shoehornn.

Brit.

/ˈʃuːhɔːn/, U.S.

/ˈʃuˌhɔrn/

Forms: In Middle English, 1500s Scottish schone-horn, shone-horn, ? schune-horn.

1. A curved instrument of horn, metal, etc. used to facilitate the slipping of one's heel into a shoe by placing it between shoe and heel; a shoeing-horn.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > [noun] > in specific way > with specific clothing > footwear > instrument to facilitate insertion of foot

shoeing-hornc1440

chaucepe1499

shoehorn1589

boot-hook1808

shoe-lifter1846

shoe-lift1862

1589 in J. D. Marwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Edinb. (1882) IV. 540 Ane schone horne 30d.

1612 Bk. Customs & Valuation in A. Halyburton Ledger (1867) 315 Shone hornes the dozen vis.

1874 F. C. Burnand My Time xxiv. 213 Giving his back the graceful outward bend of a shoe~horn.

2. figurative. = shoeing-horn n. 2.

ΘΠ

the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > instrumentality > [noun] > (a) means > person as

ministerc1380

instrument1395

engine1548

shoeing-horn?1602

implement1629

shoehorn1630

1630 G. Graeme Let. in Misc. Sc. Hist. Soc. (1904) II. 255 Sone, cum not in such termis, for..I fear that if more be offered it will be takin, be warie, ye be no schurehorne [? read schunehorne].

1869 J. C. Atkinson Peacock's Gloss. Dial. Hundred of Lonsdale Shoe-horn, a puffer at an auction.

1894 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words Shoehorn, a helper on. One employed to bid for the sellers at sales.

3. = shoeing-horn n. 3.

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the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > [noun] > family Recurvirostridae > member of genus Recurvirostra (avocet)

scooper1668

shoeing-horn1668

crooked-bill1705

cobbler's awl1759

picarini1770

yelper1770

avocet1771

scooping avocet1776

red-necked avocet1823

bluestocking1844

shoehorn1864

1864 J. C. Atkinson List Provinc. Names Birds Shoe-horn. Avocet—Recurvirostra avocetta.

1895 P. H. Emerson Birds, Beasts, & Fishes Norfolk Broadland lxxxvi. 281 And you know 'tis an avocet, or ‘shoe-horn’, as the old Broadsmen call him.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

shoehornv.

Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈshoe-horn.

†1. transitive. To cuckold. (Cf. horn v. 2) Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > fornication, adultery, or incest > [verb (transitive)] > defile by adultery > dishonour husband by adultery

byhorec1440

hornc1550

behorn1574

Actaeon1582

to make to wear the stag's crest1591

cornute1597

adhorn1605

hornify1607

tup1608

capricornify1611

cornify1611

cuckolda1616

Vulcan1624

wittol1624

branch1633

shoehorn1638

capricorn1665

cuckoldize1682

to liquor (a person's) bootsa1704

ram-head1713

1638 R. Brathwait Barnabees Journall (new ed.) ii. sig. H6 Venus swore it, She'd shooe-horn her Vulcans forehead.

a. To put or thrust (a thing) upon (a person) or (a person) into (a position) by means of an ‘instrument’ or ‘tool’ for the purpose.

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society > authority > office > appointment to office > appoint a person to an office [verb (transitive)] > appoint unsuitably or ignoring hierarchy

pitchfork1832

shoehorn1859

parachute1968

society > authority > subjection > obedience > compulsion > compel [verb (transitive)] > force or impose something upon > force into a position against will of others

thrust1559

shoeing-horn1659

shoehorn1859

1859 W. Chadwick Life De Foe v. 292 A penny trash, shoe-horned upon the public for buyers, by the addition of the Shortest Way with Daniel De Foe.

1901 North Western Daily Mail (Barrow) 6 Mar. A non-expert..who is shoehorned into a position like that of the War Secretary.

b. To manœuvre or compress (someone or something) into (in, on to) an inadequate space (occasionally into an inadequate period of time).

ΘΠ

the world > space > place > placing or fact of being placed in (a) position > insertion or putting in > insert or put in [verb (transitive)] > forcibly > cram or stuff in

crama1400

wedge1513

enfarce1564

pester1570

farce1579

stuff1579

ram1582

impact1601

thrum1603

to cramp in1605

crowd1609

impack1611

screw1635

infarciate1657

stodge1674

choke1747

bodkin1793

jam1793

bodkinize1833

pump1899

shoehorn1927

1927 D. L. Sayers Unnatural Death vi. 64 He shoe~horned himself into his seat [in a motor car].

1954 Archit. Rev. 116 212/1 For the second edition he shoehorned in material on Eiffel, Maillart and Alto, thus playing havoc with his illustration numbers.

1968 Economist 18 May 69/1 Big aircraft are shoe-horned on to small landing strips with only elementary navigation aids.

1969 J. Wainwright Take-over Men iii. 37 Lewis..was shoe~horning himself behind the steering wheel.

1972 Real Estate Rev. Winter 107/1 The logical-thought input might be assumed to have been forcibly pressed and shoe~horned into a preconceived formal framework.

1974 Daily Tel. 23 Aug. (Colour Suppl.) 7/2 In order to shoe~horn in more people airlines and aircraft manufacturers have given up any interest at all in comfort.

1978 Science 17 Mar. 1161/2 Nearly 140 symposia and almost 1000 speakers shoehorned into five days and nights.

1979 R. L. Simon Peking Duck ii. 19 The houses were..shoe~horned onto thirty feet of beachfront land.

3. intransitive. To act as a ‘shoehorn’ at a sale. dialect. (Cf. shoehorn n. 2.)

ΚΠ

1904 Eng. Dial. Dict.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	shoehorn
释义	shoehornn. Brit. /ˈʃuːhɔːn/, U.S. /ˈʃuˌhɔrn/ Forms: In Middle English, 1500s Scottish schone-horn, shone-horn, ? schune-horn. 1. A curved instrument of horn, metal, etc. used to facilitate the slipping of one's heel into a shoe by placing it between shoe and heel; a shoeing-horn. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > [noun] > in specific way > with specific clothing > footwear > instrument to facilitate insertion of foot shoeing-hornc1440 chaucepe1499 shoehorn1589 boot-hook1808 shoe-lifter1846 shoe-lift1862 1589 in J. D. Marwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Edinb. (1882) IV. 540 Ane schone horne 30d. 1612 Bk. Customs & Valuation in A. Halyburton Ledger (1867) 315 Shone hornes the dozen vis. 1874 F. C. Burnand My Time xxiv. 213 Giving his back the graceful outward bend of a shoe~horn. 2. figurative. = shoeing-horn n. 2. ΘΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > instrumentality > [noun] > (a) means > person as ministerc1380 instrument1395 engine1548 shoeing-horn?1602 implement1629 shoehorn1630 1630 G. Graeme Let. in Misc. Sc. Hist. Soc. (1904) II. 255 Sone, cum not in such termis, for..I fear that if more be offered it will be takin, be warie, ye be no schurehorne [? read schunehorne]. 1869 J. C. Atkinson Peacock's Gloss. Dial. Hundred of Lonsdale Shoe-horn, a puffer at an auction. 1894 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words Shoehorn, a helper on. One employed to bid for the sellers at sales. 3. = shoeing-horn n. 3. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > [noun] > family Recurvirostridae > member of genus Recurvirostra (avocet) scooper1668 shoeing-horn1668 crooked-bill1705 cobbler's awl1759 picarini1770 yelper1770 avocet1771 scooping avocet1776 red-necked avocet1823 bluestocking1844 shoehorn1864 1864 J. C. Atkinson List Provinc. Names Birds Shoe-horn. Avocet—Recurvirostra avocetta. 1895 P. H. Emerson Birds, Beasts, & Fishes Norfolk Broadland lxxxvi. 281 And you know 'tis an avocet, or ‘shoe-horn’, as the old Broadsmen call him. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2022). shoehornv. Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈshoe-horn. †1. transitive. To cuckold. (Cf. horn v. 2) Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > fornication, adultery, or incest > [verb (transitive)] > defile by adultery > dishonour husband by adultery byhorec1440 hornc1550 behorn1574 Actaeon1582 to make to wear the stag's crest1591 cornute1597 adhorn1605 hornify1607 tup1608 capricornify1611 cornify1611 cuckolda1616 Vulcan1624 wittol1624 branch1633 shoehorn1638 capricorn1665 cuckoldize1682 to liquor (a person's) bootsa1704 ram-head1713 1638 R. Brathwait Barnabees Journall (new ed.) ii. sig. H6 Venus swore it, She'd shooe-horn her Vulcans forehead. 2. a. To put or thrust (a thing) upon (a person) or (a person) into (a position) by means of an ‘instrument’ or ‘tool’ for the purpose. ΘΠ society > authority > office > appointment to office > appoint a person to an office [verb (transitive)] > appoint unsuitably or ignoring hierarchy pitchfork1832 shoehorn1859 parachute1968 society > authority > subjection > obedience > compulsion > compel [verb (transitive)] > force or impose something upon > force into a position against will of others thrust1559 shoeing-horn1659 shoehorn1859 1859 W. Chadwick Life De Foe v. 292 A penny trash, shoe-horned upon the public for buyers, by the addition of the Shortest Way with Daniel De Foe. 1901 North Western Daily Mail (Barrow) 6 Mar. A non-expert..who is shoehorned into a position like that of the War Secretary. b. To manœuvre or compress (someone or something) into (in, on to) an inadequate space (occasionally into an inadequate period of time). ΘΠ the world > space > place > placing or fact of being placed in (a) position > insertion or putting in > insert or put in [verb (transitive)] > forcibly > cram or stuff in crama1400 wedge1513 enfarce1564 pester1570 farce1579 stuff1579 ram1582 impact1601 thrum1603 to cramp in1605 crowd1609 impack1611 screw1635 infarciate1657 stodge1674 choke1747 bodkin1793 jam1793 bodkinize1833 pump1899 shoehorn1927 1927 D. L. Sayers Unnatural Death vi. 64 He shoe~horned himself into his seat [in a motor car]. 1954 Archit. Rev. 116 212/1 For the second edition he shoehorned in material on Eiffel, Maillart and Alto, thus playing havoc with his illustration numbers. 1968 Economist 18 May 69/1 Big aircraft are shoe-horned on to small landing strips with only elementary navigation aids. 1969 J. Wainwright Take-over Men iii. 37 Lewis..was shoe~horning himself behind the steering wheel. 1972 Real Estate Rev. Winter 107/1 The logical-thought input might be assumed to have been forcibly pressed and shoe~horned into a preconceived formal framework. 1974 Daily Tel. 23 Aug. (Colour Suppl.) 7/2 In order to shoe~horn in more people airlines and aircraft manufacturers have given up any interest at all in comfort. 1978 Science 17 Mar. 1161/2 Nearly 140 symposia and almost 1000 speakers shoehorned into five days and nights. 1979 R. L. Simon Peking Duck ii. 19 The houses were..shoe~horned onto thirty feet of beachfront land. 3. intransitive. To act as a ‘shoehorn’ at a sale. dialect. (Cf. shoehorn n. 2.) ΚΠ 1904 Eng. Dial. Dict. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1589v.1638
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