tacouban.

Brit.

/təˈkuːbə/, U.S.

/təˈkubə/, Caribbean English /taˈkuːba/, /tʌˈkuːbʌ/

Forms: 1800s tecuba, 1800s– tacooba, 1800s– tacouba, 1900s– tacuba, 1900s– takuba.

Origin: Apparently a borrowing from an Arawak language.

Etymology: Apparently < an Arawak language (compare Arawak kuba heartwood of a tree).An Arawak compound *dakuba ( < da-, combining form of ada tree + kuba heartwood) would be conceivable as the etymon of the English word, but is not recorded.

1. The hard durable heartwood of any of various tropical trees found in Guyana and neighbouring regions, esp. the wallaba, Eperua falcata (family Fabaceae) and the greenheart, Chlorocardium rodiei (family Lauraceae). Now rare.

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1851 Official Descriptive & Illustr. Catal. Great Exhib. IV. 983/1 Wallaba, tecuba, or h[e]art, River Berbice... This wood is the heart of the upper portion of the trunks of Wallaba trees which have been felled in the forests, and from the sap wood has decayed... The defect of Wallaba and its tacouba is its inability to bear great lateral strain.

1882 Timehri 1 175 When young and sappy, it [sc. the wood of the greenheart tree] decays rapidly from the outside, and leaves a small core of durable wood, locally known as ‘tacouba’.

1905 Brit. Guiana Admin. Rep. 1904–5 12 The east and west ends..were fenced with tacouba posts and barbed wire.

1938 Geogr. Jrnl. 92 45 In the course of time the sapwood rots away, leaving the heartwood or tacuba, which apparently lasts for ever when submerged from the attentions of parasites.

2. Caribbean (Guyana). A tree trunk or fallen tree, typically one of which only the heartwood remains; esp. one which impedes the navigation of a river, or over which a river crossing may be made.

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the world > the earth > water > body of water > channel of water > [noun] > obstruction in > specific

planter1802

snag1807

rack-heap1850

tacouba1870

society > travel > means of travel > route or way > other means of passage or access > [noun] > bridge > bridge formed by fallen tree

tree-bridge1805

tacouba1870

1870 C. B. Brown Geol. Rep. Central Brit. Guiana in C. B. Brown & J. G. Sawkins Rep. Physical, Descriptive, & Econ. Geol. Brit. Guiana (1875) No. 8. 111 We had..to cut through five large fallen trees called ‘Tacoobas’ which delayed us considerably before we finally arrived at the village landing.

1894 J. Rodway In Guiana Forest vi. 118 These tacoubas litter the bottom of every river, but it is only in the smaller creeks, when the water gets low, that they can be seen.

1934 E. Waugh Ninety-two Days ii. 55 In the wet season..you had to crawl across a tacuba leading a swimming horse.

1959 P. Capon Amongst those Missing 124 He had expected rapids every few miles, numerous tacoubas and a cataract or two.

1997 P. Melville Ventriloquist's Tale (1998) ii. 242 Sometimes, she had to balance along a tacouba, straddling a creek twenty feet below.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	tacouba
释义	tacouban. Brit. /təˈkuːbə/, U.S. /təˈkubə/, Caribbean English /taˈkuːba/, /tʌˈkuːbʌ/ Forms: 1800s tecuba, 1800s– tacooba, 1800s– tacouba, 1900s– tacuba, 1900s– takuba. Origin: Apparently a borrowing from an Arawak language. Etymology: Apparently < an Arawak language (compare Arawak kuba heartwood of a tree).An Arawak compound dakuba ( < da-, combining form of ada* tree + kuba heartwood) would be conceivable as the etymon of the English word, but is not recorded. 1. The hard durable heartwood of any of various tropical trees found in Guyana and neighbouring regions, esp. the wallaba, Eperua falcata (family Fabaceae) and the greenheart, Chlorocardium rodiei (family Lauraceae). Now rare. ΚΠ 1851 Official Descriptive & Illustr. Catal. Great Exhib. IV. 983/1 Wallaba, tecuba, or h[e]art, River Berbice... This wood is the heart of the upper portion of the trunks of Wallaba trees which have been felled in the forests, and from the sap wood has decayed... The defect of Wallaba and its tacouba is its inability to bear great lateral strain. 1882 Timehri 1 175 When young and sappy, it [sc. the wood of the greenheart tree] decays rapidly from the outside, and leaves a small core of durable wood, locally known as ‘tacouba’. 1905 Brit. Guiana Admin. Rep. 1904–5 12 The east and west ends..were fenced with tacouba posts and barbed wire. 1938 Geogr. Jrnl. 92 45 In the course of time the sapwood rots away, leaving the heartwood or tacuba, which apparently lasts for ever when submerged from the attentions of parasites. 2. Caribbean (Guyana). A tree trunk or fallen tree, typically one of which only the heartwood remains; esp. one which impedes the navigation of a river, or over which a river crossing may be made. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > body of water > channel of water > [noun] > obstruction in > specific planter1802 snag1807 rack-heap1850 tacouba1870 society > travel > means of travel > route or way > other means of passage or access > [noun] > bridge > bridge formed by fallen tree tree-bridge1805 tacouba1870 1870 C. B. Brown Geol. Rep. Central Brit. Guiana in C. B. Brown & J. G. Sawkins Rep. Physical, Descriptive, & Econ. Geol. Brit. Guiana (1875) No. 8. 111 We had..to cut through five large fallen trees called ‘Tacoobas’ which delayed us considerably before we finally arrived at the village landing. 1894 J. Rodway In Guiana Forest vi. 118 These tacoubas litter the bottom of every river, but it is only in the smaller creeks, when the water gets low, that they can be seen. 1934 E. Waugh Ninety-two Days ii. 55 In the wet season..you had to crawl across a tacuba leading a swimming horse. 1959 P. Capon Amongst those Missing 124 He had expected rapids every few miles, numerous tacoubas and a cataract or two. 1997 P. Melville Ventriloquist's Tale (1998) ii. 242 Sometimes, she had to balance along a tacouba, straddling a creek twenty feet below. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1851
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