water-boughn.

Brit.

/ˈwɔːtəbaʊ/, U.S.

/ˈwɔdərˌbaʊ/,

/ˈwɑdərˌbaʊ/

Forms: see water n. and bough n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: water n., bough n.

Etymology: < water n. + bough n., probably with reference to the sap drawn by these shoots (compare water n. 23).

Now rare.

A side shoot growing from a latent bud in the trunk or a main branch of a tree; a sucker; = watershoot n. 1. Cf. water sprout n. at water n. Compounds 7.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > part of plant > part of tree or woody plant > [noun] > bough or branch > lower branch or sucker growing from root

water-boughOE

under-bough?1523

watershoot1585

water twig1601

wash bough1612

under-twiga1774

OE Antwerp-London Gloss. (2011) 87 Surculus, wæterboh.

a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1874) V. 263 (MED) As water bowes beeþ i-kutte and i-hewe of treen.

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xvii. ii. 903 If water-bowes and superfluite is ypared of, þe tree bereþ þe bettre and þe more fruyte.

c1460 Tree & 12 Frutes (McClean) (1960) 16 (MED) The loppyng away of water bowis is no þing ellis but cuttyng awaye of superfluite of temperal goodes in despising of hem.

?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. xli^v Cut away all the water bowes, and the small bowes, that the princypall bowes may haue the more sappe.

1591 R. Greene Farewell to Folly sig. D^v As the fairest Cedar hath his water boughes,..and the sweetest rose his prickle: so in a crowne is hidden farre more care than content.

1618 W. Lawson New Orchard & Garden xi. 39 Water boughes, or vndergrowth, are such boughes as grow low vnder others and are by them ouergrowne, ouer-shadowed, dropped on, and pynde for want of plentie of sap.

1699 L. Meager New Art of Gardening 46 Take the Water-boughs away, which are those on the Standards that are shaded, and dropt upon, remaining smooth and naked without Buds.

1789 W. Marshall Rural Econ. Glocestershire II. 288 Water boughs are seen dangling as bell ropes, perhaps to the ground: while the upper part of their heads are loaded with wood.

1871 C. Kingsley At Last II. xi. 114 The stem rises, without a fork, for sixty feet or more, and rolls out at the top into a head very like that of an elm trimmed up, and like an elm too in its lateral water-boughs.

1907 K. P. Battle Hist. Univ. N. Carolina 471 The grove had been grubbed and the water-boughs of the trees removed.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	water-bough
释义	water-boughn. Brit. /ˈwɔːtəbaʊ/, U.S. /ˈwɔdərˌbaʊ/, /ˈwɑdərˌbaʊ/ Forms: see water n. and bough n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: water n., bough n. Etymology: < water n. + bough n., probably with reference to the sap drawn by these shoots (compare water n. 23). Now rare. A side shoot growing from a latent bud in the trunk or a main branch of a tree; a sucker; = watershoot n. 1. Cf. water sprout n. at water n. Compounds 7. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > part of tree or woody plant > [noun] > bough or branch > lower branch or sucker growing from root water-boughOE under-bough?1523 watershoot1585 water twig1601 wash bough1612 under-twiga1774 OE Antwerp-London Gloss. (2011) 87 Surculus, wæterboh. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1874) V. 263 (MED) As water bowes beeþ i-kutte and i-hewe of treen. a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xvii. ii. 903 If water-bowes and superfluite is ypared of, þe tree bereþ þe bettre and þe more fruyte. c1460 Tree & 12 Frutes (McClean) (1960) 16 (MED) The loppyng away of water bowis is no þing ellis but cuttyng awaye of superfluite of temperal goodes in despising of hem. ?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. xli^v Cut away all the water bowes, and the small bowes, that the princypall bowes may haue the more sappe. 1591 R. Greene Farewell to Folly sig. D^v As the fairest Cedar hath his water boughes,..and the sweetest rose his prickle: so in a crowne is hidden farre more care than content. 1618 W. Lawson New Orchard & Garden xi. 39 Water boughes, or vndergrowth, are such boughes as grow low vnder others and are by them ouergrowne, ouer-shadowed, dropped on, and pynde for want of plentie of sap. 1699 L. Meager New Art of Gardening 46 Take the Water-boughs away, which are those on the Standards that are shaded, and dropt upon, remaining smooth and naked without Buds. 1789 W. Marshall Rural Econ. Glocestershire II. 288 Water boughs are seen dangling as bell ropes, perhaps to the ground: while the upper part of their heads are loaded with wood. 1871 C. Kingsley At Last II. xi. 114 The stem rises, without a fork, for sixty feet or more, and rolls out at the top into a head very like that of an elm trimmed up, and like an elm too in its lateral water-boughs. 1907 K. P. Battle Hist. Univ. N. Carolina 471 The grove had been grubbed and the water-boughs of the trees removed. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.OE
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