† bustle-headedadj.

Forms: 1700s bussle-headed, 1800s bustle-headed.

Origin: Apparently formed within Engilsh, by compounding. Etymons: an element of uncertain origin, headed adj.

Etymology: < a first element of uncertain origin (perhaps a frequentative form of bush v.¹: compare bush v.¹ 7 and -le suffix) + headed adj. Perhaps compare earlier buzzle-headed adj. at buzzle v. 3 and buffle-headed adj.The spelling bustle-headed probably results from analogy with the spelling of bustle n.¹ and bustle n.²

Obsolete. rare.

1. Of ears of wheat: heavy and thus drooping downward into the sheaf when harvested.

ΚΠ

a1722 E. Lisle Observ. Husbandry (1757) (1757 4to.) 183 The ears [of wheat] being long and heavy were bussle-headed,—that is, did hang their heads downward into the sheaf.

2. English regional (Hampshire). Of a tree: stunted, misshapen.

ΚΠ

1863 J. R. Wise New Forest xvi. 183 The badly-grown or stunted trees are called ‘bustle-headed’, equivalent to the ‘oak-barrens’ of America.

1866 R. D. Blackmore Cradock Nowell I. xxii. 210 That nest of charcoal-burners by the bustle-headed oak.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	bustle-headed
释义	† bustle-headedadj. Forms: 1700s bussle-headed, 1800s bustle-headed. Origin: Apparently formed within Engilsh, by compounding. Etymons: an element of uncertain origin, headed adj. Etymology: < a first element of uncertain origin (perhaps a frequentative form of bush v.¹: compare bush v.¹ 7 and -le suffix) + headed adj. Perhaps compare earlier buzzle-headed adj. at buzzle v. 3 and buffle-headed adj.The spelling bustle-headed probably results from analogy with the spelling of bustle n.¹ and bustle n.² Obsolete. rare. 1. Of ears of wheat: heavy and thus drooping downward into the sheaf when harvested. ΚΠ a1722 E. Lisle Observ. Husbandry (1757) (1757 4to.) 183 The ears [of wheat] being long and heavy were bussle-headed,—that is, did hang their heads downward into the sheaf. 2. English regional (Hampshire). Of a tree: stunted, misshapen. ΚΠ 1863 J. R. Wise New Forest xvi. 183 The badly-grown or stunted trees are called ‘bustle-headed’, equivalent to the ‘oak-barrens’ of America. 1866 R. D. Blackmore Cradock Nowell I. xxii. 210 That nest of charcoal-burners by the bustle-headed oak. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.a1722
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