Rhinelandn.

Brit.

/ˈrʌɪnland/, U.S.

/ˈraɪnˌlænd/

Forms: 1600s 1800s Rhyneland, 1600s–1800s Rhinland, 1600s–1800s Rynland, 1600s– Rhineland, 1600s– Rhynland.

Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Rhineland.

Etymology: < the name of the Rhineland, the area on either side of the River Rhine (especially, but not always, that part of its course which runs through Germany); compare Dutch Rijnland , Middle Low German Rīnlant , Rīnslant , German Rheinland . Compare Rhinelandish adj.Rhineland occurs as a place name in English contexts from at least the early 17th cent. onwards.

Now chiefly historical.

1. attributive. Forming the names of units of measurement formerly used in the area of Europe lying on either side of the Rhine (esp. in the Netherlands). Cf. Rhenish adj. 5.

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the world > relative properties > measurement > [adjective] > serving as a unit of measurement > standard (of units) > specific standard

Scots1632

Scotch1638

Rhineland1646

metrical1797

imperial1814

international1857

metric1862

1636 W. Bedwell tr. P. de la Ramée Via Regia ad Geometriam 6 The foote of Rome..is all one with the foote of Rheinland.]

1646 J. Greaves Pyramidographia 94 Such parts as the English foot containes a thousand... The Rhinland foot..1033.

1668 Bp. J. Wilkins Ess. Real Char. ii. vii. 192 And this..will prove to be 38 Rhinland Inches, or (which is all one) 39 Inches and a quarter, according to our London Standard.

1678 J. P. tr. J. Johnstone Descr. Nature Four-footed Beasts ii. ii. 46/1 The main horn is a thumb thick, and eight or nine Rhineland fingers long.

1733 Dugdale & P. Shaw tr. B. Varenius et al. Compl. Syst. Gen. Geogr. I. i. ii. 26 A square Rhinland Mile consists of Square Feet.

1744 J. Colson tr. P. van Musschenbroek Elements Nat. Philos. I. xxv. 322 The mercury in the index ascends to the altitude of 26 Rhinland inches.

1843 Penny Cycl. XXVII. 204/1 The Rhineland morgen or acre is 2 acres 16 perches.

1907 R. Hildreth & E. W. Clement Hildreth's ‘Japan as it was & is’ II. 106 The body [of the statue] is seventy-seven feet five and one-fourth inches high (Rhineland measure).

1980 William & Mary Q. 37 57 I have translated..all measurements from Dutch Rhineland measure to English linear and square measure.

2006 M. W. Jackson Harmonious Triads viii. 193 The composer, who announces his tempi by means of the beats of a pendulum in Rhineland inches, can now be understood everywhere.

2. Rhineland foot n. a unit of length equal to 12.3557 inches (approx. 31.4 cm).

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the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement of length > [noun] > units of length or distance > length of foot > specific

Paul's foot1380

Rhineland foot1646

Rhinelandish foot1668

Paris foot1742

Rhenish foot1746

1646 [see sense 1].

1675 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 10 269 The Rhynland (or Leyden) Foot.

1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory (1905) iii. xvi. 98/1 A Rhyneland foot, is the measure by which all fortifications are made by.

1737 Philos. Trans. 1735–6 (Royal Soc.) 39 224 The Heights of the Spirit of Wine are expressed in Parts of the French, English, and Rhinland Foot.

1786 T. Baldwin Airopaidia vii. 51 The Line A. B. here selected is the famous Measure of (half) a Mathematical Rhinland and Roman foot, according to Snellius.

1832 Encycl. Americana XI. 11 Rhenish or Rhinland Foot.

1896 Science 22 May 775/1 In many old deeds and old maps the ‘Ryland’ foot and rod were used; this was probably a ‘Rhineland’ foot, its length being 1.0345 English feet.

1915 W. C. Scully Hist. S. Afr. 285 The land-measure had been fixed in 1857, when the Rhynland foot was taken as the standard.

1945 Condor 47 269 It would seem that he [sc. Hartlaub] used the English or Rhineland foot rather than the Pied di Roi which he usually employed.

1996 R. Allsopp Dict. Caribbean Eng. Usage Rhynland foot, a length..still used officially in Government land-survey and legal documents in Guyana... Hence also Rhynland rod/rood, equivalent to 12 ft 4 ins.

a. Rhineland perch n. = Rhineland rod n. at sense 3b.

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the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement of length > [noun] > units of length or distance > rod, pole, or perch > specific

Rhineland perch1688

Rhineland rod1692

1688 R. Waller tr. Meas. Earth i. 2 in A. Pitfield tr. C. Perrault Mem. Nat. Hist. Animals Snellius..concluded a Degree was 28500 Rhinland Perches, which make 55021 Toyses of Paris.

1774 J. Carter Builder's Mag. 45 The faces must not be less than twenty-four Rhineland perches, nor more than thirty.

1821 P. Kelly Universal Cambist (ed. 2) I. 11 Land is measured in Holland by the Roed, Ruthe, or Perch, which is of various lengths; but the two principle are the Amsterdam Perch,..and the Rhineland Perch.

1843 Penny Cycl. XXVII. 204/1 The Rhineland perch is 12 Rhineland feet.

1949 Bull. Brit. Soc. Hist. Sci. 1 26 These contained 1500 (local) Rhineland perches of 12 (local) Rhineland feet.

b. Rhineland rod n. a unit of length equal to either 12 feet (approx. 3.66 metres) or 12 Rhineland feet (approx. 3.77 metres).

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the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement of length > [noun] > units of length or distance > rod, pole, or perch > specific

Rhineland perch1688

Rhineland rod1692

1692 J. Moxon Epitome Whole Art of War ii. 51 The Numbers are Rhynland Rods, and Centesmes of a Rod of 12 Feet.

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Rhine-Land Rod, a Measure of two Fathom, or twelve Foot; us'd in Fortification by Dutch Engineers.

1793 C. Lindsay tr. G. F. Tempelhoffe Extracts Tempelhoffe's Hist. Seven Years War I. 70 Allow a German mile to be two thousand Rhineland rods in length; the square of that mile contains four millions.

1892 Stud. in History, Economics, & Public Law 1 No. 2 14 In some grants the rod is defined as of 12 feet, in some as of 13, in some as a Rhineland rod, and in others it is used without definition.

1932 Geogr. Jrnl. 80 93 Snel calculated the length of a degree along the meridian for two cases, obtaining the result 28,510 (Rhineland) rods and 28,473 rods.

2003 J. Venema Beverwijck i. 63 The unit of measurement was primarily the Rhineland rod, which had become standardized as equivalent to 12.36 feet.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	rhineland
释义	Rhinelandn. Brit. /ˈrʌɪnland/, U.S. /ˈraɪnˌlænd/ Forms: 1600s 1800s Rhyneland, 1600s–1800s Rhinland, 1600s–1800s Rynland, 1600s– Rhineland, 1600s– Rhynland. Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Rhineland. Etymology: < the name of the Rhineland, the area on either side of the River Rhine (especially, but not always, that part of its course which runs through Germany); compare Dutch Rijnland , Middle Low German Rīnlant , Rīnslant , German Rheinland . Compare Rhinelandish adj.Rhineland occurs as a place name in English contexts from at least the early 17th cent. onwards. Now chiefly historical. 1. attributive. Forming the names of units of measurement formerly used in the area of Europe lying on either side of the Rhine (esp. in the Netherlands). Cf. Rhenish adj. 5. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > [adjective] > serving as a unit of measurement > standard (of units) > specific standard Scots1632 Scotch1638 Rhineland1646 metrical1797 imperial1814 international1857 metric1862 1636 W. Bedwell tr. P. de la Ramée Via Regia ad Geometriam 6 The foote of Rome..is all one with the foote of Rheinland.] 1646 J. Greaves Pyramidographia 94 Such parts as the English foot containes a thousand... The Rhinland foot..1033. 1668 Bp. J. Wilkins Ess. Real Char. ii. vii. 192 And this..will prove to be 38 Rhinland Inches, or (which is all one) 39 Inches and a quarter, according to our London Standard. 1678 J. P. tr. J. Johnstone Descr. Nature Four-footed Beasts ii. ii. 46/1 The main horn is a thumb thick, and eight or nine Rhineland fingers long. 1733 Dugdale & P. Shaw tr. B. Varenius et al. Compl. Syst. Gen. Geogr. I. i. ii. 26 A square Rhinland Mile consists of Square Feet. 1744 J. Colson tr. P. van Musschenbroek Elements Nat. Philos. I. xxv. 322 The mercury in the index ascends to the altitude of 26 Rhinland inches. 1843 Penny Cycl. XXVII. 204/1 The Rhineland morgen or acre is 2 acres 16 perches. 1907 R. Hildreth & E. W. Clement Hildreth's ‘Japan as it was & is’ II. 106 The body [of the statue] is seventy-seven feet five and one-fourth inches high (Rhineland measure). 1980 William & Mary Q. 37 57 I have translated..all measurements from Dutch Rhineland measure to English linear and square measure. 2006 M. W. Jackson Harmonious Triads viii. 193 The composer, who announces his tempi by means of the beats of a pendulum in Rhineland inches, can now be understood everywhere. 2. Rhineland foot n. a unit of length equal to 12.3557 inches (approx. 31.4 cm). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement of length > [noun] > units of length or distance > length of foot > specific Paul's foot1380 Rhineland foot1646 Rhinelandish foot1668 Paris foot1742 Rhenish foot1746 1646 [see sense 1]. 1675 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 10 269 The Rhynland (or Leyden) Foot. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory (1905) iii. xvi. 98/1 A Rhyneland foot, is the measure by which all fortifications are made by. 1737 Philos. Trans. 1735–6 (Royal Soc.) 39 224 The Heights of the Spirit of Wine are expressed in Parts of the French, English, and Rhinland Foot. 1786 T. Baldwin Airopaidia vii. 51 The Line A. B. here selected is the famous Measure of (half) a Mathematical Rhinland and Roman foot, according to Snellius. 1832 Encycl. Americana XI. 11 Rhenish or Rhinland Foot. 1896 Science 22 May 775/1 In many old deeds and old maps the ‘Ryland’ foot and rod were used; this was probably a ‘Rhineland’ foot, its length being 1.0345 English feet. 1915 W. C. Scully Hist. S. Afr. 285 The land-measure had been fixed in 1857, when the Rhynland foot was taken as the standard. 1945 Condor 47 269 It would seem that he [sc. Hartlaub] used the English or Rhineland foot rather than the Pied di Roi which he usually employed. 1996 R. Allsopp Dict. Caribbean Eng. Usage Rhynland foot, a length..still used officially in Government land-survey and legal documents in Guyana... Hence also Rhynland rod/rood, equivalent to 12 ft 4 ins. 3. a. Rhineland perch n. = Rhineland rod n. at sense 3b. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement of length > [noun] > units of length or distance > rod, pole, or perch > specific Rhineland perch1688 Rhineland rod1692 1688 R. Waller tr. Meas. Earth i. 2 in A. Pitfield tr. C. Perrault Mem. Nat. Hist. Animals Snellius..concluded a Degree was 28500 Rhinland Perches, which make 55021 Toyses of Paris. 1774 J. Carter Builder's Mag. 45 The faces must not be less than twenty-four Rhineland perches, nor more than thirty. 1821 P. Kelly Universal Cambist (ed. 2) I. 11 Land is measured in Holland by the Roed, Ruthe, or Perch, which is of various lengths; but the two principle are the Amsterdam Perch,..and the Rhineland Perch. 1843 Penny Cycl. XXVII. 204/1 The Rhineland perch is 12 Rhineland feet. 1949 Bull. Brit. Soc. Hist. Sci. 1 26 These contained 1500 (local) Rhineland perches of 12 (local) Rhineland feet. b. Rhineland rod n. a unit of length equal to either 12 feet (approx. 3.66 metres) or 12 Rhineland feet (approx. 3.77 metres). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement of length > [noun] > units of length or distance > rod, pole, or perch > specific Rhineland perch1688 Rhineland rod1692 1692 J. Moxon Epitome Whole Art of War ii. 51 The Numbers are Rhynland Rods, and Centesmes of a Rod of 12 Feet. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Rhine-Land Rod, a Measure of two Fathom, or twelve Foot; us'd in Fortification by Dutch Engineers. 1793 C. Lindsay tr. G. F. Tempelhoffe Extracts Tempelhoffe's Hist. Seven Years War I. 70 Allow a German mile to be two thousand Rhineland rods in length; the square of that mile contains four millions. 1892 Stud. in History, Economics, & Public Law 1 No. 2 14 In some grants the rod is defined as of 12 feet, in some as of 13, in some as a Rhineland rod, and in others it is used without definition. 1932 Geogr. Jrnl. 80 93 Snel calculated the length of a degree along the meridian for two cases, obtaining the result 28,510 (Rhineland) rods and 28,473 rods. 2003 J. Venema Beverwijck i. 63 The unit of measurement was primarily the Rhineland rod, which had become standardized as equivalent to 12.36 feet. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1646
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