单词 | raddling |
释义 | raddlingn.1 English regional. 1. A stick, pole, or lath, esp. one used for hedging or building work (usually in plural; also as mass noun used collectively). Also occasionally: the weaving of poles or sticks into a hedge or wall; a hedge or wall constructed in this way. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood in specific form > [noun] > stick, twig, or rod stickOE wandc1175 rond?c1225 raddling1470 sway1630 halvelings1832 1470 in L. F. Salzman Building in Eng. (1992) xii. 189 Radelyng [and daubing of the walls of the barn]. 1616 Salford Portmote Rec. (1902) 121 Any sprinkelings radlings or any other woode. 1626 in Court Leet Rec. Manch. (1886) III. 114 John Wright..got Radlings in the grounds of Elizabeth Mosley. 1629 in R. S. France Thieveley Lead Mines (1951) 18 For daubing, getting and radlings and making of the range. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory (1905) iii. xiv. 19/1 Daubing of Radling walls, with clamstaves, and Rods. c1736 S. Pegge Alphabet of Kenticisms (1876) Raddles…in some countries called raddlings. 1751 Narr. Life J. Daniel xii. 163 The children bearing the raddling and mud twigs, and lighter stuff. a1796 S. Pegge Two Coll. Derbicisms (1896) 117 Radlings, long slender poles for binding hedges. 1841 S. Bamford Passages Life Radical I. xxi. 137 A timber frame, filled with raddlings and daub (wicker work, plastered with clay). 1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. (at cited word) Tookt us best part of a day 'bout that there raddling, and now 'tis all a-come to doin' again. 1924 C. Crampton Canework (1961) i. 16 Groins..are made of hazel woven by a method called ‘Radling’ in Barrow-in-Furness. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > wall of building > [noun] > other parts of wall quoin1532 ground-table1640 breast1655 patand1656 raddling1673 breast1674 offset1721 breastwork1779 base1790 breast beam1828 dry area1833 chimney-breast1842 wall-head1898 1673 J. Ray N. Countrey Words in Coll. Eng. Words 38 Radlings; Windings of the wall. 1736 R. Neve Builder's Dict. (ed. 3) Raddlings, in Architecture, the Bowings-in, or copeings of Walls. 1824 W. Carr Horæ Momenta Cravenæ Raddling, Rabbling, the winding or crookedness of a wall. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). raddlingn.2 The action or practice of marking sheep with raddle; the action or practice of colouring something red, esp. with raddle. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > sheep-farming > [noun] > marking of sheep keeling1562 raddling1790 the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > making or becoming red > [noun] > making red > with dye or stain keeling1562 raddling1790 rosing1824 1790 H. Homer Let. 18 Sept. in G. Steevens Lett. (Folger Libr. MS) The word..if apply'd to them [sc. sheep],..wd convey the same idea, as marking or raddling. 1870 Jrnl. Anthropol. 1 126 They were given to soaping and raddling their hair. c1873 J. Albery Fortune iii, in Dram. Wks. (1939) I. 574 Mark 'em [sc. sheep] all with two red letters, Johnny; they always do that;—raddling they call it, I think. 1911 Times 14 Sept. 8/5 A reputation for coarseness in the wool to which the practice of ‘raddling’ has perhaps contributed. 1942 Jrnl. Royal Statist. Soc. 105 100 Some citizens would object to paying more for the garnishing and raddling of other citizens' womenfolk. 1982 Observer 12 Sept. 16/8 Varying the colour indicates when the raddling takes place. 2001 Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.) (Nexis) 5 May 34 Raddling the hearth was a breeze. She coloured it red with a mix of ochre and thin boiled starch. 2003 Irish Independent (Nexis) 8 July Raddling will indicate that ewes are mounted. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.11470n.21790 |
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