travellingtravelingn.
/ˈtravl̩ɪŋ/, /ˈtravlɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈtræv(ə)lɪŋ/ 1. The action of travelling (in various senses of the verb); esp. the action of making a journey or going from place to place.
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society > travel > [noun]
yongc950
gangOE
goinga1250
walka1300
journeyingc1330
travela1400
progressionc1450
wayfarec1450
travelling1489
wayfaring1536
gate-going?1555
thorough-faring?1575
faring1594
fidging1604
voyaging1611
voyage1626
winning1651
locomotion1759
itinerating1770
passing1821
trekking1850
trooping1888
1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) ii. 286 Sen þai come owt off trawelling.
a1568 R. Ascham Scholemaster (1570) i. f. 23 v Disposed to prayse traueling, as a great commendacion.
1669 R. Montagu in Buccleuch MSS (Hist. MSS Comm.) (1899) I. 458 There has been so much snow that..there is no travelling for the post.
1738 Ld. Chesterfield in Common Sense No. 93. ⁋10 Travelling is, unquestionably, a very proper part of the education of our youth.
1875 R. Hunt & F. W. Rudler Ure's Dict. Arts (ed. 7) II. 538 The gas is said to bear travelling through this length of pipe very well.
1945 M. Lowry Let. July in Sursum Corda! (1995) I. 481 Having rendered the house livable in..it was my intention..to do some travelling.
2008 Independent 15 Apr. 12/1 The cost of living and travelling is very low, enabling ‘Gappers’ to eke out the cash they had saved for the trip of a lifetime.
2. Basketball. The action of taking more than the allowed number of steps (usually two) while holding the ball without dribbling it. Cf. travel v. 13.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > basketball > [noun] > actions
travelling1916
pivot1920
rebounding1926
dunking1935
goaltending1939
boxout1950
rebound1954
screen-and-roll1955
pick-and-roll1960
suicide1965
hang time1969
steal1974
1916 G. T. Hepbron et al. Spalding's Official Basketball Guide 1916-17 40 A man must recognize traveling and call it as soon as it occurs.
1932 W. L. Lambert Pract. Basketball iv. 67 Players should be taught when making a stop after a dribble to set the stop foot or feet and then gather in the ball. This sort of teaching protects the players and the coach on strictest rule interpretation of traveling.
1978 N.Y. Times 29 Mar. b6/3 Foster indicated by his hands and arms that he thought a traveling violation should have been called on Kentucky.
2019 USA Today (Nexis) 25 Jan. 1 c His critics complain that he gets away with too much traveling and push-offs with his forearm.
Compounds
Many compounds of travelling have parallel forms with travel.The forms with travelling are frequently attested earlier than those with travel, but the latter are usually now more common. Cf., for example, travelling expenses n. at Compounds 2 with travel expenses n. at travel n. Compounds 2, travelling card at Compounds 1d with travel card n., and travelling guide at Compounds 1a with travel guide n. C1. As a modifier.
a. With the sense ‘of or relating to travelling; for or about travelling’, as travelling charge, travelling companion, travelling guide, etc.
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1618 Rep. Comm. State of Navy in J. Charnock Hist. Marine Archit. (1801) ii. ix. 236 For travelling charges to solicit for money.
1692 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) II. 401 On Friday next the persons belonging to the train for the descent enter into travailling pay.
1778 J. Rennell Descr. Roads Bengal & Bahar Pref. p. i A complete travelling guide, as far as relates to distances, and the nature of the rivers that intersect the roads.
1813 P. Hawker Diary (1893) I. 67 The travelling companion who was bundled into the mail.
1816 Ann. Reg. 1815 Chron. 57/2 Going over Uxbridge-common, at a regular travelling pace.
1857 H. Bonar Hymns Faith & Hope 146 In that light of life I'll walk Till travelling days are done.
2019 Los Angeles Times (Nexis) 29 Sept. (Travel section) 5 My traveling companion is responsible and resourceful and also figured out his car insurance covered up to 30 miles into Mexico without purchasing an additional plan.
b. With the sense ‘used when travelling; designed for travel’, as in travelling bag, travelling clock, travelling shawl, etc.
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society > travel > aspects of travel > a journey > [noun] > luggage > travelling bag
cloak-bagc1540
mallet1612
Peter1667
sac de nuit1814
carpet-bag1830
roll-up1831
pikau1836
travelling bag1838
swag1853
suit bag1869
bluey1878
Matilda1889
shiralee1892
port1898
handgrip1915
sea-bag1918
blanket pack1920
weekender1929
valpack1934
weekend bag1946
swag bag1951
the world > time > instruments for measuring time > clock > [noun] > other types of clock
watch-clock1592
German clock1598
quarter clocka1631
wheel-clock1671
table clocka1684
month clock1712
astronomical clock1719
musical clock1721
repeater1725
Tompion1727
pulling clock1733
regulator1735
eight-day clock1741
regulator clock1750
French clock1757
repetition clock1765
day clock1766
striker1778
chiming clock1789
cuckoo-clock1789
night clock1823
telltale1827
carriage clock1828
fly-clock1830
steeple clock1830
telltale clock1832
skeleton clock1842
telegraph clock1842
star clock1850
weight-clock1850
prison clock1853
crystal clock1854
pillar scroll top clock1860
sheep's-head clock1872
presentation clock1875
pillar clock1880
stop-clock1881
Waterbury1882
calendar-clock1884
ting-tang clock1884
birdcage clock1886
sheep's head1887
perpetual calendar1892
bracket clock1894
Act of Parliament clock1899
cartel clock1899
banjo-clock1903
master clock1904
lantern clock1913
time clock1919
evolutionary clock1922
lancet clock1922
atomic clock1927
quartz clock1934
clock radio1946
real-time clock1953
organ clock1956
molecular clock1974
travelling clock2014
1669 R. Boyle Contin. New Exper. Physico-mechanicall: 1st Pt. xxii. 69 The making of Portable or Travailing Baroscopes.
1744 H. Purefoy Let. 26 Feb. in Purefoy Lett. (1931) I. 119 I desire you will send mee an allarum to pull up together with a Travelling Case.
1782 F. Burney Cecilia V. x. ii. 230 My travelling pistols were already charged.
1816 Courier 15 Aug. 1/2 (advt.) India shawls... In Cashmire, Angola, Teheran, &c. together with the new Polandise and Sclavonian Travelling Shawl.
1838 C. Gilman Recoll. Southern Matron ii. 18 He..called the little boy who held the travelling bag a ‘black-faced nigger’.
1911 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 23 Apr. 18/3 (advt.) Lost—Travelling rug and overcoat, between Empress Hotel and the outer wharf.
2014 Tamworth Herald (Nexis) 2 Jan. (News section) 14 At the December meeting of the Council, Mr Dewes, who served for 25 years, was presented with a shooting stick and a travelling clock by the members.
c. Designating a horse-drawn carriage or coach designed for travelling relatively long distances, as travelling carriage, travelling coach, etc. Now historical.
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1681 tr. Hist. Treaty Nimueguen 26 He render'd his visits the last days of January, though he was not as yet provided but of two travelling Coaches, nor his servants of Liveries.
1798 S. Lee Young Lady's Tale in H. Lee Canterbury Tales II. 385 [He] purchased a travelling-carriage.
1853 C. Dickens Bleak House xii. 109 The travelling chariot rolls on to the house.
2014 L. Ashford Rake's Bargain vi. 78 He was striding purposefully towards the extremely fine travelling carriage that stood in the middle of the yard.
d. Designating a ticket, document, etc., authorizing, required for, or permitting travel, as in travelling card, travelling permit, etc.
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1848 Rev. Rules National Div. N. Amer. (Sons of Temperance of N. Amer.) (new ed.) 22 A Traveling Card shall not be granted for a longer time than one year, and it shall be of no effect after the expiration of the time for which it is granted.
1886 All Year Round 13 Mar. 91/1 On the whole, Central Asia is hardly a country for tourists; though, as far as safety goes, they need not fear if they get a travelling permit from the Russian Government.
1940 Scotsman 15 Mar. 7/4 (caption) The King laughingly handing back a soldier's travelling voucher after inspecting it.
2013 Longford (Ireland) Leader (Nexis) 9 Jan. All services are..free to holders of travelling passes.
C2. † travelling couvert n. Obsolete a compact set of table utensils for use when travelling.
travelling bed n. now chiefly historical a portable or folding bed used when travelling.
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1706 J. Stevens New Spanish Dict. i. Almofréz, or Almofréx, a Bag made like a Pillow, properly a Case to carry a travelling Bed in.
1999 N.Y. Times 4 Nov. f3/4 The 16th-century traveling bed..has..interlacing tendrils and vines..inlaid in ebony, ivory and purplewood.
travelling cabinet n. a small chest of drawers secured by outer doors so as to be safely portable on a journey, apparently much used in the 17th cent.
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1785 Catal. Museum M. Duane: Pt. II 10 A neat mahogany travelling-cabinet for unset gems or medals.
2005 Internat. Herald Tribune (Nexis) 17 Dec. 11 The other extraordinary piece was a traveling cabinet in mahogany, amaranth and sycamore veneer enhanced by dazzling gilt bronze fittings.
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1828 A. B. Granville St. Petersburgh II. iii. i. 531 Some of our provisions.., which we presently devoured, by the help of our own travelling couverts and plates.
1883 Art Jrnl. Apr. 128/2 (caption) Silver-gilt Travelling Couvert.
travelling expenses n. travel costs incurred in the course of performing one's job or undertaking a particular task (esp. for another person); an amount of money paid by one's employer, a beneficiary, etc., in reimbursement of this; = travel expenses n. at travel n. Compounds 2.
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society > trade and finance > management of money > expenditure > [noun] > expenses > other expenses
reparation1421
out-rent1475
farmage1650
tavernryc1650
travelling expenses1653
capital expenditure1834
capital outlay1834
travel expenses1839
capital cost1841
operating expenses1850
repair bill1858
carrying charge1879
capital spending1882
replacement cost1884
operating costs1901
carrying cost1904
user cost1922
support cost1953
1653 tr. L. van Aitzema Notable Revol. Netherlands 433 The 15 of June there was brought in the following appointment for Vacations and travelling expences.
1793 J. Woodforde Diary 23 Oct. (1929) IV. 75 Travelling Expenses..amounted in the whole—78.19.7.
1907 G. B. Shaw John Bull's Other Island i. 13 An advance on his salary—for travelling expenses.
2011 Bristol Post (Nexis) 13 May 3 The firm is willing to pay travelling expenses for a short period.
travelling fellowship n. an academic fellowship given to enable the holder to travel for purposes of study or research; cf. travelling scholarship n.
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society > education > educational administration > [noun] > scholarships
scholarship1535
demyship1536
burse1560
exhibition1631
travelling fellowship1694
bursary1733
travelling scholarship1798
studentship1802
Newcastle1832
pupilship1838
Newcastle1845
state scholarship1849
Ireland1861
bursarship1864
schol1888
freeship1893
Rhodes scholarship1902
Fulbright1952
schoolmaster studentship1957
assisted place1977
Rhodes1994
1694 R. Molesworth Acct. Denmark in 1692 Pref. sig. C3 In our own Universities, which are without controversie the best in the world, whether we consider their Revenues, their buildings, or their learning, there are travelling Fellowships establish'd.
1789 P. Hayes in J. Lewis Mem. Duke of Glocester 87 (note) [Dr. Radcliffe] also founded two travelling Fellowships for young Physicians.
2018 Globe & Mail (Ontario) (Nexis) 29 Dec. b14 He further specialized in Pathology..winning the Allen Blair Memorial Fellowship..followed by an extended travelling Fellowship in Pathology in Great Britain.
travelling road n. Mining a more or less horizontal passageway in a mine, used by miners to travel to and from an area being worked; cf. roadway n. 4.
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society > occupation and work > workplace > places where raw materials are extracted > mine > [noun] > passage
gate1747
road1770
gangway1778
gateway1786
bolt-hole1839
trumpeting1839
travelling road1851
slope1863
spout-road1882
1851 J. Hedley Pract. Treat. Working & Ventilation Coal Mines v. 49 The middle road is the main travelling-road of the mine, and also the intake or fresh air-road.
1911 Act 1 & 2 George V c. 50 §49 A person shall not..travel or work in any travelling road or working place which is not so made secure.
2009 G. Simpson et al. Understanding Human Error in Mine Safety (Electronic ed.) iv. To enhance driver awareness of the edge of the travelling road and of bends in the road, the mine had..marked the edge of the road with poles with reflective markers on them.
travelling scholarship n. a scholarship given to enable the holder to travel for purposes of study or research; cf. travelling fellowship n.
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society > education > educational administration > [noun] > scholarships
scholarship1535
demyship1536
burse1560
exhibition1631
travelling fellowship1694
bursary1733
travelling scholarship1798
studentship1802
Newcastle1832
pupilship1838
Newcastle1845
state scholarship1849
Ireland1861
bursarship1864
schol1888
freeship1893
Rhodes scholarship1902
Fulbright1952
schoolmaster studentship1957
assisted place1977
Rhodes1994
1798 A. Wall Acct. Ceremonies Senate House Univ. Cambr. 176 Form of a certificate to be sent to the receiver of the fund under the trust for Worts's travelling scholarship.
1911 R. Brooke Let. 1 Mar. (1968) 282 Benians, of John's, is staying in Munich a week on his way round the world on one of these Kivet Kahn Travelling scholarships.
2019 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 6 Mar. c6 When Norman Foster won in 1999, he used the prize money to start a fund to grant traveling scholarships to students through the Norman Foster Foundation.
travelling statement n. Australian an official document stating the details of travelling stock (travelling stock n.).
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1877 Evening News (Sydney) 15 June Every drover in charge of any travelling stock shall be provided at the time of his departure with a ‘travelling statement’.
1967 Western Herald (Bourke, New S. Wales) 20 Jan. 1/3 Every person moving stock..shall also deliver..the document under the authority of which such stock are or have been travelling whether it be a travelling statement, permit, or renewed permit.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
travellingtravelingadj.
/ˈtravl̩ɪŋ/, /ˈtravlɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈtræv(ə)lɪŋ/ 1. That travels or is travelling (in various senses of the verb); that goes from place to place, journeying; itinerant; (more generally) moving. Also figurative.In quot. 1340: spec. (of water) running, turbulent.With travelling man ‘person who travels’ in a general sense (e.g. quot. c1475), cf. travelling man n. at Compounds.
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the world > movement > progressive motion > [adjective] > moving along
goingc1275
passantc1330
travelling1340
society > travel > aspects of travel > traveller > [adjective]
wendingOE
travelling1340
cursory1606
peregrinating1611
passantc1710
journeying1739
trekking1850
1340 Ayenbite (1866) 167 Þe viss..ine þe trauailinde wetere him baþeþ and norisseþ.
c1475 (a1400) Awntyrs Arthure (Taylor) in J. Robson Three Early Eng. Metrical Romances (1842) 24 These ij traueling [c1440 Thornton trauelde, a1500 Douce trauayled] men, truly vppe thay take.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) ii. iv. 7 By th' Clock 'tis Day, And yet darke Night strangles the trauailing Lampe. View more context for this quotation
1715 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. (1901) V. 80 The two travelling Physitians, that are to be Dr. Radcliffe's Fellows of University College.
1827 E. Mackenzie Descr. & Hist. Acct. Newcastle II. 723 (note) Fire-engines,..there is a travelling tank attached.
1837 H. Earle in Rep. Sel. Comm. Railw. Commun. 60 For the purpose of having a travelling post-office, that they could sort the letters as they went on.
1930 L. G. D. Acland Early Canterbury Runs 1st Ser. vii. 169 A travelling showman had the bad luck to get his elephant tooted near the Waitaki.
2013 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 5 Dec. 42/4 The lively and slightly invasive behavior of his compartment mates who manage to create the sense of a traveling community among strangers.
2. Of a preacher: itinerant; spec. (of a Methodist preacher) that goes round a circuit (circuit n. 6) preaching in different locations (cf. travel v. 1b).
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society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > preacher > [adjective] > Methodist itinerant
travellinga1668
a1668 J. Alleine Christian Lett. xxxi. 119 in T. Alleine Life J. Alleine (1672) My most dearly Beloved, mine own Bowels in the Lord, will you satisfie the longings of a travelling Minister?
1755 J. Wesley Let. 21 Sept. (1931) III. 142 As you could not bear the cross of being a regular travelling preacher..you betook yourself to farming and other country employments.
1825 Mem. Isab. Wilson 169 She came to reside..under the same roof as the Travelling Preachers near Wetherby.
2006 Time Out N.Y. 7 Sept. 188/2 Brad Dourif gives an extra-creepy performance as the traveling preacher with a heart of lead.
3. Of a root or other part of a plant: that spreads, esp. in a horizontal or unwanted direction. Also: designating a plant having such roots.
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the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > [adjective] > climbing, spreading, or creeping
running1548
spreading1560
flat1578
ramping1578
wandering1590
upcreeping1611
gadding1638
rambling1653
obsequious1657
reptant1657
scansive1657
scansory1657
procumbent1668
repent1669
scandenta1682
supine1686
scrambling1688
creeping1697
sarmentous1721
reptile1727
sarmentose1760
prostrate1773
trailing1785
decumbent1789
travelling1822
vagrant1827
sarmentaceous1830
humifuse1854
sarmentiferous1858
amphibryous1866
humistratous1880
climbing1882
clambering1883
1822 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Gardening ii. ii. 280 Perennial herbaceous plants have a tendency to extend their circumference... This is more especially the case with travelling roots, as in mint, strawberry, creeping crowfoot, potatoe, &c.
1885 Pall Mall Gaz. 11 Feb. 5/1 To the number of curious plants,..a new specimen has lately been added which is described as the travelling plant. It is said to be of the lily of the valley species..and has a root formed of knots, by which it annually advances about an inch..from the place where the plant was first rooted.
1971 A. T. Beaton Your Garden Virgin Islands 8/1 Beware the rubber tree; it has travelling roots that seem to have a special affinity for cisterns where they can play havoc.
2012 Anchorage (Alaska) Daily News (Nexis) 30 June c5 It sent out endless traveling roots that caused multiple baby rosebushes to pop up where they weren't wanted.
4. Australian and New Zealand. Of a person: that drives cattle, sheep, etc., through the country, often in search of pasture; frequently and earliest in travelling stockman n. Later also of cattle, sheep, etc.: that are driven through the country; see also travelling stock n.
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1834 J. Lhotsky in Sydney Monitor 11 Oct. 2/2 Here the travelling stockmen remain with their herds for refreshment.
1844 Sydney Morning Herald 6 Feb. (advt.) Edmund Wright, Rutherford Accommodation Paddocks.., has reduced his prices to the low scale of 3d per day for working bullocks, 2d. for travelling cattle, and 6d. for horses.
1849 Moreton Bay Courier (Brisbane) 21 Apr. 3/1 Mr Peter Pigott appeared to prefer a charge against Timothy Shea, the well-known travelling shepherd, for assault and the illicit disposal of spirits.
1942 W. Glasson Our Shepherds 9 Travelling sheep are often camped in a lane near this homestead.
2015 Dalby (Queensland) Herald (Nexis) 9 Oct. 4 Now we are seeing more travelling mobs coming through to our secondary, eastern stock routes.
5. Of a device or part of a mechanism: that moves along a fixed course during operation, such as in a circuit or to and fro, rather than being fixed in place.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > [adjective] > sliding
travelling1835
1835 A. Ure Philos. Manuf. ii. v. 216 Mr. Wordsworth has..contrived..a novel mechanism adapted to the travelling-comb called the gill.
1920 Jrnl. Agric. Res. 18 77 The jars were moved about by means of a traveling pulley.
2007 Sunday Times (Nexis) 16 Dec. (Business section) 13 A giant travelling crane, capable of lifting 1,000 tonnes, will be erected to arch over the dock.
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travelling agent n. a travelling salesperson; a representative who travels on behalf of a company.
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1737 J. Lewis Life W. Caxton 2 He was in these Countries as a travelling Agent or Factor for the Company of Mercers, and employ'd by them in the Business of Merchandise.
1897 B. P. Eldridge & W. B. Watts Our Rival ix. 243 Particular care should be taken by the travelling agents for jewelry firms to keep their diamonds secure.
1993 F. Collymore Some People are Meant to live Alone 46 Eventually she disappeared. Ran off with a travelling agent, I believe.
travelling exhibition n. an exhibition which is moved from place to place.
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society > communication > manifestation > showing to the sight > exposure to public view > an exhibition > [noun]
display1661
exhibition1761
show shop1772
travelling exhibition1800
show1831
exposition1851
showing1885
exhibit1894
étalage1900
show-up1931
installation1969
1800 Sun 15 July This year there is an uncommon number of booths and shows, among which we are happy in having the travelling Exhibition of the famous Pidcock, of Exeter 'Change, which is certainly the largest assemblage of living rarities ever seen in tis town.
2001 Transition No. 89. 168/2 (advt.) This book follows a traveling exhibition of anthropologist Corinne Kratz's photographs of the Okiek people of Kenya's forested highlands.
travelling carriage n. now rare and historical a wheeled frame upon which a piece of artillery is mounted, esp. a siege weapon; cf. gun-carriage n. at gun n. Compounds 2.
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1667 Estimate by F. Nicholls 10 Dec. (P.R.O.: SP 29/224) f. 137 An Estimate of the charge of 3 brasse Demi-cannon of 11 foot long each. Together wth one travaileing carriage.
1834 J. S. Macaulay Treat. Field Fortification 66 To permit of a gun on a travelling carriage..being fired over the parapet.
2004 D. Clarke Brit. Artillery 1914–19 47/2 The converted carriage weighed 11cwt more than the purpose built..travelling carriage and lacked the independent wheel brakes of the latter.
travelling lad n. British and Irish English a member of staff in a racing stable who is responsible for the care of horses when travelling.
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1888 York Herald 9 June 8/4 Deceased had been head travelling lad for Wm. Sanderson, trainer, of Melton, and was well known to the frequenters of north country race meetings.
1996 Guardian 20 Mar. 21/2 Needle Gun..arrived at Dubai International Airport on Monday... The six-year-old's travelling lad..said ‘He travelled like a dream’.
travelling library n. a collection of books which is transported from place to place; (now) esp. a small public library housed within a vehicle; a bookmobile, a mobile library.
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society > communication > book > library or collection of books > library, place, or institution > [noun] > other types
public library1597
lending library1708
travelling library?1727
book society1739
book club1740
circulating library1742
free library1746
county library1748
library of reference1809
reference library1821
prison library1847
branch library1862
copyright library1898
bookmobile1924
?1727 Catalogus Bibliothecæ Kingstonianæ at Carolus I A Collection of Books in a Case, consisting of lxii Vol. of the Classicks, &c. Being the Travelling Library of King Charles I. when Prince of Wales.
1891 Milwaukee (Wisonsin) Daily Jrnl. 12 Sept. 4/2 In cities where good libraries exist..the traveling library becomes an unnecessary expense.
2018 Anniston (Alabama) Star (Nexis) 15 July (Lifestyle section) Calhoun County started its bookmobile service in 1928..making it the second county in the state to have a traveling library.
travelling man n. (originally) an itinerant vendor, a pedlar; (later) a travelling salesman.
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1747 Westm. Jrnl. 7 Nov. Hannah, wife of John Meshell, a Travelling Man, or Pedler.
1800 T. Jefferson Memorandum Bks. 21 Sept. (1997) 1027 Gave a travelling man an order on Higginbotham for 5.D[ollars].
1990 G. Plimpton Best of Plimpton iii. vi. 258 His involvement with fireworks was due largely to his father, a ‘traveling man’—a rather more glamorous descriptive than salesman.
travelling matte n. Film and Television a series of mattes (matte n.3) used to combine a moving image with a background image, each identical in shape, size, and position to the moving image in a given frame; cf. blue screen n. 1 and chromakey n.
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1926 Amer. Cinematographer June 22/1 Traveling Matte. By this process figures in action may be superimposed against any background without being necessary to build any sets at all.
2008 Play: N.Y. Times Sports Mag. June 86/2 Blue-screen and traveling-matte techniques were considered trade secrets that can now be talked about and appreciated.
travelling people n. a nomadic people, tribe, or ethnic group.Now often used as a self-designation by members of such peoples.
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1637 R. Tedder Serm. preached at Wimondham 4 They were a travelling people, and God appointed them a travelling Temple.
1987 E. Newby Round Ireland in Low Gear (1988) iii. 41 He talked about Irish tinkers or, as they themselves like to be called, ‘travelling people’.
travelling platform n. now rare a moving walkway.
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1889 Industries & Iron 15 Feb. 161/1 The travelling platforms,..will run the whole length of the main hall. These will be electrically worked, and used as travellers during the instalment of the exhibits, and later on for the convenience of visitors.
1973 Times 14 Mar. 4/5 He also vetoed a travelling platform for pedestrians and a roof to keep the rain off them.
travelling salesman n. a person who travels from place to place selling goods; spec. one employed to travel to shops, businesses, etc., showing samples of goods and attempting to gain orders (cf. traveller n. 2c, salesman n. c) or (North American) one who sells from door to door.
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society > trade and finance > selling > seller > [noun] > commercial traveller
rideout1752
rider1752
outrider1762
traveller1790
commercial traveller1807
bagman1808
town traveller1808
commis voyageur1825
roundman1827
drummer1828
travelling salesman1833
bag woman1845
commercial1861
fieldman1875
outride1879
roundsman1884
knight of the road1889
representative1918
sales representative1949
sales rep1959
rep1973
1833 Atlas 8 Sept. 1/3 The travelling salesman jumped nimbly over to the opposing force, and led them on against the constables.
1889 N. Amer. Rev. Apr. 471 There has been also a similar quintupling of expense in the time given by the respective travelling salesmen in drumming for orders among the booksellers.
2005 Evening Standard (Nexis) 16 Sept. 54 These days the hotel group is attracting more than weary travelling salesmen and adultering couples.
travelling salesman problem n. Mathematics (originally) the problem of determining the shortest route that passes through each of a set of points once and returns to the starting point; (in later use also) any problem which is solved by determining the optimal (according to certain criteria) path that passes through each of a set of points once and returns to the starting point.
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the world > relative properties > number > mathematics > [noun] > mathematical enquiry > proposition > problem > specific problem
Deliac problem1636
word problem1903
travelling salesman problem1949
four-colour problem1962
1949 J. Robinson On Hamiltonian Game (U.S. Air Force: Project Rand RM-303) 1 The purpose of this note is to give a method for solving a problem related to the traveling salesman problem.
1982 Internat. Jrnl. Production Res. 20 758 There are a number of heuristic procedures whereby the matrix..may be solved as a travelling salesman problem.
2016 States News Service (Nexis) 1 Aug. A group of nine high school students..have tied eight world records for solving a version of the infamous Traveling Salesman Problem.
travelling shot n. Cinematography a shot in which the camera is in motion while filming; cf. tracking shot n. at tracking n.1 Compounds.
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society > communication > broadcasting > television > production of television broadcast > [noun] > shot > types of shot
long shot1858
close-up1913
medium shot1925
travelling shot1927
medium close-up1933
reverse angle1933
three-shot1934
tilt shot1934
reaction shot1937
tracking shot1940
Dutch angle1947
two-shot1949
mid shot1953
freeze1960
freeze-frame1960
freeze-shot1960
frozen-frame1960
pack shot1960
noddy1982
arc shot1989
society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > filming > shot > [noun] > types of
long shot1858
glass shot1908
close-up1913
aerial shot1920
angle shot1922
medium shot1925
far-away1926
travelling shot1927
zoom1930
zoom shot1930
process shot1931
close-medium shot1933
medium close-up1933
reverse angle1933
reverse shot1934
three-shot1934
tilt shot1934
medium-close shot1937
reaction shot1937
tracking shot1940
pan shot1941
stock shot1941
Dutch angle1947
cheat shot1948
establishing shot1948
master-scene1948
trucking shot1948
two-shot1949
bridging shot1951
body shot1952
library shot1953
master shot1953
mid shot1953
MS1953
pullback1957
MCU1959
noddy1982
arc shot1989
pop shot1993
1927 Piqua (Ohio) Daily Call 14 Nov. 2/2 Five dozen pairs of the most perfect feminine legs..will be used in a travelling ‘shot’..for Marie Prevost's new starring picture.
1967 Films in Rev. Mar. 171/1 The mobile, miniature crab dollies that permit travelling shots in cramped quarters.
2009 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 6 Nov. c10/3 Mr. Kelly leans too heavily on traveling shots here, and his habit of slowly moving the camera toward something or someone..soon feels like mannerism.
travelling wave n. Physics a wave (wave n. 5a) in which the nodes and antinodes move, travelling in the same direction as the wave; contrasted with standing wave n. at standing adj. and n.2 Compounds 2.
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the world > matter > physics > mechanics > types of motion > [noun] > wave > types of wave
long wave1792
internal wave1804
stationary wave1833
solitary wave1838
standing wave1845
travelling wave1845
pressure wave1871
ripple1871
surface wave1887
sine wave1893
Rayleigh wave1903
shock wave1907
spherical wave1907
Love wave1924
bow shock1938
Rossby wave1951
soliton1965
1845 Rep. 14th Meeting Brit. Assoc. Advancem. Sci. 1844 389 All the waves of the second order, whether standing waves in running water or travelling waves in standing water, exhibit the forms of the curves B A B C D in fig. 1.
1908 C. P. Steinmetz Gen. Lect. Electr. Engin. 273 Where a traveling wave is reflected, the combination of the reflected wave and the incoming wave produces a standing wave or oscillation.
2009 S. Nettel Wave Physics (ed. 4) iii. 67 Two harmonic travelling waves of the same frequency but travelling in opposite directions lead to a standing wave.
travelling wave tube n. Physics an electron tube in which a radio wave travelling through a circuit is amplified by its interaction with a beam of electrons travelling along the length of the tube.
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the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electronics > electronic devices or components > electron tubes > [noun] > other specific electron tubes
phasitron1946
storage tube1946
travelling wave tube1946
1946 Sci. News Let. 20 July 46/2 It [sc. a new vacuum tube amplifier] is a product of the Bell Telephone Laboratories and will be known as the traveling wave tube.
2011 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 108 14149/2 All pulses were amplified via a pulsed traveling wave tube (TWT) amplifier.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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