α. 1700s– putchen, 1700s– putcheon, 1800s– putchin, 1900s– putchun.
β. 1800s– putcher, 1900s– puttcher.
单词 | putcher |
释义 | putchern.α. 1700s– putchen, 1700s– putcheon, 1800s– putchin, 1900s– putchun. β. 1800s– putcher, 1900s– puttcher. English regional (south-west midlands and south-western). On the river Severn and its tributaries: a funnel-shaped basket or wicker trap for catching salmon or eels. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > fish-trap > [noun] > basket bow-neta1000 leapc1000 weel1256 willow1385 pichea1398 cruive14.. creel1457 coop1469 butt1533 hive1533 wilger1542 fish-pota1555 pota1555 loup1581 leap weel1601 willy1602 putt1610 leap-head1611 weir1611 putcher1781 fish-coop1803 fishing box1861 crib1873 1781 T. R. Nash Coll. Hist. Worcestershire I. p. lxxxiii Above Ripple Lock Stake [on the Severn], no net or engine (except putcheons or wheels) to be used in the night. 1796 V. Green Hist. & Antiq. Worcester II. xvii. 15 Many clauses are repealed, by an act passed 1778, respecting the fishing seasons, the nets, wheels, putcheons &c. to be used, and in what parts of the river fishing is allowed. 1841 R. E. Landor Ferryman i. 240 Two krales of fish, and eels in all the putcheons. 1864 B. Lloyd Ladies Polcarrow 17 Every body's troubles is her troubles, from a wracked boat to a broken putcher! 1898 Birmingham Daily Post 16 Dec. 8/6 Heavy catches of eels in ‘putcheons’. 1945 J. Moore Portrait of Elmbury iv. 147 Jim also earned £4 by selling eel-putcheons which he'd made out of withies. 1968 J. Arnold Shell Bk. Country Crafts 260 The putcheons are arranged in a stout, permanent framework, forming a ‘barrage’ extending for scores of yards across the Severn grounds. 1997 Independent 17 May (Weekend section) 1 (caption) A fisherman on the River Wye..sets out his ‘putchers’, funnel-shaped baskets, to catch migrating salmon. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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