well-gearedadj.

Brit.

/ˌwɛlˈɡɪəd/, U.S.

/ˌwɛlˈɡɪ(ə)rd/

Forms: see well adv. and n.⁴ and geared adj.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: well adv., geared adj.

Etymology: < well adv. + geared adj.

†a. Originally and chiefly Scottish. Finely or fully equipped with armour and weapons; well-armed. Obsolete (archaic in later use).

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military equipment > arming or equipping with weapons > [adjective]

weaponedc1000

armedc1300

well-armedc1300

well-weaponeda1325

armed to the teethc1380

well-steeledc1390

warlikec1420

anarm1426

boden1429

well-harnesseda1450

geared1488

well-geared1488

well-boden1496

warly1508

enarmedc1540

burled1616

undisarmed1649

of (good) force1697

tooled up1959

weaponized1973

1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) v. l. 806 Twa hundreth haill off weill gerit Inglismen.

1560 in J. D. Marwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Edinb. (1875) III. 80 xviij abill and weill geryt men to wache nychtlie within..the tolbuith.

a1600 ( W. Stewart tr. H. Boece Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) 57727 Waillit men, hardie of hart and hand, And weill geirit.

1892 S. A. Brooke tr. Beowulf in Hist. Early Eng. Lit. I. iii. 42 There the well-geared heroes Stepped upon the stem, while the stream of ocean Whirled the sea against the sand.

b. Finely, fully, or suitably furnished or equipped. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > supply > [adjective] > provided or supplied with something > equipped or fitted out > well

well-attiredc1330

well beseena1393

well seena1400

well-furnished?c1452

well-garnished1481

well-boden1496

well-appointed1523

well-equipped1588

well-fitted1598

well-mounted1621

well-accoutred1637

well-geared1688

well-found1705

1688 in Virginia Mag. Hist. & Biogr. (1895) 2 267 A callash..I mean an ordinary one but strong and well geared that may be drawn with one horse.

1778 N. Greene Let. 29 Sept. in G. W. Greene Life N. Greene (1871) II. iv. 150 I shall want a good wagon, well geared, to carry on to camp four or five hundred boxes.

2002 Star Tribune (Minneapolis) 3 Mar. g9/4 (caption) Antony Alexander of London is the model of a well-geared hiker, with lightweight walking stick.

2. Of a piece of machinery: having gears which mesh or operate smoothly or efficiently. Also in extended use: smoothly running, effectively coordinated. Cf. well-oiled adj. 1.

ΚΠ

1823 London Mag. June 687/1 The verses have all the harmony of well hung machinery, well laid-on water, and well geared millstones.

1899 F. T. Bullen Way Navy 72 Like a well-geared piece of machinery.

1934 Social Forces 12 469/2 The American picture intensified other limitations to national recovery or survival without comprehensive long-time, well-geared social planning.

1947 Hartford (Connecticut) Courant 10 Aug. (Mag. section) 6/3 On a well-geared English bicycle one need hardly turn a pedal through the length of the town.

2011 P. Haag Marriage Confidential 7 This idea of marriage as a well-geared machine, or hard labor.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	well-geared
释义	well-gearedadj. Brit. /ˌwɛlˈɡɪəd/, U.S. /ˌwɛlˈɡɪ(ə)rd/ Forms: see well adv. and n.⁴ and geared adj. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: well adv., geared adj. Etymology: < well adv. + geared adj. 1. †a. Originally and chiefly Scottish. Finely or fully equipped with armour and weapons; well-armed. Obsolete (archaic in later use). ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > arming or equipping with weapons > [adjective] weaponedc1000 armedc1300 well-armedc1300 well-weaponeda1325 armed to the teethc1380 well-steeledc1390 warlikec1420 anarm1426 boden1429 well-harnesseda1450 geared1488 well-geared1488 well-boden1496 warly1508 enarmedc1540 burled1616 undisarmed1649 of (good) force1697 tooled up1959 weaponized1973 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) v. l. 806 Twa hundreth haill off weill gerit Inglismen. 1560 in J. D. Marwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Edinb. (1875) III. 80 xviij abill and weill geryt men to wache nychtlie within..the tolbuith. a1600 ( W. Stewart tr. H. Boece Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) 57727 Waillit men, hardie of hart and hand, And weill geirit. 1892 S. A. Brooke tr. Beowulf in Hist. Early Eng. Lit. I. iii. 42 There the well-geared heroes Stepped upon the stem, while the stream of ocean Whirled the sea against the sand. b. Finely, fully, or suitably furnished or equipped. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > supply > [adjective] > provided or supplied with something > equipped or fitted out > well well-attiredc1330 well beseena1393 well seena1400 well-furnished?c1452 well-garnished1481 well-boden1496 well-appointed1523 well-equipped1588 well-fitted1598 well-mounted1621 well-accoutred1637 well-geared1688 well-found1705 1688 in Virginia Mag. Hist. & Biogr. (1895) 2 267 A callash..I mean an ordinary one but strong and well geared that may be drawn with one horse. 1778 N. Greene Let. 29 Sept. in G. W. Greene Life N. Greene (1871) II. iv. 150 I shall want a good wagon, well geared, to carry on to camp four or five hundred boxes. 2002 Star Tribune (Minneapolis) 3 Mar. g9/4 (caption) Antony Alexander of London is the model of a well-geared hiker, with lightweight walking stick. 2. Of a piece of machinery: having gears which mesh or operate smoothly or efficiently. Also in extended use: smoothly running, effectively coordinated. Cf. well-oiled adj. 1. ΚΠ 1823 London Mag. June 687/1 The verses have all the harmony of well hung machinery, well laid-on water, and well geared millstones. 1899 F. T. Bullen Way Navy 72 Like a well-geared piece of machinery. 1934 Social Forces 12 469/2 The American picture intensified other limitations to national recovery or survival without comprehensive long-time, well-geared social planning. 1947 Hartford (Connecticut) Courant 10 Aug. (Mag. section) 6/3 On a well-geared English bicycle one need hardly turn a pedal through the length of the town. 2011 P. Haag Marriage Confidential 7 This idea of marriage as a well-geared machine, or hard labor. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1488
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