Vauxhalln.

Brit.

/ˈvɒks(h)ɔːl/, U.S.

/ˈvɔksˌ(h)ɔl/,

/ˈvɑksˌ(h)ɑl/

Etymology: < the name of Vauxhall, a locality in London on the south bank of the Thames, where Vauxhall Gardens (see definition) were situated. N.E.D. (1916) gives the pronunciation as (vǫkshǭ·l) /vɒksˈhɔːl/.

1. Used elliptically for Vauxhall Gardens, a popular pleasure resort from the 17th to the middle of the 19th century; a place of resort or amusement resembling or imitating this. Evelyn records in his memoirs under the date 2 July 1661, ‘I went to see the New Spring Garden at Lambeth, a pretty contriv'd plantation’. The gardens were finally closed on 25 July 1859.

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the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > garden > [noun] > other types of garden

grounda1500

knot-garden1519

back-garden1535

summer garden1589

spring garden1612

spring gardena1625

water gardena1626

walled gardena1631

wildernessa1644

window garden1649

botanic garden1662

Hanging Gardens1705

winter garden1736

cottage garden1765

Vauxhall1770

English garden1771

wall garden1780

chinampa1787

moat garden1826

gardenesque1832

sunk garden1835

roof garden1844

weedery1847

wild garden1852

rootery1855

beer-garden1863

Japanese garden1863

bog-garden1883

Italian garden1883

community garden1884

sink garden1894

trough garden1935

sand garden1936

Zen garden1937

hydroponicum1938

tub garden1974

rain garden1994

society > leisure > entertainment > place of amusement or entertainment > [noun] > pleasure-ground or playground > pleasure resort

Vauxhall1770

1770 Ann. Reg. 1769 111 Sieur Torre opened his new Vauxhall, near St. Martin's gate [in Paris], under the denomination of the Feasts of Tempe.

1815 Ann. Reg., Chron. 50 Mr. Sadler appeared in Mr. Harper's gardens, or the Vauxhall of this place [sc. Norwich], in the evening.

attributive.1822 London Lit. Gaz. 26 Jan. 61/1 But the portions [of food] are of the Vauxhall order.1892 A. Dobson 18th Cent. Vignettes 253 The popular legend that an expert Vauxhall waiter could cover the entire garden (about eleven acres) with slices from one ham.

2. Used attributively and absol. to designate antique plate glass resembling that made at the Vauxhall Glassworks from c1663 to the end of the 18th cent.

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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > glass and glass-like materials > [noun] > glass > other types of glass

mirror glass1440

Venice glass1527

green glass1559

bubble glass1591

hard glass1597

window glass1606

bottle glass1626

looking-glass plate1665

opal glass1668

flint-glass1683

broad-glass1686

jealous glass1703

plate glass1728

Newcastle glass1734

flint1755

German sheet glass1777

Réaumur's porcelain1777

cut glass1800

Vauxhall1830

muslin glass1837

Venetian glass1845

latticinio1855

quartz glass1861

muff glass1865

thallium glass1868

St. Gobain glass1870

frost blue1873

crackle-glass1875

opaline1875

crackle-ware1881

amberina1883

opal1885

Jena1892

Holophane1893

roughcast1893

soda glass1897

opalite1899

milchglas1907

pâte de verre1907

Pyrex1915

silica glass1916

soda-lime glass1917

Vita-glass1925

peach-blow1930

borosilicate glass1933

Vitrolite1937

twin plate1939

sintered glass1940

gold-film1954

Plyglass1956

pyroceram1957

float glass1959

solar glass1977

1830 W. Dawson in W. H. Bowles Hist. Vauxhall & Ratcliff Glass Houses (1926) 58 Edward Dawson of the Glass House Vauxhall who died Jan. 12 1755 made some great improvements which enabled John Dawson his son to produce those brilliant glasses still distinguished as ‘Vauxhall plates’.

1900 Archit. Rev. June p. xxii The mirror has a flat bevel, after the manner of the old Vauxhall plates.

1926 W. H. Bowles Hist. Vauxhall & Ratcliff Glass Houses iii. 19 To this day all mirrors made in this country between 1670 and 1750 are styled by dealers ‘Vauxhall’.

1972 Country Life 27 Jan. (Suppl.) 24/1 (advt.) Queen Anne walnut bureau-bookcase..retaining original Vauxhall mirror door.

1975 Oxf. Compan. Decorative Arts 571/1 In 1663 the second Duke of Buckingham established a plate-glass manufactory at Vauxhall, of which the products have become legendary. The term ‘Vauxhall glass’ has for long been used to describe any old-looking mirror although no existing example can be traced with certainty to that source.

1977 Times 20 Aug. 8/5 English merchants began to export Vauxhall glass..to China.

Compounds

Vauxhall lamp n. = Vauxhall light n.

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the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > [noun] > lamp > lantern > Vauxhall light

Vauxhall lamp1907

Vauxhall light1974

1907 Yesterday's Shopping (1969) 258/2 Garden or Vauxhall lamps. For illuminations, &c. Diamond moulding, size 2¹/ ₂ in. by 3¹/ ₂ in... Wired ready for hanging.

Vauxhall light n. an ornamental glass lantern designed to hold a candle and used for outdoor illumination.

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the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > [noun] > lamp > lantern > Vauxhall light

Vauxhall lamp1907

Vauxhall light1974

1974 Country Life 17 Oct. 1075/3 A pleasure ground..at Tollard Royal..in late Victorian and Edwardian times... The Gardens were illuminated with thousands of Vauxhall lights.

Derivatives

Vauxˈhallian adj.

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society > leisure > entertainment > place of amusement or entertainment > [adjective] > Vauxhall

Vauxhallian1827

the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > garden > [adjective] > relating to specific garden

Vauxhallian1827

1827 Westm. Rev. 8 353 Here follows a description of a very gay festival, much more Vauxhallian than Attic.

Vauxˈhallify v. transitive.

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society > leisure > entertainment > place of amusement or entertainment > [verb (transitive)] > make something like Vauxhall

Vauxhallify1808

1808 R. Southey Select. from Lett. (1856) II. 429 There is an illumination to-night in the Allée Vert, or Green Walk, which is to be Vauxhallified in honour of the Emperor.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	vauxhall
释义	Vauxhalln. Brit. /ˈvɒks(h)ɔːl/, U.S. /ˈvɔksˌ(h)ɔl/, /ˈvɑksˌ(h)ɑl/ Etymology: < the name of Vauxhall, a locality in London on the south bank of the Thames, where Vauxhall Gardens (see definition) were situated. N.E.D. (1916) gives the pronunciation as (vǫkshǭ·l) /vɒksˈhɔːl/. 1. Used elliptically for Vauxhall Gardens, a popular pleasure resort from the 17th to the middle of the 19th century; a place of resort or amusement resembling or imitating this. Evelyn records in his memoirs under the date 2 July 1661, ‘I went to see the New Spring Garden at Lambeth, a pretty contriv'd plantation’. The gardens were finally closed on 25 July 1859. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > garden > [noun] > other types of garden grounda1500 knot-garden1519 back-garden1535 summer garden1589 spring garden1612 spring gardena1625 water gardena1626 walled gardena1631 wildernessa1644 window garden1649 botanic garden1662 Hanging Gardens1705 winter garden1736 cottage garden1765 Vauxhall1770 English garden1771 wall garden1780 chinampa1787 moat garden1826 gardenesque1832 sunk garden1835 roof garden1844 weedery1847 wild garden1852 rootery1855 beer-garden1863 Japanese garden1863 bog-garden1883 Italian garden1883 community garden1884 sink garden1894 trough garden1935 sand garden1936 Zen garden1937 hydroponicum1938 tub garden1974 rain garden1994 society > leisure > entertainment > place of amusement or entertainment > [noun] > pleasure-ground or playground > pleasure resort Vauxhall1770 1770 Ann. Reg. 1769 111 Sieur Torre opened his new Vauxhall, near St. Martin's gate [in Paris], under the denomination of the Feasts of Tempe. 1815 Ann. Reg., Chron. 50 Mr. Sadler appeared in Mr. Harper's gardens, or the Vauxhall of this place [sc. Norwich], in the evening. attributive.1822 London Lit. Gaz. 26 Jan. 61/1 But the portions [of food] are of the Vauxhall order.1892 A. Dobson 18th Cent. Vignettes 253 The popular legend that an expert Vauxhall waiter could cover the entire garden (about eleven acres) with slices from one ham. 2. Used attributively and absol. to designate antique plate glass resembling that made at the Vauxhall Glassworks from c1663 to the end of the 18th cent. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > glass and glass-like materials > [noun] > glass > other types of glass mirror glass1440 Venice glass1527 green glass1559 bubble glass1591 hard glass1597 window glass1606 bottle glass1626 looking-glass plate1665 opal glass1668 flint-glass1683 broad-glass1686 jealous glass1703 plate glass1728 Newcastle glass1734 flint1755 German sheet glass1777 Réaumur's porcelain1777 cut glass1800 Vauxhall1830 muslin glass1837 Venetian glass1845 latticinio1855 quartz glass1861 muff glass1865 thallium glass1868 St. Gobain glass1870 frost blue1873 crackle-glass1875 opaline1875 crackle-ware1881 amberina1883 opal1885 Jena1892 Holophane1893 roughcast1893 soda glass1897 opalite1899 milchglas1907 pâte de verre1907 Pyrex1915 silica glass1916 soda-lime glass1917 Vita-glass1925 peach-blow1930 borosilicate glass1933 Vitrolite1937 twin plate1939 sintered glass1940 gold-film1954 Plyglass1956 pyroceram1957 float glass1959 solar glass1977 1830 W. Dawson in W. H. Bowles Hist. Vauxhall & Ratcliff Glass Houses (1926) 58 Edward Dawson of the Glass House Vauxhall who died Jan. 12 1755 made some great improvements which enabled John Dawson his son to produce those brilliant glasses still distinguished as ‘Vauxhall plates’. 1900 Archit. Rev. June p. xxii The mirror has a flat bevel, after the manner of the old Vauxhall plates. 1926 W. H. Bowles Hist. Vauxhall & Ratcliff Glass Houses iii. 19 To this day all mirrors made in this country between 1670 and 1750 are styled by dealers ‘Vauxhall’. 1972 Country Life 27 Jan. (Suppl.) 24/1 (advt.) Queen Anne walnut bureau-bookcase..retaining original Vauxhall mirror door. 1975 Oxf. Compan. Decorative Arts 571/1 In 1663 the second Duke of Buckingham established a plate-glass manufactory at Vauxhall, of which the products have become legendary. The term ‘Vauxhall glass’ has for long been used to describe any old-looking mirror although no existing example can be traced with certainty to that source. 1977 Times 20 Aug. 8/5 English merchants began to export Vauxhall glass..to China. Compounds Vauxhall lamp n. = Vauxhall light n. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > [noun] > lamp > lantern > Vauxhall light Vauxhall lamp1907 Vauxhall light1974 1907 Yesterday's Shopping (1969) 258/2 Garden or Vauxhall lamps. For illuminations, &c. Diamond moulding, size 2¹/ ₂ in. by 3¹/ ₂ in... Wired ready for hanging. Vauxhall light n. an ornamental glass lantern designed to hold a candle and used for outdoor illumination. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > [noun] > lamp > lantern > Vauxhall light Vauxhall lamp1907 Vauxhall light1974 1974 Country Life 17 Oct. 1075/3 A pleasure ground..at Tollard Royal..in late Victorian and Edwardian times... The Gardens were illuminated with thousands of Vauxhall lights. Derivatives Vauxˈhallian adj. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > place of amusement or entertainment > [adjective] > Vauxhall Vauxhallian1827 the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > garden > [adjective] > relating to specific garden Vauxhallian1827 1827 Westm. Rev. 8 353 Here follows a description of a very gay festival, much more Vauxhallian than Attic. Vauxˈhallify v. transitive. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > place of amusement or entertainment > [verb (transitive)] > make something like Vauxhall Vauxhallify1808 1808 R. Southey Select. from Lett. (1856) II. 429 There is an illumination to-night in the Allée Vert, or Green Walk, which is to be Vauxhallified in honour of the Emperor. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1770
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