单词 | packhouse |
释义 | packhousen. A building in which packs or bundles of goods are stored, or in which goods are packed for transport and sale; a warehouse (now esp. one for perishable goods). ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > supply > storage > [noun] > place where anything is or may be stored > storehouse > warehouse warehouse1349 packhousec1483 godown1588 bankshallc1615 serai1619 seraglio1628 magazine house1645 truck-house1731 packing house1796 c1483 in Notes & Queries (1969) July 253/1 Pachuys: pachouse. 1527 in Chron. Calais (1846) 107 All persons having shewehouses or packhouses. 1553 W. Cholmeley in Canad. Misc. (1853) II. 5 Fourthly that our marchauntis do by martyng in Anwarp spende yerely in packehouse romes, in chambers, and oftynge with expenses in journeyinge to and fro, ye summe of xxijm poundis. 1601 J. Wheeler Treat. Commerce 16 [They] did let out the best of their houses to..strangers for chambers, and pack~houses. 1684 in J. G. Dunlop Dunlop Papers (1939) II. 143 n [He had a] packhouse [in Rotterdam for the storage of plaiding and skins]. 1774 Ann. Reg. 1773 65 Several hundred persons..at Dundee..carried off 400 sacks of wheat and barley, from the packhouse. 1852 R. Fortune Journey to Tea Countries China vi. 112 Pak-wan is a long straggling town, full of pack-houses, eating-houses, and tea-shops. 1893 Daily News 4 May 5/4 The..company's packhouses are just now overstocked with Russian cotton. 1971 Power Farming Mar. 45/1 Many users feel that provided the packhouse is kept fully operational, low output from the harvester is not important. 1988 Grocer 4 June 100/2 In Turkey Sunzest operates six packhouses to cover not only oranges, lemons and grapefruits, but also a range of other produce. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1483 |
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