renkn.

Brit.

/rɛŋk/, U.S.

/rɛŋk/

Forms:

α. 1800s– renk.

β. 1800s– rank, 1800s– ronk.

Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: rank n.¹

Etymology: Origin uncertain. Perhaps a specific sense development of rank n.¹ (compare forms at that entry). N.E.D. (1906) alternatively tentatively suggests that the word may be a variant of rink n.¹, but this seems unlikely on semantic grounds.

English regional (north-eastern). Coal Mining. Now historical.

The distance a putter must cover in bringing coal from the workings, originally used to determine the level of any particular putter's wages.

ΚΠ

1846 W. E. Brockett J. T. Brockett's Gloss. North Country Words (ed. 3) II. 95 Renk, the distance of the face of the workings in a coal pit from the crane, determining the wages paid to the putters. The places are balloted for by the putters each day.

1849 G. C. Greenwell Gloss. Terms Coal Trade Northumberland & Durham 41 Renk,..a standard distance of 60 or 80 yards (called the first renk), upon which a standard price is paid for putting a score of coals.

1860 Weale's Dict. Terms: Mining Gloss. Renk, (Newc.) the average distance the coals are brought by the putters.

1896 F. M. T. Palsgrave List Words & Phrases Hetton-le-Hole 37 Rank, the distance a ‘putter’ puts the coal from face to flat. The first ‘renk’ might be 80 yards from the hewer, and as the distance increased, the putter received an additional penny for every 20 yards. This was the case formerly, but putters are paid differently now.

1923 E. Welbourne Miners' Unions Northumberland & Durham 137 The system of paying putters by ‘Renk’ (i.e. by results, on a scale governed by the length of their average journey) was to be re-established.

1991 J. A. Jaffe Struggle for Market Power 83 The size and the workings of any one pit, however, meant that the distance of each put, the ‘renk’, varied considerably.

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

单词	renk
释义	renkn. Brit. /rɛŋk/, U.S. /rɛŋk/ Forms: α. 1800s– renk. β. 1800s– rank, 1800s– ronk. Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: rank n.¹ Etymology: Origin uncertain. Perhaps a specific sense development of rank n.¹ (compare forms at that entry). N.E.D. (1906) alternatively tentatively suggests that the word may be a variant of rink n.¹, but this seems unlikely on semantic grounds. English regional (north-eastern). Coal Mining. Now historical. The distance a putter must cover in bringing coal from the workings, originally used to determine the level of any particular putter's wages. ΚΠ 1846 W. E. Brockett J. T. Brockett's Gloss. North Country Words (ed. 3) II. 95 Renk, the distance of the face of the workings in a coal pit from the crane, determining the wages paid to the putters. The places are balloted for by the putters each day. 1849 G. C. Greenwell Gloss. Terms Coal Trade Northumberland & Durham 41 Renk,..a standard distance of 60 or 80 yards (called the first renk), upon which a standard price is paid for putting a score of coals. 1860 Weale's Dict. Terms: Mining Gloss. Renk, (Newc.) the average distance the coals are brought by the putters. 1896 F. M. T. Palsgrave List Words & Phrases Hetton-le-Hole 37 Rank, the distance a ‘putter’ puts the coal from face to flat. The first ‘renk’ might be 80 yards from the hewer, and as the distance increased, the putter received an additional penny for every 20 yards. This was the case formerly, but putters are paid differently now. 1923 E. Welbourne Miners' Unions Northumberland & Durham 137 The system of paying putters by ‘Renk’ (i.e. by results, on a scale governed by the length of their average journey) was to be re-established. 1991 J. A. Jaffe Struggle for Market Power 83 The size and the workings of any one pit, however, meant that the distance of each put, the ‘renk’, varied considerably. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1846
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