† pad-staffn.

Forms: 1600s pad-staffe.

Origin: Apparently formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: paddle-staff n.

Etymology: Apparently shortened < paddle-staff n.

Obsolete.

= paddle n.¹ 1.In quot. 1650 used as the type of something plain to see; cf. plain as a pikestaff at plain adj.² Phrases 1a.

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the world > food and drink > farming > tools and implements > ploughing equipment > [noun] > plough-staff

acre-staffc1300

plough staffc1325

plough-batc1400

plough-potec1400

pattle1404

plough pattle1404

paddle1407

paddle-staff1583

pad-staff1650

sull-paddle1669

spade-staff1706

plough-spade1712

plough cleaner1850

wad-staff1856

wad-stick1889

1650 T. Vaughan Man-mouse 26 He..flings another Calthrop in my way, but it will not prick, it is smooth, and plaine as a pad staffe.

a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Surrey 78 With his Pad-staffe he did dig a square hole about it, and so departed.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	pad-staff
释义	† pad-staffn. Forms: 1600s pad-staffe. Origin: Apparently formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: paddle-staff n. Etymology: Apparently shortened < paddle-staff n. Obsolete. = paddle n.¹ 1.In quot. 1650 used as the type of something plain to see; cf. plain as a pikestaff at plain adj.² Phrases 1a. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > tools and implements > ploughing equipment > [noun] > plough-staff acre-staffc1300 plough staffc1325 plough-batc1400 plough-potec1400 pattle1404 plough pattle1404 paddle1407 paddle-staff1583 pad-staff1650 sull-paddle1669 spade-staff1706 plough-spade1712 plough cleaner1850 wad-staff1856 wad-stick1889 1650 T. Vaughan Man-mouse 26 He..flings another Calthrop in my way, but it will not prick, it is smooth, and plaine as a pad staffe. a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Surrey 78 With his Pad-staffe he did dig a square hole about it, and so departed. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1650
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