单词 | peterborough |
释义 | Peterboroughn.1 Originally and chiefly Canadian. A wooden boat of a type associated with Peterborough, Ontario; spec. a cedar or basswood canoe. Frequently attributive, esp. as Peterborough canoe. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel of specific construction or shape > vessels of primitive construction > [noun] > canoe of indigenous peoples > other types of canoe pirogue1666 dory1709 Montreal canoe1793 waka1807 tandem canoe1867 Rob Roy1868 canot du maître1872 Peterborough1882 snake-boat1882 shadow canoe1883 tandem1884 buckeye1885 Canader1893 vinta1900 bellum1901 spoon canoe1907 sponson canoe1911 ratting canoe1944 tarada1960 canot du nord1961 1882 Forest & Stream 2 Nov. 277/1 There is the open Peterboro' canoe, so familiar to the Canadian eye. 1895 Rudder Sept. 215 Eleven paddling canoes—eight Peterboro's and three Rushton—and the Cruiser, complete the fleet. 1897 J. W. Tyrrell Across Sub-Arctics of Canada ii. 20 We launched our handsome ‘Peterboroughs’ in the great stream. 1901 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 30 Oct. 6/2 We portaged around it on the way up by packing our Peterboro up a hill one hundred feet high, taking us a whole day. 1966 Canad. Geogr. Jrnl. Sept. 78/3 John Stephenson..later came up with the excellent cedar rib craft known the world over as the Peterborough Canoe. 2003 Américas 55 45/1 The whole tradition of the Peterborough and the Chestnut..is really based on the native bark canoe shape. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). Peterboroughn.2 Archaeology. attributive. Designating or belonging to a type of Neolithic pottery decorated with elaborate but crudely executed impressed patterns, found originally at Peterborough; (hence) designating the people, materials, or culture associated with this pottery. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > a civilization or culture > [adjective] > Neolithic > specific dolmenic1882 Peterborough1910 Campignian1921 battle-axe1925 corded ware1928 Windmill Hill1930 Tasian1931 Tahunian1936 Halafian1937 Lung-shan1938 Rinyo–Clacton1954 aceramic1961 Lungshanoid1963 cardial1975 1910 Archaeologia 52 346 The characteristic decoration of the drinking-cup or beaker is well known, and full justice has been done to the Peterborough series by our Fellow, Mr. Praetorius. 1922 Antiquaries Jrnl. 2 231 The Peterborough pottery seems to bear all the signs of its makers advancing in ceramic skill by gradual stages. 1939 V. G. Childe Dawn European Civilization (ed. 3) xviii. 306 In Norfolk and even Wiltshire Peterborough folk..were associated with its exploitation. 1954 S. Piggott Neolithic Cultures Brit. Isles xi. 312 (heading) Relationships of the Peterborough culture. 1970 W. Bray & D. Trump Dict. Archaeol. 256/1 To the Late Neolithic belong the highly decorated wares of Peterborough and Rinyo-Clacton styles. 2001 Oxoniensia 65 7 These finds comprise two sherds of Peterborough Ware. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.11882n.21910 |
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