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单词 packhouse
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packhousen.

Brit. /ˈpakhaʊs/, U.S. /ˈpækˌ(h)aʊs/
Forms: see pack n.1 and house n.1 and int.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a Dutch lexical item. Etymons: pack n.1, house n.1 and int.
Etymology: < pack n.1 + house n.1 and int., after Middle Dutch pachuys (compare quot. c1483; Dutch pakhuis). Compare Middle Low German pakhūs, German Packhaus; the Middle Dutch word was also borrowed into French as French regional (Flanders and Picardy) †pacqueuse, †pacqhuus.
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).
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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).
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