post and railn.

Brit.

/ˌpəʊst (ə)n(d) ˈreɪl/, U.S.

/ˌpoʊst (ə)n ˈreɪl/

Forms: see post n.¹, and conj.¹, and rail n.²

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: post n.¹, and conj.¹, rail n.²

Etymology: < post n.¹ + and conj.¹ + rail n.²

1. An open wooden fence, consisting of posts and rails only; materials for constructing such fencing. Cf. rail n.² 1.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > that which or one who closes or shuts > a barrier > [noun] > hedge or fence > a fence > post-and-rail fence

rail fence1649

post and rail1653

post-and-rail fence1684

post-and-rail fencing1684

rail fencing1797

post and paling1823

stake and rider1829

Russell fence1890

1641 Rec. Colony & Plantation New Haven (1857) 54 Fencing with..strong and substantiall posts and rales..nott above 18d.]

1653 in C. R. Lounsbury Illustr. Gloss. Early Southern Archit. & Landscape (1994) 288 Pannell of post and railes five railes to the pannell sufficiently performed by the sd Sherwood to keepe out hoggs and Cattle.

1797 H. Newdigate Let. 13 July in A. E. Newdigate-Newdegate Cheverels (1898) xiii. 184 As far as y^e Road is near the Cliff..there is a strong post & Rail all y^e Way.

1823 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto VIII lv. 138 So was his blood stirred..As is the hunter's at the five-bar gate, Or double post and rail.

1865 B. Dickson Poems 98 He had fifty acres cleared, all fenced with post and rail.

1928 Garden & Home Builder Aug. 590/2 (advt.) We carry many other distinctive fences such as Old Fashioned Post and Rail..Early American Snake, English Wattle, etc.

1959 J. Verney Friday's Tunnel xxxi. 292 The lane ended at the wood's edge in a broken post and rails.

1990 Gardener Nov. 39/2 Post and rail (widely spaced posts linked by one or two stout rails).

2. Usually post-and-rails. Australian slang.

a. = post-and-rail tea n. at Compounds 2.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > drink > tea > [noun] > rough tea

post-and-rail tea1843

post-and-rails1858

1858 ‘A. Pendragon’ Queen of South 19 ‘Good tea this,’ asserted Jack... ‘Rather full of stems,’ ventured Frank, dubiously. ‘Stems be hanged,’ replied Jack; ‘you should have tried the “posts and rails” at Currumbumbula.’

1899 W. T. Goodge Hits! Skits! & Jingles! 75 There is ‘post and rails’ and ‘brownie’ For yer breakfast now, yer know.

1934 Bulletin (Sydney) 12 Sept. 9/2 A ‘bark hut or log cabin will be erected’ so that royalty may not get sunstroke while sipping his ‘post-and-rail’.

1976 C. D. Mills Hobble Chains & Greenhide 105 Give us another mug of that ‘post and rail’ and don't be so damn curious.

b. A wooden match. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > materials > fuel > material for igniting > [noun] > match, spill, or taper for lighting > specifically ignited by friction

allumette1601

fire cane1644

paper match1780

Strasbourg match1825

match1830

lucifer match1831

fusee1832

loco-foco1835

oxymuriatic match1835

Congreve1839

Vesta1839

friction-match1847

safety match1850

German Congreve1851

Vesuvian1853

star1862

safety1876

tandstickor1884

post-and-railsa1890

book match1899

Swan Vesta1908

a1890 D. Sladen in A. Barrère & C. J. Leland Dict. Slang (1890) II. 147/1 ‘Have you got a match?’ ‘Only a post-and-rails,’ was the deprecating reply.

1941 S. J. Baker Pop. Dict. Austral. Slang 56 Post-and-rails,... (2) Wooden matches.

c. [Rhyming slang for fairy tale n.] A lie. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > [noun] > a falsehood, lie

liec900

leasingc1000

falsehoodc1290

falsedom1297

gabbinga1300

fablec1300

follyc1300

fittenc1440

untruthc1449

crackc1450

fallacy1481

falsity1557

falsedict1579

untroth1581

crackera1625

flam1632

mendacity1646

fairy story1692

false1786

whid1794

gag1805

wrinkle1819

reacher1828

cram1842

untruism1845

crammer1861

inveracity1864

bung1882

fairy tale1896

mistruth1897

post-and-rails1945

pork pie1973

porky1985

1945 S. J. Baker Austral. Lang. xv. 271 Post-and-rail, a lie (by rhyme on ‘fairytale’).

Compounds

C1. General attributive in sense 1, as post-and-rail fence, post-and-rail fencing, post-and-rail paddock, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > animal enclosure or house general > [noun] > enclosure > other enclosures

post-and-rail paddock1684

straw yard1787

parkc1797

run1853

chicken run1868

creep1886

trap-yard1906

cutout1920

holding pen1923

holding paddock1933

holding yard1950

the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > that which or one who closes or shuts > a barrier > [noun] > hedge or fence > a fence > post-and-rail fence

rail fence1649

post and rail1653

post-and-rail fence1684

post-and-rail fencing1684

rail fencing1797

post and paling1823

stake and rider1829

Russell fence1890

1684 in J. H. Trumbull Public Rec. Colony of Connecticut (1859) III. 512 Great parte of my post and rayle fences being feched and burnt by the sowders.

1765 G. Washington Diary 6 Nov. (1925) I. 216 Sowing..19 Bushls. in ye large cut within the Post and Rail fence.

1786 G. Washington Diary 18 Mar. (1925) III. 30 Post and rail fencing lately erected as yards for my Stud horses.

1824 Canad. Mag. 3 100 Post-and-rail fences have a neat light appearance, and occupy but little space.

1850 H. C. Watson Camp-fires Revol. 43 A party of our men..pulled up a post-and-rail fence.

1944 E. Dithmack in Coast to Coast 1943 26 Inside the post-and-rail paddock the leaves of the box-trees glittered.

1987 E. Anthony No Enemy but Time 103 A lodge with a roof that looked in need of mending, good grass fields and post-and-rail fencing like broken teeth after years of neglect.

C2.

post-and-rail tea n. (also post-and-rails tea) Australian slang (now historical) a coarse tea of inferior quality, containing a large proportion of stalks and other woody fragments.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > drink > tea > [noun] > rough tea

post-and-rail tea1843

post-and-rails1858

1843 Sydney Morning Herald 5 Oct. 4/3 Awful accounts related of cruel masters, boney meat, post-and-rail tea, black flour, etc.

1887 All Year Round 30 July 66 The tea so made [in a billy can] is naturally of rather a rough and ready description, and when the stalks and coarse particles of the fragrant leaf float thickly thereon, it is sometimes graphically styled ‘post-and-rails’ tea.

1936 A. Russell Gone Nomad iv. 24 Flour, ‘post and rail’ tea (the cheapest kind), black sugar, salt and meat, were the only rations provided.

1993 Advertiser (Adelaide) (Nexis) 13 Feb. The first generation may have drunk ‘post-and-rails tea’—so called because it was mostly stalks.

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

单词	post and rail
释义	post and railn. Brit. /ˌpəʊst (ə)n(d) ˈreɪl/, U.S. /ˌpoʊst (ə)n ˈreɪl/ Forms: see post n.¹, and conj.¹, and rail n.² Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: post n.¹, and conj.¹, rail n.² Etymology: < post n.¹ + and conj.¹ + rail n.² 1. An open wooden fence, consisting of posts and rails only; materials for constructing such fencing. Cf. rail n.² 1. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > that which or one who closes or shuts > a barrier > [noun] > hedge or fence > a fence > post-and-rail fence rail fence1649 post and rail1653 post-and-rail fence1684 post-and-rail fencing1684 rail fencing1797 post and paling1823 stake and rider1829 Russell fence1890 1641 Rec. Colony & Plantation New Haven (1857) 54 Fencing with..strong and substantiall posts and rales..nott above 18d.] 1653 in C. R. Lounsbury Illustr. Gloss. Early Southern Archit. & Landscape (1994) 288 Pannell of post and railes five railes to the pannell sufficiently performed by the sd Sherwood to keepe out hoggs and Cattle. 1797 H. Newdigate Let. 13 July in A. E. Newdigate-Newdegate Cheverels (1898) xiii. 184 As far as y^e Road is near the Cliff..there is a strong post & Rail all y^e Way. 1823 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto VIII lv. 138 So was his blood stirred..As is the hunter's at the five-bar gate, Or double post and rail. 1865 B. Dickson Poems 98 He had fifty acres cleared, all fenced with post and rail. 1928 Garden & Home Builder Aug. 590/2 (advt.) We carry many other distinctive fences such as Old Fashioned Post and Rail..Early American Snake, English Wattle, etc. 1959 J. Verney Friday's Tunnel xxxi. 292 The lane ended at the wood's edge in a broken post and rails. 1990 Gardener Nov. 39/2 Post and rail (widely spaced posts linked by one or two stout rails). 2. Usually post-and-rails. Australian slang. a. = post-and-rail tea n. at Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > tea > [noun] > rough tea post-and-rail tea1843 post-and-rails1858 1858 ‘A. Pendragon’ Queen of South 19 ‘Good tea this,’ asserted Jack... ‘Rather full of stems,’ ventured Frank, dubiously. ‘Stems be hanged,’ replied Jack; ‘you should have tried the “posts and rails” at Currumbumbula.’ 1899 W. T. Goodge Hits! Skits! & Jingles! 75 There is ‘post and rails’ and ‘brownie’ For yer breakfast now, yer know. 1934 Bulletin (Sydney) 12 Sept. 9/2 A ‘bark hut or log cabin will be erected’ so that royalty may not get sunstroke while sipping his ‘post-and-rail’. 1976 C. D. Mills Hobble Chains & Greenhide 105 Give us another mug of that ‘post and rail’ and don't be so damn curious. b. A wooden match. rare. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > fuel > material for igniting > [noun] > match, spill, or taper for lighting > specifically ignited by friction allumette1601 fire cane1644 paper match1780 Strasbourg match1825 match1830 lucifer match1831 fusee1832 loco-foco1835 oxymuriatic match1835 Congreve1839 Vesta1839 friction-match1847 safety match1850 German Congreve1851 Vesuvian1853 star1862 safety1876 tandstickor1884 post-and-railsa1890 book match1899 Swan Vesta1908 a1890 D. Sladen in A. Barrère & C. J. Leland Dict. Slang (1890) II. 147/1 ‘Have you got a match?’ ‘Only a post-and-rails,’ was the deprecating reply. 1941 S. J. Baker Pop. Dict. Austral. Slang 56 Post-and-rails,... (2) Wooden matches. c. [Rhyming slang for fairy tale n.] A lie. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > [noun] > a falsehood, lie liec900 leasingc1000 falsehoodc1290 falsedom1297 gabbinga1300 fablec1300 follyc1300 fittenc1440 untruthc1449 crackc1450 fallacy1481 falsity1557 falsedict1579 untroth1581 crackera1625 flam1632 mendacity1646 fairy story1692 false1786 whid1794 gag1805 wrinkle1819 reacher1828 cram1842 untruism1845 crammer1861 inveracity1864 bung1882 fairy tale1896 mistruth1897 post-and-rails1945 pork pie1973 porky1985 1945 S. J. Baker Austral. Lang. xv. 271 Post-and-rail, a lie (by rhyme on ‘fairytale’). Compounds C1. General attributive in sense 1, as post-and-rail fence, post-and-rail fencing, post-and-rail paddock, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > animal enclosure or house general > [noun] > enclosure > other enclosures post-and-rail paddock1684 straw yard1787 parkc1797 run1853 chicken run1868 creep1886 trap-yard1906 cutout1920 holding pen1923 holding paddock1933 holding yard1950 the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > that which or one who closes or shuts > a barrier > [noun] > hedge or fence > a fence > post-and-rail fence rail fence1649 post and rail1653 post-and-rail fence1684 post-and-rail fencing1684 rail fencing1797 post and paling1823 stake and rider1829 Russell fence1890 1684 in J. H. Trumbull Public Rec. Colony of Connecticut (1859) III. 512 Great parte of my post and rayle fences being feched and burnt by the sowders. 1765 G. Washington Diary 6 Nov. (1925) I. 216 Sowing..19 Bushls. in ye large cut within the Post and Rail fence. 1786 G. Washington Diary 18 Mar. (1925) III. 30 Post and rail fencing lately erected as yards for my Stud horses. 1824 Canad. Mag. 3 100 Post-and-rail fences have a neat light appearance, and occupy but little space. 1850 H. C. Watson Camp-fires Revol. 43 A party of our men..pulled up a post-and-rail fence. 1944 E. Dithmack in Coast to Coast 1943 26 Inside the post-and-rail paddock the leaves of the box-trees glittered. 1987 E. Anthony No Enemy but Time 103 A lodge with a roof that looked in need of mending, good grass fields and post-and-rail fencing like broken teeth after years of neglect. C2. post-and-rail tea n. (also post-and-rails tea) Australian slang (now historical) a coarse tea of inferior quality, containing a large proportion of stalks and other woody fragments. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > tea > [noun] > rough tea post-and-rail tea1843 post-and-rails1858 1843 Sydney Morning Herald 5 Oct. 4/3 Awful accounts related of cruel masters, boney meat, post-and-rail tea, black flour, etc. 1887 All Year Round 30 July 66 The tea so made [in a billy can] is naturally of rather a rough and ready description, and when the stalks and coarse particles of the fragrant leaf float thickly thereon, it is sometimes graphically styled ‘post-and-rails’ tea. 1936 A. Russell Gone Nomad iv. 24 Flour, ‘post and rail’ tea (the cheapest kind), black sugar, salt and meat, were the only rations provided. 1993 Advertiser (Adelaide) (Nexis) 13 Feb. The first generation may have drunk ‘post-and-rails tea’—so called because it was mostly stalks. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1653
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