turn-outn.adj.
/ˈtəːnaʊt/, U.S. /ˈtərnˌaʊt/ A. n.
1. A turning out or getting out (of bed, etc.); hence, a call to duty, esp. during one's period of rest; spec. Mil. a signal to rise (? obsolete).
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society > armed hostility > military organization > signals > [noun] > call to duty
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1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory (1905) iii. xix. 154/2 The seuerall Beates or points of warre are these…13. A Turn out.
1815 Scott Guy Mannering II. 337 Is he always fit for duty upon a sudden turn-out?
1847 Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) xxx. 258 The bugles were sounding the turn-out.
1873 Routledge's Young Gentleman's Mag. July 482/1 A sudden turn-out during his watch below.
2.
a. A withdrawal of workmen from their place of employment by common consent; a strike.
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society > occupation and work > working > labour relations > [noun] > strike
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strike1810
steek1812
standout1826
stickout1845
walkout1881
stoppage1902
jack-up1945
1806 Docum. Hist. Amer. Industr. Soc. (1910) III. 74 In a little time there came a turn-out to raise the wages... They would grant me no quarters at all, but I must turn out.
1834 H. Martineau Moral Many Fables ii. 55 To show how tremendous is the waste of capital in a turn-out.
1835 A. Ure Philos. Manuf. 283 I have had several turn-outs, and have heard of many more, but never heard of a turn-out for short time.
1837 N. Whittock et al. Compl. Bk. Trades (1842) 430 A..turn out which proved instructively unavailing, and was utterly disastrous to their funds.
1898 W. White Jrnls. 15 Much discussion in shop, relative to the turn-out; refused to join.
b. One of a body of strikers.
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society > occupation and work > worker > worker according to manner of working > [noun] > striking
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striker1850
1826 Examiner 663/2 Skirmishes..between the turn-outs and those whom they call ‘knobsticks’.
1842 R. Oastler Fleet Papers II. 286 The failure of ‘the Strike’ will be attributable..to divisions in the camp of the ‘turn-outs’.
1848 E. C. Gaskell Mary Barton II. iv. 54 One of the poor maddened turn-outs.
3. Those who turn out or assemble for any purpose; an assemblage, muster; also, a turning out or assembling of persons; spec. (the number of) those who turn out to vote in an election.
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the world > space > place > presence > [noun] > person or thing that is present > those present
presencea1325
appearance1599
parado1625
turn-out1816
show-up1824
attendance1835
society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > election of representative body by vote > proceedings at election > [noun] > registering or casting votes > one who votes at election > total number of
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1816 T. Chalmers Let. in W. Hanna Mem. T. Chalmers (1851) II. 78 I met with several people here, and had a turn out of population from several of the houses.
1819 Sporting Mag. 5 54 The circumstances..account..for the small turn-out of sports~men.
1843 G. W. Le Fevre Life Trav. Physician III. ii. x. 5 Compared with the turn-out in Hyde Park in the season, it sinks into insignificance.
1880 W. H. Patterson Gloss. Words Antrim & Down The Hurries, a term for the Irish Rebellion of 1798. Called also the Turn-out.
1901 Scotsman 1 Mar. 8/1 The turnout was much larger than might have been expected.
1970 Guardian 20 June 15/5 Only one of the five polls gave full weighting..to differential turnout—the question of how many Labour or Conservative supporters will in fact bother to vote.
1976 New Yorker 15 Nov. 204/2 Only eighty per cent of the Democratic turnout voted for Carter.
1976 Honolulu Star-Bull. 21 Dec. a2/4 He called his committeemen into party headquarters on the day after elections and made them account for the turnout in their wards.
4. A loop-line or siding in a railway or tramway; also, in a narrow road, a part wider than the rest, or a short side road, to enable vehicles to pass one another; a similar place in a canal.
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society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > road laid with parallel planks, slabs, or rails > [noun] > loop-line or passing-place
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the world > the earth > water > body of water > channel of water > [noun] > navigable waterway > canal > passing-place
siding1852
turn-out1898
1824 T. G. Cumming Illustr. Origin Rail & Tram Roads 16 A pointer, fixed at the intersection between the principal rail and the turn out,..to open the way into the turn out, and shut that along the road.
1826 Act 7 Geo. IV c. 49 §38 Passing-places or turn-outs, for the purpose of enabling waggons, carts, and other carriages drawn along the said [L'pool and Manch.] railway or tram road to pass each other.
1898 Westm. Gaz. 31 May 6/3 A canal..with locks at each end, and suitable turnouts.
5. A place where animals may be turned out to graze.
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the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > grassland > [noun] > pasture
leasowc950
leasea1000
pasturea1300
common pasturea1325
grassland1324
laund1340
lea1357
gang1413
feedingc1430
grassa1500
raika1500
beast-gate1507
pasturagec1515
grazing1517
average1537
pasture groundc1537
walk1549
grassing1557
pastural1575
browsing1577
feed1580
pastureland1591
meadow pasture1614
green side1616
range1626
pastorage1628
tore1707
graziery1731
pasturing1759
permanent pasture1771
sweet-veld1785
walk land1797
run1804
sweet-grass1812
potrero1822
pasturage land1855
turn-out1895
lawn1899
1895 Queenslander 7 Dec. 1090 There was not a turnout for a carrier from Westwood to Tambo, a distance of fully 300 miles,..the marsupials having cleared the pasture off the face of the country.
1901 19th Cent. July 59 The cottager could get fuel..with a turn-out for a cow, pig,..donkey and geese.
6. A turning or clearing out; a clearance, emptying.
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the world > space > place > absence > fact of being unoccupied > [noun] > emptiness > emptying > by turning out
inversion1598
turn-out1856
1856 C. M. Yonge Daisy Chain xiv You must make interest with Margaret for the turn-out of my pocket tomorrow.
1857 T. Hughes Tom Brown's School Days ii. iii. 275 A regular turn-out of the den.
7.
a. The manner in which anything is turned out or equipped; style of equipment; ‘get-up’; also concr. equipment, outfit, array.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [noun]
wearing?c1225
guisec1275
attire1382
habita1420
shapea1425
trick1542
fashion1544
trim1579
suit shape1598
garb1608
form1664
toilet1752
macaroni dressa1777
turn-out1812
style1814
set-out1834
get-up1842
rig1843
feather1854
model1859
make-up1883
1812 P. Hawker Diary (1893) I. 46 Their ‘turns-out’ of horses and harness are beggarly.
1825 Sporting Mag. 15 355 The turn-out of himself and his horse is ‘quite the thing’.
1859 J. M. Jephson & L. Reeve Narr. Walking Tour Brittany x. 171 On a holiday..the whole turn-out would be much more dressy.
1883 Harper's Mag. Aug. 378/2 The parishioners coming to mass in their best turn-outs.
1901 Scotsman 1 Mar. 8/1 The significant feature of their turn out, however, was that they carried, not the cavalry carbine, but the infantry service rifle.
b. tea and turn out (cf. tea n. 4), tea and something with it; tea and accompaniments.
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the world > food and drink > food > meal > [noun] > tea
tea1738
high tea1787
tea and turn out1806
supper1818
tousy tea1835
meat tea1842
thé complet1856
low tea1883
thick tea1886
tea-supper1892
cream tea1964
1806 M. Gunn Let. 2 Dec. in Francis Lett. (1901) II. 638 We brought the Irish custom of suppers into fashion,..for last year they only gave tea and turn out.
1830 H. Angelo Reminisc. II. 184 This was not tea and turn out, but tea and walk up stairs.
1858 E. B. Ramsay Reminisc. Sc. Life (1870) v. 120 I hope you will sport it..at your first tea and turn out.
8. A driving equipage; a carriage with its horse or horses, and other adjuncts. Also transf.
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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > carriage for conveying persons > [noun] > types of carriage > for private driving > with horses (and servants)
equipage1711
carriage and pair1765
set-out1810
turn-out1817
1817 Lady Morgan France (1818) I. 258 No man..founds his celebrity..upon the superior excellence and appointment of his turn-out.
1842 Thackeray Sultan Stork in Wks. (1900) V. 750 Egad! what a neat turn-out of a barge!
1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. I. xvii. 211 Quite a neat turn-out of sledge and dogs.
1891 ‘J. S. Winter’ Mrs. Bob 19 The sort of coach~man that you get in London with a turn-out from the job~master's.
1895 Daily News 13 July 5/4 A special prize will be given for the best turn-out of donkey and barrow.
9. The quantity of anything turned out or produced in an industry, etc.; the total product; output.
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society > occupation and work > industry > manufacture or production > [noun] > amount produced or manufactured
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supply1744
make1749
output1841
turn1870
production1878
turn-out1879
throughput1884
run1926
1879 Spons' Encycl. Manuf. I. 10 If a large turn-out is necessary, carbonization may be effected in twelve or thirteen hours.
1884 Law Rep.: Appeal Cases 9 203 The actual turnout was over one million a year.
B. adj.
That turns out, or is turned out, in various senses.
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the world > space > direction > specific directions > [adjective] > having an outward direction > turning outwards
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the world > action or operation > undertaking > beginning action or activity > [adjective] > rising as if from sleep > causing people to be roused for action
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1899 Westm. Gaz. 11 Feb. 7/1 A slashed velvet jacket with a Manx turn-out collar.
1908 Daily Chron. 9 Jan. 7/2 The ‘turn-out’ switch rings electric bells in every room in the building [fire station].
1909 Toilers of Deep Sept. 225/1 As we are working on ‘turn out’ tides, we must be up betimes to embark on the outward turn... The men turn out..at one o'clock in the morning.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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