three-inchadj.

Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈthree-inch.

Measuring three inches in length, thickness, etc. (in first quot. humorous). Also in combinations, as three-inch-thick, three-inch-wide.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement of length > [adjective] > relating to inch > that measures three, etc., inches

seven-inch1462

four-inched1608

twelve-inch1611

three-incha1616

one-inch1684

four-inch1840

a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) iv. i. 23 Away you three inch foole, I am no beast.

1626 J. Smith Accidence Young Sea-men 9 All the Orlope to be layd with square three inch plancke.

1830 J. Baxter Libr. Agric. & Hort. Knowl. 112 In Suffolk they are hoed..with three-inch hoes, having handles not above two feet in length.

1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 927 A three-inch-thick plank.

Derivatives

three-inched adj. /-ɪnʃt/ rare

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1854 J. H. Stocqueler Hand-bk. Brit. India (ed. 3) 399 A formidable knife..tapering from a three-inched hilt to the finest point.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	three-inch
释义	three-inchadj. Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈthree-inch. Measuring three inches in length, thickness, etc. (in first quot. humorous). Also in combinations, as three-inch-thick, three-inch-wide. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement of length > [adjective] > relating to inch > that measures three, etc., inches seven-inch1462 four-inched1608 twelve-inch1611 three-incha1616 one-inch1684 four-inch1840 a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) iv. i. 23 Away you three inch foole, I am no beast. View more context for this quotation 1626 J. Smith Accidence Young Sea-men 9 All the Orlope to be layd with square three inch plancke. 1830 J. Baxter Libr. Agric. & Hort. Knowl. 112 In Suffolk they are hoed..with three-inch hoes, having handles not above two feet in length. 1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 927 A three-inch-thick plank. Derivatives three-inched adj. /-ɪnʃt/ rare ΚΠ 1854 J. H. Stocqueler Hand-bk. Brit. India (ed. 3) 399 A formidable knife..tapering from a three-inched hilt to the finest point. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.a1616
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