pike-handlen.

Brit.

/ˈpʌɪkˌhandl/, U.S.

/ˈpaɪkˌ(h)ænd(ə)l/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pike n.⁴, handle n.¹

Etymology: < pike n.⁴ + handle n.¹

1. The shaft of a pike or similar weapon. Now historical.In quot. 1901 as a measure of length; cf. pike-length n. at pike n.⁴ Compounds 1.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > sharp weapon > pike > [noun] > shaft

pikestaff1580

pike-handle1786

1786 State Accts. John Nixon 41 Paid him towards making pike handles.

1799 Hull Advertiser 23 Feb. 3/1 One fine young wood..had been cut down for pike-handles.

1845 Times 16 July 7/4 Half the number had either pikes about 18 inches long, fastened to pike-handles about fifteen feet long, or bayonets similarly fastened.

1878 Catholic World Apr. 17/1 They bet Mickey Rooney wud his own pike-handle an' called him a bladdherum-skite, no less.

1901 Jrnl. Amer. Folk-lore 14 59 Hidden underground to a depth of twenty pike-handles, or, some say, to the extent of thirty to forty fathoms.

1962 J. Stanhope Cato Street Conspiracy i. 41 The soldiers loaded themselves with muskets..pikes, pike-handles.

†2. English regional (northern). Each of a set of wooden poles formerly used for carrying the bier at a funeral. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1834 T. Singleton Let. 3 May in J. Raine Mem. J. Hodgson (1858) II. 350 Before this parish had a hearse..the bodies of deceased parishioners were carried to the grave on poles resting on men's shoulders, these poles were the perquisite of the rector, and were called ‘pikehandles’.

1894 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words Pike-handles, wooden staves used for a bier at funerals.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pike-handle
释义	pike-handlen. Brit. /ˈpʌɪkˌhandl/, U.S. /ˈpaɪkˌ(h)ænd(ə)l/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pike n.⁴, handle n.¹ Etymology: < pike n.⁴ + handle n.¹ 1. The shaft of a pike or similar weapon. Now historical.In quot. 1901 as a measure of length; cf. pike-length n. at pike n.⁴ Compounds 1. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > sharp weapon > pike > [noun] > shaft pikestaff1580 pike-handle1786 1786 State Accts. John Nixon 41 Paid him towards making pike handles. 1799 Hull Advertiser 23 Feb. 3/1 One fine young wood..had been cut down for pike-handles. 1845 Times 16 July 7/4 Half the number had either pikes about 18 inches long, fastened to pike-handles about fifteen feet long, or bayonets similarly fastened. 1878 Catholic World Apr. 17/1 They bet Mickey Rooney wud his own pike-handle an' called him a bladdherum-skite, no less. 1901 Jrnl. Amer. Folk-lore 14 59 Hidden underground to a depth of twenty pike-handles, or, some say, to the extent of thirty to forty fathoms. 1962 J. Stanhope Cato Street Conspiracy i. 41 The soldiers loaded themselves with muskets..pikes, pike-handles. †2. English regional (northern). Each of a set of wooden poles formerly used for carrying the bier at a funeral. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1834 T. Singleton Let. 3 May in J. Raine Mem. J. Hodgson (1858) II. 350 Before this parish had a hearse..the bodies of deceased parishioners were carried to the grave on poles resting on men's shoulders, these poles were the perquisite of the rector, and were called ‘pikehandles’. 1894 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words Pike-handles, wooden staves used for a bier at funerals. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1786
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