..crucial to good husbandry to build and maintain adequate back-dams, to keep out the acidic water.

2. An area of land used for growing food and rearing animals. Now also more generally: a remote rural area.Originally with reference to the land beyond the canefields of a sugar estate, which was used by labourers for farming.

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1884 Timehri 3 141 (caption to table) Results of manured plots on Field No. 48 at the backdam of Richmond, Plan. Anna Regina.

1949 Rep. Comm. Sugar Industry Brit. Guiana (Colonial Office) xii. 80 We have to walk about five or six miles every day to go to work on the back-dam.

1976 Guyana Chron. 12 July 3 He refused to take him into the back-dam of Leonora Estate.

1985 R. Monar in S. Brown Caribbean New Wave (1990) 142 Though sugar had good price in Europe because of the war, in backdam money been still too small.

2020 @GHDRealEstateGY 12 Apr. in twitter.com (accessed 15 June 2020) I will make a pointer kite for Sarah today and we are going to fly it in the backdam far from people.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	backdam
释义	backdamn. Brit. /ˈbakdam/, U.S. /ˈbækˌdæm/, Caribbean English /ˈbakˌdam/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: back- comb. form, dam n.¹ Etymology: < back- comb. form + dam n.¹ Caribbean (Guyana). 1. Usually as two words or with hyphen. A dam protecting a sugar estate from flooding and demarcating its rear boundary.In early use probably not as a fixed collocation. ΚΠ 1807 H. Bolingbroke Voy. Demerary ii. 30 Two side dams are likewise thrown up, and extend as far as the cultivation, where they join a back dam. 1877 E. Jenkins Lutchmee & Dilloo II. xxv. 88 She noticed that at the back-dam he often wandered away over the bounds of the adjacent estates. 1915 Timehri 3 246 The backdam of Pln. [= Plantation] Overwinning abuts on Pln. Vryheid. 1964 C. Nicole Ratoon 10 Beyond the canefields was the back dam, the limit of the plantation, and beyond the back dam was the bush, just visible as a deep-green smudge. 1990 C. T. Shiwcharan Indians in Brit. Guiana, 1919–1929 (Ph.D. thesis, Univ. of Warwick) iii. 173 It was..crucial to good husbandry to build and maintain adequate back-dams, to keep out the acidic water. 2. An area of land used for growing food and rearing animals. Now also more generally: a remote rural area.Originally with reference to the land beyond the canefields of a sugar estate, which was used by labourers for farming. ΚΠ 1884 Timehri 3 141 (caption to table) Results of manured plots on Field No. 48 at the backdam of Richmond, Plan. Anna Regina. 1949 Rep. Comm. Sugar Industry Brit. Guiana (Colonial Office) xii. 80 We have to walk about five or six miles every day to go to work on the back-dam. 1976 Guyana Chron. 12 July 3 He refused to take him into the back-dam of Leonora Estate. 1985 R. Monar in S. Brown Caribbean New Wave (1990) 142 Though sugar had good price in Europe because of the war, in backdam money been still too small. 2020 @GHDRealEstateGY 12 Apr. in twitter.com (accessed 15 June 2020) I will make a pointer kite for Sarah today and we are going to fly it in the backdam far from people. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1807
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