单词 | snead |
释义 | sneadsnedn. Now dialect. The shaft or pole of a scythe. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > tools and implements > harvesting equipment > [noun] > reaping tools > scythe > parts of sneadc1000 snath1574 tacka1825 pole1828 α. β. 1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm III. 849 The curved sned is usually made of willow.1901 Scotsman 1 Apr. 8/7 He sent his servant..for a scythe sned.c1000 Ælfric Homilies II. 162 Hwilon eac befeoll an siðe of ðam snæde into anum deopan seaðe. 1235–52 in C. J. Elton Rentalia et Custumaria (1891) (Somerset Rec. Soc.) 165 Et [habebit] de herba quantum potest levare cum sidsnede. 1664 J. Evelyn Sylva xii. §2 These Hedges are..kept in order with a Scythe of four foot long..; this is fix'd on a long sneed or streight handle. 1686 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Staffs. ix. 357 A short strong Sithe..fitted with a strong Snead. 1811 T. Davis Gen. View Agric. Wilts. (new ed.) 262 Scythe or Sive—The handle [is] called the snead. 1885 Cal. of Prisoners at Mids. Sessions, Taunton 30 June William Chorley..stealing a scythe and snead. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.c1000 |
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