pillar boxn.

Brit.

/ˈpɪləbɒks/, U.S.

/ˈpɪlərˌbɑks/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pillar n., box n.²

Etymology: < pillar n. + box n.²

1. A free-standing public postbox shaped like a pillar, typically (in Britain) about four feet in height, made of cast iron, painted red, and with a slightly rounded cap.The invention and design of the pillar box are usually attributed to the English novelist Anthony Trollope (1815–82); the first box was installed in 1852 at St Helier, Jersey, where Trollope worked as a post office inspector.

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society > communication > correspondence > postal services > equipment for sending or delivering mail > [noun] > post- or letter-box > pillar-box

postbox1786

pillar-post1840

pillar letter-box1854

pillar box1855

pillar1865

1855 Willis's Current Notes Mar. 24/2 On the 5th inst., the writer noticed the placing an iron receiving pillar-box for letters to be forwarded by the postal authorities, in Fleet Street, at the corner of Farringdon Street.

1858 Brit. Postal Guide 146 A collection is made from the Pillar Boxes at 5 a.m. for the morning mails.

1871 M. Collins Marquis & Merchant I. ix. 300 I've a..letter to write, which you must send to a pillar-box.

1939 ‘J. Struther’ Mrs. Miniver 173 She put on a mackintosh and struggled up the square to the pillar-box.

1978 L. Davidson Chelsea Murders xix. 106 This one had been posted in a street pillar box.

2001 Daily Tel. 26 June 21/5 Commemorative stamps are to be issued next year to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the pillar box.

2. In full pillar-box red. A bright red colour, of the shade used on British pillar boxes.

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the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > [noun] > shades of red > bright red or scarlet

cockea1382

coccyn1382

coctin1382

vermiliona1400

scarlet-redc1405

sinoper1412

scarletc1440

sinople?c1450

vermeletc1530

lusty gallant1587

vermeil1590

vermeil red1590

minium1601

cinnabar?1614

cochineal1632

poppy red1679

poppy colour1705

cherry-colour1720

ponceau1782

Turkey red1789

pinkc1791

coquelicot1795

poppy1796

cherry-red1802

vermilion-red1815

cardinal scarlet1828

geranium1842

dahlia1846

cardinal red1850

cerise1858

cardinal1874

scarlet-crimson1882

vermilion-scarlet1882

pillar box1894

Turkish red1900

signal red1909

fuchsia1923

1894 Pall Mall Gaz. 6 Aug. 3/1 As the necessity arises for repainting why should not the shop fronts [of the post offices] be coloured like the self-assertive pillar-boxes—namely with ‘Pillar-box Red’?

1904 Notes & Queries 10th Ser. 23 Apr. 332/2 The church itself is of a Salvation Army red, with white window frames, and has a black turret. The very signposts are a pillar-box red.

1916 Sphere 1 July p. iv/1 Some charming chapeaux of the new pillar-box red.

1963 Listener 10 Jan. 84/2 I don't like the colours, especially the Ribena, pillarbox, scrofula, and sulphur.

1992 Machine Knitting Monthly Aug. (BNC) 70 I prefer crimson or deep orange rather than pillar-box red.

3. Military. In the First World War (1914–18): a concrete structure used as a gun emplacement; = pillbox n. 3. historical in later use.

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society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > castle or fortified building > [noun] > blockhouse or pill-box

blockhouse1512

Puntal1702

block1829

pillar box1916

pillbox1917

1916 Diary (63rd Field Company, Royal Engineers) in P. Oldham Armageddon's Walls (2014) i. 9 Royal Artillery Observation Posts and M[achine]G[un] emplacements, ‘Pillar Boxes’ sites selected.

1921 N. Lytton Press & Gen. Staff v. 90 The pill-box (which was originally called the pillar-box) evolved from the machine-gun nest.

2014 P. Oldham Armageddon's Walls i. 9 It is apparent that the embrasure was seen as being similar to a posting box. The name pillar box had been used long before the Ypres fighting in 1917.

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

单词	pillar box
释义	pillar boxn. Brit. /ˈpɪləbɒks/, U.S. /ˈpɪlərˌbɑks/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pillar n., box n.² Etymology: < pillar n. + box n.² 1. A free-standing public postbox shaped like a pillar, typically (in Britain) about four feet in height, made of cast iron, painted red, and with a slightly rounded cap.The invention and design of the pillar box are usually attributed to the English novelist Anthony Trollope (1815–82); the first box was installed in 1852 at St Helier, Jersey, where Trollope worked as a post office inspector. ΘΚΠ society > communication > correspondence > postal services > equipment for sending or delivering mail > [noun] > post- or letter-box > pillar-box postbox1786 pillar-post1840 pillar letter-box1854 pillar box1855 pillar1865 1855 Willis's Current Notes Mar. 24/2 On the 5th inst., the writer noticed the placing an iron receiving pillar-box for letters to be forwarded by the postal authorities, in Fleet Street, at the corner of Farringdon Street. 1858 Brit. Postal Guide 146 A collection is made from the Pillar Boxes at 5 a.m. for the morning mails. 1871 M. Collins Marquis & Merchant I. ix. 300 I've a..letter to write, which you must send to a pillar-box. 1939 ‘J. Struther’ Mrs. Miniver 173 She put on a mackintosh and struggled up the square to the pillar-box. 1978 L. Davidson Chelsea Murders xix. 106 This one had been posted in a street pillar box. 2001 Daily Tel. 26 June 21/5 Commemorative stamps are to be issued next year to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the pillar box. 2. In full pillar-box red. A bright red colour, of the shade used on British pillar boxes. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > [noun] > shades of red > bright red or scarlet cockea1382 coccyn1382 coctin1382 vermiliona1400 scarlet-redc1405 sinoper1412 scarletc1440 sinople?c1450 vermeletc1530 lusty gallant1587 vermeil1590 vermeil red1590 minium1601 cinnabar?1614 cochineal1632 poppy red1679 poppy colour1705 cherry-colour1720 ponceau1782 Turkey red1789 pinkc1791 coquelicot1795 poppy1796 cherry-red1802 vermilion-red1815 cardinal scarlet1828 geranium1842 dahlia1846 cardinal red1850 cerise1858 cardinal1874 scarlet-crimson1882 vermilion-scarlet1882 pillar box1894 Turkish red1900 signal red1909 fuchsia1923 1894 Pall Mall Gaz. 6 Aug. 3/1 As the necessity arises for repainting why should not the shop fronts [of the post offices] be coloured like the self-assertive pillar-boxes—namely with ‘Pillar-box Red’? 1904 Notes & Queries 10th Ser. 23 Apr. 332/2 The church itself is of a Salvation Army red, with white window frames, and has a black turret. The very signposts are a pillar-box red. 1916 Sphere 1 July p. iv/1 Some charming chapeaux of the new pillar-box red. 1963 Listener 10 Jan. 84/2 I don't like the colours, especially the Ribena, pillarbox, scrofula, and sulphur. 1992 Machine Knitting Monthly Aug. (BNC) 70 I prefer crimson or deep orange rather than pillar-box red. 3. Military. In the First World War (1914–18): a concrete structure used as a gun emplacement; = pillbox n. 3. historical in later use. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > castle or fortified building > [noun] > blockhouse or pill-box blockhouse1512 Puntal1702 block1829 pillar box1916 pillbox1917 1916 Diary (63rd Field Company, Royal Engineers) in P. Oldham Armageddon's Walls (2014) i. 9 Royal Artillery Observation Posts and M[achine]G[un] emplacements, ‘Pillar Boxes’ sites selected. 1921 N. Lytton Press & Gen. Staff v. 90 The pill-box (which was originally called the pillar-box) evolved from the machine-gun nest. 2014 P. Oldham Armageddon's Walls i. 9 It is apparent that the embrasure was seen as being similar to a posting box. The name pillar box had been used long before the Ypres fighting in 1917. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1855
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