† pitch-fieldn.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pitch v.², pitch n.², field n.¹

Etymology: < either pitch v.² or pitch n.² + field n.¹, either after to pitch a field at field n.¹ 7a or as alteration or variant of pitched field (see pitched adj.² 2).

Obsolete.

A pitched battle.

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society > armed hostility > armed encounter > [noun] > battle or a battle > pitched battle

pitched battle?1530

main battle1569

just battle1578

field fight1598

pitch-field1613

pitch battle1673

ranged battle1680

stricken field (rarely battle)1820

1613 F. Beaumont Knight of Burning Pestle ii. sig. D2 There has bene a pitch-field my child betweene the naughty Spaniels and the English-men.

1647 S. Birkbek Cordiall for Heart-qualme 43 Was not the victorious Emperour, Henry the Fourth, who had fought fifty two pitch Fields (at last) compelled to make suite in his old age, for a poore Prebend?

1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 84 No Pitch-field ever slew, or wounded more than they have cured.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	pitch-field
释义	† pitch-fieldn. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pitch v.², pitch n.², field n.¹ Etymology: < either pitch v.² or pitch n.² + field n.¹, either after to pitch a field at field n.¹ 7a or as alteration or variant of pitched field (see pitched adj.² 2). Obsolete. A pitched battle. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed encounter > [noun] > battle or a battle > pitched battle pitched battle?1530 main battle1569 just battle1578 field fight1598 pitch-field1613 pitch battle1673 ranged battle1680 stricken field (rarely battle)1820 1613 F. Beaumont Knight of Burning Pestle ii. sig. D2 There has bene a pitch-field my child betweene the naughty Spaniels and the English-men. 1647 S. Birkbek Cordiall for Heart-qualme 43 Was not the victorious Emperour, Henry the Fourth, who had fought fifty two pitch Fields (at last) compelled to make suite in his old age, for a poore Prebend? 1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 84 No Pitch-field ever slew, or wounded more than they have cured. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.1613
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