strongroomn.

Brit.

/ˈstrɒŋruːm/,

/ˈstrɒŋrʊm/, U.S.

/ˈstrɔŋˌrum/,

/ˈstrɔŋˌrʊm/,

/ˈstrɑŋˌrum/,

/ˈstrɑŋˌrʊm/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: strong adj., room n.¹

Etymology: < strong adj. + room n.¹

A room made specially secure for the custody of people or things; esp. a room designed to protect valuables against fire and theft, e.g. at a bank.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > money > place for keeping money > treasury > [noun] > treasure-chamber

aumbry1356

treasure-chambera1547

vestry1574

treasury-vault1661

strongroom1676

treasure-vault1813

safety vault1833

treasury-chamber1852

treasure-room1880

the mind > possession > supply > storage > [noun] > place where anything is or may be stored > place of safe storage > specific

safe1668

strongroom1676

safe deposit1768

society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restraint depriving of liberty > confinement > [noun] > place of confinement > specific types of

cage?c1225

waterless pit1571

strongroom1676

1676 E. Coles Eng. Dict. Muniment-house, a little strong room for the keeping of plate.

1729 Eccho (Edinb.) 4 June 3/2 He by Huggins..was confined contrary to his Will in a Hold or strong Room new built and noisomly situated.

1764 S. Foote Lyar ii. 26 Her father, an Indian governor shut up in the strong room [i.e. the ‘Black Hole’] in Calcutta, left her all his wealth.

1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian vi, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. I. 163 The persons we have mentioned remained in the strong-room of the prison.

1856 G. Price Treat. Fire & Thief-proof Deposit. viii. 99 Portable strong rooms are made altogether of wrought-iron plates.

1863 C. Reade Hard Cash xxxi They took him to the strong-room, and manacled his ankles together.

1885 Law Times' Rep. 53 83/2 The plate..is now stowed away in the strong room of a bank.

1908 Daily Chron. 10 June 7/1 The time-lock on the door of a bank's vaults makes it impossible for the bank's officers themselves to enter the strong room after closing-time.

1958 Times Lit. Suppl. 28 Mar. 176/1 An admirably equipped strong room for manuscripts with its own air-conditioning and humidifying plant.

2009 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 12 Feb. 41/1 He was shown a strong room that once had ‘currency stacked to the ceiling’.

Compounds

General attributive, as strongroom door, strongroom lock, etc.

ΚΠ

1778 Compl. Coll. State-trials (ed. 4) IX. 137 Farrington says, once upon a Time, he was at the Strong Room Door.

1853 A. C. Hobbs et al. Rudimentary Treat. Constr. Locks viii. 106 Messrs. Page and Bacon, of St. Louis, had a strong-room lock made by one of the chief locksmiths of that city.

1862 Internat. Exhib.: Illustr. Catal. Industr. Dept. II. xxxi. §6105 A model showing the arrangement of the bolts and locks as fixed on a strong-room door.

1863 Cornhill Mag. Jan. 83 The strong-room keys of that period were monstrous engines.

1895 D. Malcolm Fiend Incarnate iv. 44 Having obtained the manager's duplicate strongroom key from a neighboring branch, I began the day's work.

1919 J. Boyle Boston Blackie xiv. 151 ‘Look,’ cried Jessen, pointing to an object that lay beneath a fragment of splintered wood... It was the exact duplicate of the strong-room lock.

1968 Foreign Commerce & Navigation United States 1964 (U.S. Bureau Census) 799 (table) Strong-room linings and strong-room doors.

2013 M. Williams Riffs xxii. 142 The safe door was locked, the strong room door was secured and finally the main office door was locked.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	strongroom
释义	strongroomn. Brit. /ˈstrɒŋruːm/, /ˈstrɒŋrʊm/, U.S. /ˈstrɔŋˌrum/, /ˈstrɔŋˌrʊm/, /ˈstrɑŋˌrum/, /ˈstrɑŋˌrʊm/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: strong adj., room n.¹ Etymology: < strong adj. + room n.¹ A room made specially secure for the custody of people or things; esp. a room designed to protect valuables against fire and theft, e.g. at a bank. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > place for keeping money > treasury > [noun] > treasure-chamber aumbry1356 treasure-chambera1547 vestry1574 treasury-vault1661 strongroom1676 treasure-vault1813 safety vault1833 treasury-chamber1852 treasure-room1880 the mind > possession > supply > storage > [noun] > place where anything is or may be stored > place of safe storage > specific safe1668 strongroom1676 safe deposit1768 society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restraint depriving of liberty > confinement > [noun] > place of confinement > specific types of cage?c1225 waterless pit1571 strongroom1676 1676 E. Coles Eng. Dict. Muniment-house, a little strong room for the keeping of plate. 1729 Eccho (Edinb.) 4 June 3/2 He by Huggins..was confined contrary to his Will in a Hold or strong Room new built and noisomly situated. 1764 S. Foote Lyar ii. 26 Her father, an Indian governor shut up in the strong room [i.e. the ‘Black Hole’] in Calcutta, left her all his wealth. 1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian vi, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. I. 163 The persons we have mentioned remained in the strong-room of the prison. 1856 G. Price Treat. Fire & Thief-proof Deposit. viii. 99 Portable strong rooms are made altogether of wrought-iron plates. 1863 C. Reade Hard Cash xxxi They took him to the strong-room, and manacled his ankles together. 1885 Law Times' Rep. 53 83/2 The plate..is now stowed away in the strong room of a bank. 1908 Daily Chron. 10 June 7/1 The time-lock on the door of a bank's vaults makes it impossible for the bank's officers themselves to enter the strong room after closing-time. 1958 Times Lit. Suppl. 28 Mar. 176/1 An admirably equipped strong room for manuscripts with its own air-conditioning and humidifying plant. 2009 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 12 Feb. 41/1 He was shown a strong room that once had ‘currency stacked to the ceiling’. Compounds General attributive, as strongroom door, strongroom lock, etc. ΚΠ 1778 Compl. Coll. State-trials (ed. 4) IX. 137 Farrington says, once upon a Time, he was at the Strong Room Door. 1853 A. C. Hobbs et al. Rudimentary Treat. Constr. Locks viii. 106 Messrs. Page and Bacon, of St. Louis, had a strong-room lock made by one of the chief locksmiths of that city. 1862 Internat. Exhib.: Illustr. Catal. Industr. Dept. II. xxxi. §6105 A model showing the arrangement of the bolts and locks as fixed on a strong-room door. 1863 Cornhill Mag. Jan. 83 The strong-room keys of that period were monstrous engines. 1895 D. Malcolm Fiend Incarnate iv. 44 Having obtained the manager's duplicate strongroom key from a neighboring branch, I began the day's work. 1919 J. Boyle Boston Blackie xiv. 151 ‘Look,’ cried Jessen, pointing to an object that lay beneath a fragment of splintered wood... It was the exact duplicate of the strong-room lock. 1968 Foreign Commerce & Navigation United States 1964 (U.S. Bureau Census) 799 (table) Strong-room linings and strong-room doors. 2013 M. Williams Riffs xxii. 142 The safe door was locked, the strong room door was secured and finally the main office door was locked. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1676
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