ram's headn.

Brit.

/ˈramz ˌhɛd/, U.S.

/ˈræmz ˌ(h)ɛd/

Forms: 1600s rammes head, 1600s rams head, 1600s– ram's head, 1900s– rams'ead.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: ram n.¹, head n.¹

Etymology: < the genitive of ram n.¹ + head n.¹ So called on account of the resemblance of the various plants and objects so named to the head of a ram. With sense 1a compare classical Latin cicer arietīnum (Pliny) and slightly earlier ram-ciche n. at ram n.¹ Compounds 2. With senses 2 and 3 compare ram-head n. 1.The word is attested earlier as a surname: Johannes Rammesheved (1306).

†a. A chickpea, the seed of Cicer arietinum (family Fabaceae); = ram-ciche n. at ram n.¹ Compounds 2. Also ram's head ciche. Obsolete. rare.

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > pulses or plants producing pulses > [noun] > chick-pea or lentil

lentila1325

chicha1382

Cicer1382

till1398

chit1541

chickpea1542

ram-ciche1597

ram's head ciche1601

chickny pea1693

gram1702

garbanzo1712

fasels-

the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > vegetables > pulse > [noun] > chick-pea or lentil

lentila1325

chicha1382

Cicer1382

lent1382

till1398

chickpea1542

chit1559

ram-ciche1597

fen lentil1601

ram's head ciche1601

lentil-pulse1660

chickny pea1693

gram1702

garbanzo1712

chana1838

lint1888

chana dal1895

fasels-

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. xviii. xii. 570 There is a second kind named Columbinum... These are white, round, light, lesse than the former Rams-head Ciches [Fr. on en trouue de blancs et de noirs, qui sont faitz à mode de testes de Beliers, dont aussi ilz en portent le nom entre les Latins qui les appellent Arietina].

1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 957/2 Ram's head, an American name for Cypripedium arietinum; also the seeds of Cicer arietinum.

b. More fully ram's head lady slipper, ram's head lady's slipper. A North American lady's slipper orchid, Cypripedium arietinum.

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1836 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Plants (rev. ed.) 766 Cypripedium W. Ladies-slipper..arietinum H. K. Ram's-head.

1843 J. Torrey Flora State N.Y. II. 288 Cypripedium arietinum,..Ram's head.

1907 St. Nicholas Aug. 939/1 Only by rare good fortune will the ram's-head..reward our search.

1928 Bryologist 31 35 The Ram's-Head Lady's Slipper..peeps out shyly from underneath the low branches of the cedars.

1987 Canad. Geographic Oct. 63/1 Parker has spotted a tiny, milk-white and deep maroon flower... The plant is a ram's head lady's-slipper, a variety of wild orchid that blooms for only a week in late May or early June.

†2. = ram-head n. 1c. Obsolete.

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society > occupation and work > equipment > lifting or hoisting equipment > [noun] > crane > parts of

crane-line1466

ram's head1611

crane-wheel1669

ram-head1686

gibbet1730

calliper1765

jib1765

outrigger1835

clutch1874

crab1874

gabbard1952

spreader1957

lifting beam1963

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Louve de fer, a Rammes head; or, the (pinser-like) hook of a Crane, &c.

1699 A. Boyer Royal Dict. (at cited word) Ram's Head, (an Iron Pincher to heave up great Stones with).

3. Nautical. = ram-head n. 1a. Also ramshead block.

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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > tackle or purchase > [noun] > system of) pulley(s) > for raising or lowering sails

ram-head1514

ram's head1627

jewel block1769

sister block1794

sister1834

1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. ii. 7 The Ramshead is a great blocke wherein is three shiuers into which are passed the halyards, and at the end of it in a hole is reued the ties, and this is onely belonging to the fore and maine halyards.

1988 B. Lavery Colonial Merchantman Susan Constant 34/2 The ramshead is a treble block, and the halyard connects it to a knighthead set in the deck.

2008 www.cornwallmodelboats.co.uk 15 Jan. (O.E.D. Archive) Ramshead Block Walnut 12mm (2)—Caldercraft Model Boat and Ship Fittings. Sold in packs of 2, these walnut ramshead blocks measure..12mm x 7.5mm x 6.3mm.

4. In a narrowboat: the tiller or rudder post; the steering column of a motor.

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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > steering equipment > [noun] > rudder > upper part of stock > on narrowboat

ram's head1944

1944 L. T. C. Rolt Narrow Boat 206 Ram's head, the boatman's name for the wooden rudder post of a narrow boat; usually it is bound with pipe-clayed Turk's-head knots, and occasionally decorated with a horse's tail.

1947 S. Woolfitt Idle Women ii. 26 The tiller is called the ‘ram's head’ and is curved like a swan's neck towards the steerer. It is metal, on the motor, and is painted in sections with..red, white and blue.

1947 S. Woolfitt Idle Women Gloss. 222 Ram's Head, in the butty, the post at the top of the rudder, usually highly decorated with Turk's heads and/or horse-hair; in the motor, the steering column.

1976 A. Hill Summer's End i. 12 The ram's head was part of the tiller, and by putting our hands to it we got the ‘feel’ of boat-steering.

1993 S. Stewart Ramlin Rose vi. 60 You tact that patch of leather to yer rams'ead, the top of yer big rudder post, and the tail would flow down.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	rams head
释义	ram's headn. Brit. /ˈramz ˌhɛd/, U.S. /ˈræmz ˌ(h)ɛd/ Forms: 1600s rammes head, 1600s rams head, 1600s– ram's head, 1900s– rams'ead. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: ram n.¹, head n.¹ Etymology: < the genitive of ram n.¹ + head n.¹ So called on account of the resemblance of the various plants and objects so named to the head of a ram. With sense 1a compare classical Latin cicer arietīnum (Pliny) and slightly earlier ram-ciche n. at ram n.¹ Compounds 2. With senses 2 and 3 compare ram-head n. 1.The word is attested earlier as a surname: Johannes Rammesheved (1306). 1. †a. A chickpea, the seed of Cicer arietinum (family Fabaceae); = ram-ciche n. at ram n.¹ Compounds 2. Also ram's head ciche. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > pulses or plants producing pulses > [noun] > chick-pea or lentil lentila1325 chicha1382 Cicer1382 till1398 chit1541 chickpea1542 ram-ciche1597 ram's head ciche1601 chickny pea1693 gram1702 garbanzo1712 fasels- the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > vegetables > pulse > [noun] > chick-pea or lentil lentila1325 chicha1382 Cicer1382 lent1382 till1398 chickpea1542 chit1559 ram-ciche1597 fen lentil1601 ram's head ciche1601 lentil-pulse1660 chickny pea1693 gram1702 garbanzo1712 chana1838 lint1888 chana dal1895 fasels- 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. xviii. xii. 570 There is a second kind named Columbinum... These are white, round, light, lesse than the former Rams-head Ciches [Fr. on en trouue de blancs et de noirs, qui sont faitz à mode de testes de Beliers, dont aussi ilz en portent le nom entre les Latins qui les appellent Arietina]. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 957/2 Ram's head, an American name for Cypripedium arietinum; also the seeds of Cicer arietinum. b. More fully ram's head lady slipper, ram's head lady's slipper. A North American lady's slipper orchid, Cypripedium arietinum. ΚΠ 1836 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Plants (rev. ed.) 766 Cypripedium W. Ladies-slipper..arietinum H. K. Ram's-head. 1843 J. Torrey Flora State N.Y. II. 288 Cypripedium arietinum,..Ram's head. 1907 St. Nicholas Aug. 939/1 Only by rare good fortune will the ram's-head..reward our search. 1928 Bryologist 31 35 The Ram's-Head Lady's Slipper..peeps out shyly from underneath the low branches of the cedars. 1987 Canad. Geographic Oct. 63/1 Parker has spotted a tiny, milk-white and deep maroon flower... The plant is a ram's head lady's-slipper, a variety of wild orchid that blooms for only a week in late May or early June. †2. = ram-head n. 1c. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > lifting or hoisting equipment > [noun] > crane > parts of crane-line1466 ram's head1611 crane-wheel1669 ram-head1686 gibbet1730 calliper1765 jib1765 outrigger1835 clutch1874 crab1874 gabbard1952 spreader1957 lifting beam1963 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Louve de fer, a Rammes head; or, the (pinser-like) hook of a Crane, &c. 1699 A. Boyer Royal Dict. (at cited word) Ram's Head, (an Iron Pincher to heave up great Stones with). 3. Nautical. = ram-head n. 1a. Also ramshead block. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > tackle or purchase > [noun] > system of) pulley(s) > for raising or lowering sails ram-head1514 ram's head1627 jewel block1769 sister block1794 sister1834 1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. ii. 7 The Ramshead is a great blocke wherein is three shiuers into which are passed the halyards, and at the end of it in a hole is reued the ties, and this is onely belonging to the fore and maine halyards. 1988 B. Lavery Colonial Merchantman Susan Constant 34/2 The ramshead is a treble block, and the halyard connects it to a knighthead set in the deck. 2008 www.cornwallmodelboats.co.uk 15 Jan. (O.E.D. Archive) Ramshead Block Walnut 12mm (2)—Caldercraft Model Boat and Ship Fittings. Sold in packs of 2, these walnut ramshead blocks measure..12mm x 7.5mm x 6.3mm. 4. In a narrowboat: the tiller or rudder post; the steering column of a motor. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > steering equipment > [noun] > rudder > upper part of stock > on narrowboat ram's head1944 1944 L. T. C. Rolt Narrow Boat 206 Ram's head, the boatman's name for the wooden rudder post of a narrow boat; usually it is bound with pipe-clayed Turk's-head knots, and occasionally decorated with a horse's tail. 1947 S. Woolfitt Idle Women ii. 26 The tiller is called the ‘ram's head’ and is curved like a swan's neck towards the steerer. It is metal, on the motor, and is painted in sections with..red, white and blue. 1947 S. Woolfitt Idle Women Gloss. 222 Ram's Head, in the butty, the post at the top of the rudder, usually highly decorated with Turk's heads and/or horse-hair; in the motor, the steering column. 1976 A. Hill Summer's End i. 12 The ram's head was part of the tiller, and by putting our hands to it we got the ‘feel’ of boat-steering. 1993 S. Stewart Ramlin Rose vi. 60 You tact that patch of leather to yer rams'ead, the top of yer big rudder post, and the tail would flow down. 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