rear frontn.adv.

Brit.

/rɪə ˈfrʌnt/, U.S.

/ˌrɪ(ə)r ˈfrənt/

Forms: late Middle English rere frount, 1700s reer front, 1700s– rear front.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: rear adj.², front n.

Etymology: < rear adj.² + front n.Quot. 1438 at sense 1 could alternatively be interpreted as showing an (apparently otherwise unrecorded) formation in Anglo-Norman.

†1. Christian Church. A covering for the wall at the back of an altar. Cf. front n. 9b, reredos n. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > artefacts > cloths, carpets, cushions > cloth (general) > altar cloth > [noun] > at back

rear front1438

reredos1448

dosser1516

parafront1641

dossal1851

superfrontal1854

dorsal1870

1438 in F. W. Weaver Somerset Medieval Wills (1901) 144 (MED) [One white chalice, one] frount [and] rerefrount [of] Grenetarteryn.

2. The back elevation of a building.

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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > [noun] > back

rear front1700

back-frontc1702

backage1887

1700 Moxon's Mech. Exercises: Bricklayers-wks. 26 A Building, which is 25 Feet, both in the Front and Reer Front.

1766 C. Vallancey Pract. Treat. Stone-cutting xxii. 49 The Face of the Stone which forms the rear front of the Voussure.

1829 London Encycl. II. 624/1 To the right of this [staircase] may be a scullery eleven feet ten inches deep, from the rear front, by seven feet in depth.

1862 Amer. Jrnl. Educ. Dec. xiv. 709 There are to be caps and sills to all the windows of the building, and caps to the privy doors, of freestone, rubbed on the three fronts, and tooled on the rear front.

1959 Archit. Hist. 2 34 It has a central hall (probably top lit by a dome) with a recessed portico on the rear front.

1997 Jrnl. Cuneiform Stud. 49 1/1 To the east and to the west of the rear front of Temple.

3. Military. The position of an army, battalion, etc., when it has turned face about. Also as adv. See face v. Phrases 2. Now rare.

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1802 C. James New Mil. Dict. (at cited word) When a battalion, troop, or company is faced about, and stands in that position, it is then said to be rear front.

1853 J. H. Stocqueler Mil. Encycl. 227/1 Rear, in general acceptation, anything situated or placed behind another. The term is variously used in military parlance; as Rear of an army; Rear guard; Rear line; Rear rank; Rear rank take open order! Rear half-files; Rear front; Rear rank lengthening out a line, &c.

1918 E. S. Farrow Dict. Mil. Terms 494 Rear Front.—The rear rank of a body of troops when faced about and standing in that position.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	rear front
释义	rear frontn.adv. Brit. /rɪə ˈfrʌnt/, U.S. /ˌrɪ(ə)r ˈfrənt/ Forms: late Middle English rere frount, 1700s reer front, 1700s– rear front. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: rear adj.², front n. Etymology: < rear adj.² + front n.Quot. 1438 at sense 1 could alternatively be interpreted as showing an (apparently otherwise unrecorded) formation in Anglo-Norman. †1. Christian Church. A covering for the wall at the back of an altar. Cf. front n. 9b, reredos n. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > cloths, carpets, cushions > cloth (general) > altar cloth > [noun] > at back rear front1438 reredos1448 dosser1516 parafront1641 dossal1851 superfrontal1854 dorsal1870 1438 in F. W. Weaver Somerset Medieval Wills (1901) 144 (MED) [One white chalice, one] frount [and] rerefrount [of] Grenetarteryn. 2. The back elevation of a building. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > [noun] > back rear front1700 back-frontc1702 backage1887 1700 Moxon's Mech. Exercises: Bricklayers-wks. 26 A Building, which is 25 Feet, both in the Front and Reer Front. 1766 C. Vallancey Pract. Treat. Stone-cutting xxii. 49 The Face of the Stone which forms the rear front of the Voussure. 1829 London Encycl. II. 624/1 To the right of this [staircase] may be a scullery eleven feet ten inches deep, from the rear front, by seven feet in depth. 1862 Amer. Jrnl. Educ. Dec. xiv. 709 There are to be caps and sills to all the windows of the building, and caps to the privy doors, of freestone, rubbed on the three fronts, and tooled on the rear front. 1959 Archit. Hist. 2 34 It has a central hall (probably top lit by a dome) with a recessed portico on the rear front. 1997 Jrnl. Cuneiform Stud. 49 1/1 To the east and to the west of the rear front of Temple. 3. Military. The position of an army, battalion, etc., when it has turned face about. Also as adv. See face v. Phrases 2. Now rare. ΚΠ 1802 C. James New Mil. Dict. (at cited word) When a battalion, troop, or company is faced about, and stands in that position, it is then said to be rear front. 1853 J. H. Stocqueler Mil. Encycl. 227/1 Rear, in general acceptation, anything situated or placed behind another. The term is variously used in military parlance; as Rear of an army; Rear guard; Rear line; Rear rank; Rear rank take open order! Rear half-files; Rear front; Rear rank lengthening out a line, &c. 1918 E. S. Farrow Dict. Mil. Terms 494 Rear Front.—The rear rank of a body of troops when faced about and standing in that position. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adv.1438
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