box stepn.

Brit.

/ˈbɒks stɛp/, U.S.

/ˈbɑks ˌstɛp/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: box n.², step n.¹

Etymology: < box n.² + step n.¹

1. In singular and plural: a set of steps leading to a theatre box, coach box, signal box, etc. Now rare.

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1795 T. Wilkinson Wandering Patentee III. 141 At the bottom of the box steps I was saluted by my Cockney coachman.

1828 Melodist & Mirthful Olio I. 260 She climbed the box step, step by step, Until she reached the top, And then she took the whip in hand, The reins he soon let drop.

1865 Flag of Our Union 18 Nov. 722/2 ‘How are you..!’ cried the driver, as he reined his panting steeds up to the door, and, winding the lines round the box step, got down.

1948 Railway Gaz. 19 Nov. 588/1 The signalman there asked what had become of the passenger train, so he went to the foot of the box steps and looked both ways but could see no lights.

2. A hollow, enclosed (usually wooden) step resembling a box in construction; (in plural) a staircase composed of such steps, or constructed in a similar manner (cf. box stair n. at box n.² Compounds 6).

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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > stairs > [noun] > other types of stairs or staircase

fore-stair1622

well stairs1669

flyer?1677

French flyers1728

well staircase1729

bed-steps1833

bracket-stair1842

bracket-staircase1842

kitchen stair1844

stair-tree1848

box step1852

box staircase1875

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > stairs > [noun] > step > step with closed strings

box step1852

box stair1881

1852 Jrnl. Proc. 1st Branch City Council Baltimore 9 A petition from Jacob N. Shreck, asking permission to extend the box steps in front of his dwelling.

1890 Northwestern Reporter 45 1169/2 He saw plaintiff descending from the car steps to the box step, and saw her fall.

1909 Attica (Indiana) Daily Ledger 30 Nov. 8/3 The passenger is aided in reaching the car steps by a movable box step placed by the brake man.

1974 S. Wilson et al. New Orleans Archit. IV. 120/1 Cottages set at the banquette line and raised a few feet from the ground..produced a need for the box steps so commonly observed.

2019 Impact News Service (Nexis) 2 Oct. Around 600 metres of walkway has been resurfaced and improved with new timber box steps, culverts and drainage.

3. A dance step in which the feet trace the outline of a square or rectangle.

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society > leisure > dancing > movements or steps > [noun] > step > other steps

reprise1521

double1531

reprinse1531

single1531

hop1579

cross-pointa1592

trip1601

back-tricka1616

inturna1627

shorta1652

coupee1673

cut1676

fleuret1677

bourrée step or pas de bourrée1706

contretemps1706

cross-step1728

boring1775

pigeon wing1807

pas de basque1818

cross-cut1842

flicflac1852

buckle-covering1859

reverse1888

reversing1892

cross-stepping1893

box step1914

jump turn1924

moonwalk1969

coupé-

1914 Canton (Ohio) Daily News 21 June 5/3 The one step has a brand new movement, a box step in which the dancers describe some kind of a rectangular enclosure.

1917 Ludington (Mich.) Daily News 14 Dec. 3/1 The fox trot of this season being featured by the box step and the pivot.

1935 Lowell (Mass.) Sun 18 Mar. 5/4 Get a fox-trot on the radio and try just walking in that tempo... Then try side steps and box steps.

2008 C. Rivenbark Belle Weather xix. 164 It took me at least six months to learn the box step.

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

单词	box step
释义	box stepn. Brit. /ˈbɒks stɛp/, U.S. /ˈbɑks ˌstɛp/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: box n.², step n.¹ Etymology: < box n.² + step n.¹ 1. In singular and plural: a set of steps leading to a theatre box, coach box, signal box, etc. Now rare. ΚΠ 1795 T. Wilkinson Wandering Patentee III. 141 At the bottom of the box steps I was saluted by my Cockney coachman. 1828 Melodist & Mirthful Olio I. 260 She climbed the box step, step by step, Until she reached the top, And then she took the whip in hand, The reins he soon let drop. 1865 Flag of Our Union 18 Nov. 722/2 ‘How are you..!’ cried the driver, as he reined his panting steeds up to the door, and, winding the lines round the box step, got down. 1948 Railway Gaz. 19 Nov. 588/1 The signalman there asked what had become of the passenger train, so he went to the foot of the box steps and looked both ways but could see no lights. 2. A hollow, enclosed (usually wooden) step resembling a box in construction; (in plural) a staircase composed of such steps, or constructed in a similar manner (cf. box stair n. at box n.² Compounds 6). ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > stairs > [noun] > other types of stairs or staircase fore-stair1622 well stairs1669 flyer?1677 French flyers1728 well staircase1729 bed-steps1833 bracket-stair1842 bracket-staircase1842 kitchen stair1844 stair-tree1848 box step1852 box staircase1875 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > stairs > [noun] > step > step with closed strings box step1852 box stair1881 1852 Jrnl. Proc. 1st Branch City Council Baltimore 9 A petition from Jacob N. Shreck, asking permission to extend the box steps in front of his dwelling. 1890 Northwestern Reporter 45 1169/2 He saw plaintiff descending from the car steps to the box step, and saw her fall. 1909 Attica (Indiana) Daily Ledger 30 Nov. 8/3 The passenger is aided in reaching the car steps by a movable box step placed by the brake man. 1974 S. Wilson et al. New Orleans Archit. IV. 120/1 Cottages set at the banquette line and raised a few feet from the ground..produced a need for the box steps so commonly observed. 2019 Impact News Service (Nexis) 2 Oct. Around 600 metres of walkway has been resurfaced and improved with new timber box steps, culverts and drainage. 3. A dance step in which the feet trace the outline of a square or rectangle. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > dancing > movements or steps > [noun] > step > other steps reprise1521 double1531 reprinse1531 single1531 hop1579 cross-pointa1592 trip1601 back-tricka1616 inturna1627 shorta1652 coupee1673 cut1676 fleuret1677 bourrée step or pas de bourrée1706 contretemps1706 cross-step1728 boring1775 pigeon wing1807 pas de basque1818 cross-cut1842 flicflac1852 buckle-covering1859 reverse1888 reversing1892 cross-stepping1893 box step1914 jump turn1924 moonwalk1969 coupé- 1914 Canton (Ohio) Daily News 21 June 5/3 The one step has a brand new movement, a box step in which the dancers describe some kind of a rectangular enclosure. 1917 Ludington (Mich.) Daily News 14 Dec. 3/1 The fox trot of this season being featured by the box step and the pivot. 1935 Lowell (Mass.) Sun 18 Mar. 5/4 Get a fox-trot on the radio and try just walking in that tempo... Then try side steps and box steps. 2008 C. Rivenbark Belle Weather xix. 164 It took me at least six months to learn the box step. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1795
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