单词 | rumbelow |
释义 | rumbelowint.n.adj. A. int. Used in songs as (part of) a refrain, esp. by sailors when rowing. Cf. heave ho int. and n., hey-ho int. Now archaic and rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > part of poem > [noun] > refrain > meaningless rumbelowc1400 lanterloo1951 c1400 Brut (Rawl. B. 171) 208 Foralsemiche as he [Edward II] louede forto go by watere..maidenes made a songe þerof..‘For tynt ȝe haue ȝoure lemmans at Bannokesborn wiþ hevalogh; What wende þe Kyng of Engeland haue ygete Scotlande wiþ Rombylogh [v.r. Rombelow]’. a1450–1509 (?a1300) Richard Coer de Lyon (A-version) (1913) l. 2536 Þey roweden harde and layde to And songe, ‘Heuelow, rummeloo [1448 Arms rombelowe, c1450 BL. Add. rombylowe, a1500 Harl. revylow, a1500 Douce rombylo]’. ?1499 J. Skelton Bowge of Courte (de Worde) sig. Aviv Heue & how rombelow row the bote norman rowe. ?1518 Cocke Lorelles Bote sig. C.jv Some songe heue and howe rombelowe. ?1560 Squyr Lowe Degre 824 Your maryners shall synge arowe Hey how and rumby lowe. 1579 Louth in Narr. Reformation (1859) 29 At one pulle all the golden godes came downe with heyho Rombelo. 1602 W. Watson Decacordon Ten Quodlibeticall Questions 95 Haue at him..with heaue and hoe rumbelow. 1666 in J. Forbes Cantus (ed. 2) sig. K4 I saw three mariners singing, Rumbelow, upon yon see strand. 1790 Gentleman's Mag. 60 ii. 1100 I have recollected the first verse of the song used on that day [i.e. Flora Day at Helston, Cornwall]... Hel-an-tow, Rum-be-low. 1855 C. Kingsley Westward Ho! III. vii. 203 Wouldn't you let a body sing ‘Rumbelow’—even when he's heaving of the anchor? 1890 R. H. Stoddard Lion's Cub 73 With a yo-heave-ho, And a rumbelow! 1920 Assoc. Monthly Oct. 546/2 Rumbe-rumbe-rumbelow! If into your gizzard I go, The sting of my dagger you'll know. B. n. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > striking > [noun] > a stroke or blow dintc897 swengOE shutec1000 kill?c1225 swipc1275 stroke1297 dentc1325 touchc1325 knock1377 knalc1380 swapc1384 woundc1384 smitinga1398 lush?a1400 sowa1400 swaipa1400 wapc1400 smita1425 popc1425 rumbelowc1425 hitc1450 clope1481 rimmel1487 blow1488 dinga1500 quartera1500 ruska1500 tucka1500 recounterc1515 palta1522 nolpc1540 swoop1544 push1561 smot1566 veny1578 remnant1580 venue1591 cuff1610 poltc1610 dust1611 tank1686 devel1787 dunching1789 flack1823 swinge1823 looder1825 thrash1840 dolk1861 thresh1863 mace-blow1879 pulsation1891 nosebleeder1921 slosh1936 smackeroo1942 dab- c1425 (c1400) Laud Troy-bk. l. 14005 (MED) The noble, vaylaunt Menescene Smot Antenor..He ȝaff him suche a romelowe That he wente ouer his sadil-bowe. 2. Used as the name of an imaginary place. Now rare, and only with reference to quot. ?1515. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > mental image, idea, or fancy > realm of imagination > [noun] > imaginary place fairyc1330 rumbelow?1515 Hogs Norton?1565 fairyland1600 wonderland1790 other world1804 dreamland1832 Fourth World1833 cloudland1846 Loamshire1859 looking-glass land1871 looking-glass world1871 under-land1874 cloud-world1884 Speewah1890 Ruritania1894 cloud-cuckoo-land1899 cuckoo-land1916 fantasy world1920 Squaresville1956 la-la land1979 ?1515 Hyckescorner (de Worde) sig. A.vii I haue ben in gene and in cowe Also in the londe of rumbelowe Thre myle out of hell. c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) vi. 51 Sal i go vitht ȝou to rumbelo fayr. 1909 C. N. Robinson & J. Leyland Brit. Tar in Fact & Fiction ii. vii. 164 During his voyages, he has visited many parts, from Biscay Bay to an imaginary country which he calls Rumbelow. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > [noun] > sexual indulgence > unchaste behaviour of woman > unchaste or loose woman queanOE whorec1175 malkinc1275 wenchelc1300 ribalda1350 strumpeta1350 wench1362 filtha1375 parnelc1390 sinner14.. callet1415 slut?c1425 tickle-tailc1430 harlot?a1475 mignote1489 kittock?a1500 mulea1513 trulla1516 trully?1515 danta1529 miswoman1528 stewed whore1532 Tib1533 unchaghe1534 flag1535 Katy1535 jillet1541 yaud1545 housewife1546 trinkletc1550 whippet1550 Canace1551 filthy1553 Jezebel1558 kittyc1560 loonc1560 laced mutton1563 nymph1563 limmer1566 tomboy1566 Marian1567 mort1567 cockatrice1568 franion1571 blowze1573 rannell1573 rig1575 Kita1577 poplet1577 light-skirts1578 pucelle1578 harlotry1584 light o' lovea1586 driggle-draggle1588 wagtail1592 tub-tail1595 flirt-gill1597 minx1598 hilding1599 short-heels1599 bona-roba1600 flirt1600 Hiren1600 light-heels1602 roba1602 baggage1603 cousin1604 fricatrice1607 rumbelow1611 amorosa1615 jaya1616 open-taila1618 succubus1622 snaphancea1625 flap1631 buttered bun1638 puffkin1639 vizard1652 fallen woman1659 tomrigg1662 cunt1663 quaedama1670 jilt1672 crack1677 grass-girl1691 sporting girl1694 sportswoman1705 mobbed hood1707 brim1736 trollop1742 trub1746 demi-rep1749 gillyflower1757 lady of easy virtue1766 mot1773 chicken1782 gammerstang1788 buer1807 scarlet woman1816 blowen1819 fie-fie1820 shickster?1834 streel1842 charver1846 trolly1854 bad girl1855 amateur1862 anonyma1862 demi-virgin1864 pickup1871 chippy1885 wish-wife1886 tart1887 tartleta1890 flossy1893 fly girl1893 demi-mondaine1894 floozy1899 slattern1899 scrub1900 demi-vierge1908 cake1909 coozie1912 muff1914 tarty1918 yes-girl1920 radge1923 bike1945 puta1948 messer1951 cooze1955 jamette1965 skeezer1986 slutbag1987 chickenhead1988 ho1988 1611 J. Davies Commend. Poems 67 in Wks. (Grosart) II. 13 Then yee descend, where he sits in a Gondolow With Egs throwne at him by a wanton Room-be-low. 1658–64 Man in Moon drinks Claret (single sheet) In wine we call for bawdy Iiggs, Catzoes, Rumbiloes, Whirligigs. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > carriage for conveying persons > [noun] > types of carriage > other carriages dilly1786 telegraph1799 araba1814 station wagon1868 rumbelow1881 1881 R. D. Blackmore Christowell xxiii, in Good Words 22 377/1 Let the other flys, and rumbelows, come down first. Rumbling, resounding. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > resonance or sonority > [adjective] loudc897 shillOE brightOE shillinga1225 soundingc1374 ringingc1400 sonore?c1400 resoundingc1425 sonousc1429 resoundable?c1500 soundish1530 high-sounding1560 singing1565 resonant1572 trolling1581 rumbelow1582 sonorous1611 canorous1646 remugient1660 retentive1728 fullish1770 pealing1794 resonating1845 plangent1858 resonatory1880 timbrous1929 the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > continuous or protracted sound > [adjective] > rolling or rumbling (of sound) > making rolling or rumbling sound rumbling1566 rolling1575 rumbelow1582 rumbled1582 lumbering1678 rumbly1829 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis i. 6 Through Sicil his raging wyld frets and rumbolo rustling On peeres you sayled. 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis iv. 69 Thee whilst in the skye seat great bouncing rumbelo thundring Ratleth. 1599 First Bk. Preseruation Henry VII sig. Iv With a straunge rattling, with a rumbilo lowd flashy thunder. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < int.n.adj.c1400 |
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