plough stiltplow stiltn.

Brit.

/ˈplaʊ ˌstɪlt/, U.S.

/ˈplaʊ ˌstɪlt/, Scottish English

/ˈplʌʊ ˌstɪlt/

Forms: see plough n.¹ and stilt n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: plough n.¹, stilt n.

Etymology: < plough n.¹ + stilt n. Compare Danish plovstylte.For use in Older Scots and in 18th-cent. Scots as a unit of land measurement see Dict. Older Sc. Tongue s.v. pleuch-stilt n., Sc. National Dict. s.v. pleuch n., v.

Chiefly Scottish and English regional.

A plough handle. Chiefly in plural.

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

startOE

stiltc1340

plough-start1440

tail1466

plough handle?c1475

steer-tree1483

plough stilt?1523

plough-tail?1523

stilking?1523

steer1552

hale?1570

stive1693

plough-tree1799

by-tail1879

?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. ii The plough stylt is on the right syde of the plough, whervpon the rest [is set] the rest is a lyttell pease of wode pynned fast vpon the nether ende and to the sharbeam in y^e forther ende.

1581 in J. Anderson Cal. Laing Charters (1899) 256 [The sheriff-depute] deliverit the plewch stilt in the said Davidis handis vpone the arabill grownd thairof.

1638 R. Brathwait Surv. of Hist. 402 The prosperous successe of Lucius Quintius, who was chosen one of the Patricij from his Plow stilt, and afterwards by his valour and magnanimity.

a1774 R. Fergusson Poems (1956) II. 128 Eith can the plough-stilts gar a chiel Be unco vogie.

1824 W. Scott Redgauntlet I. x. 215 A hand that never held pleugh-stilt or pettle.

1829 H. Smith New Forest II. ii. 25 He be walking between the plough-stilts.

1883 Longman's Mag. Apr. 645 What farmers want between the plough-stilts are a pair of strong arms.

1927 J. Buchan Witch Wood ix You an' me are no the anes to pit our hand to the plew-stilts and turn back.

a1959 E. Muir Coll. Poems (1984) iii. 294 Oh, for the plough stilts and the horse's reins.

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

单词	plough stilt
释义	plough stiltplow stiltn. Brit. /ˈplaʊ ˌstɪlt/, U.S. /ˈplaʊ ˌstɪlt/, Scottish English /ˈplʌʊ ˌstɪlt/ Forms: see plough n.¹ and stilt n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: plough n.¹, stilt n. Etymology: < plough n.¹ + stilt n. Compare Danish plovstylte.For use in Older Scots and in 18th-cent. Scots as a unit of land measurement see Dict. Older Sc. Tongue s.v. pleuch-stilt n., Sc. National Dict. s.v. pleuch n., v. Chiefly Scottish and English regional. A plough handle. Chiefly in plural. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > tools and implements > ploughing equipment > [noun] > plough > plough-tail or stilt startOE stiltc1340 plough-start1440 tail1466 plough handle?c1475 steer-tree1483 plough stilt?1523 plough-tail?1523 stilking?1523 steer1552 hale?1570 stive1693 plough-tree1799 by-tail1879 ?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. ii The plough stylt is on the right syde of the plough, whervpon the rest [is set] the rest is a lyttell pease of wode pynned fast vpon the nether ende and to the sharbeam in y^e forther ende. 1581 in J. Anderson Cal. Laing Charters (1899) 256 [The sheriff-depute] deliverit the plewch stilt in the said Davidis handis vpone the arabill grownd thairof. 1638 R. Brathwait Surv. of Hist. 402 The prosperous successe of Lucius Quintius, who was chosen one of the Patricij from his Plow stilt, and afterwards by his valour and magnanimity. a1774 R. Fergusson Poems (1956) II. 128 Eith can the plough-stilts gar a chiel Be unco vogie. 1824 W. Scott Redgauntlet I. x. 215 A hand that never held pleugh-stilt or pettle. 1829 H. Smith New Forest II. ii. 25 He be walking between the plough-stilts. 1883 Longman's Mag. Apr. 645 What farmers want between the plough-stilts are a pair of strong arms. 1927 J. Buchan Witch Wood ix You an' me are no the anes to pit our hand to the plew-stilts and turn back. a1959 E. Muir Coll. Poems (1984) iii. 294 Oh, for the plough stilts and the horse's reins. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.?1523
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