单词 | weather-fend |
释义 | weather-fendv. transitive. To defend from the weather; to shelter. Also figurative.A Shakespearean word echoed by later writers. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > refuge or shelter > seek (refuge) [verb (transitive)] > shelter > shelter from weather fence1577 shelter1590 weather-fenda1616 shade1845 weather-fencea1850 weather-guard1885 a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) v. i. 10 In the Line-groue which weather-fends your Cell. View more context for this quotation 1788 W. Crowe Lewesdon Hill 4 This friendly mount, that weather-fends My reed-roof'd cottage. 1800 W. Hazlitt in Morning Post 18 Mar. A young man,..sheltered and weather-fended from all the elements of experience. 1814 W. Wordsworth Excursion ii. 71 A..penthouse,..framed..To weather-fend a little turf-built seat. View more context for this quotation 1867 R. W. Emerson May-day & Other Pieces 45 We..Barked the white spruce to weatherfend the roof. Derivatives ˈweather-fending adj. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > refuge or shelter > [adjective] > of the nature of a shelter > sheltering > from the weather storm-proof1594 umbrellian1721 weather-fending1873 1873 J. Ruskin Crown Wild Olive App. 191 Finding its work prosper, the little medicinal and weather-fending company took vows on itself. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < v.a1616 |
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