winter hedgen.

Brit.

/ˌwɪntə ˈhɛdʒ/, U.S.

/ˌwɪn(t)ər ˈhɛdʒ/

Forms: 1800s– winter edge, 1800s– winter hedge.

Origin: Apparently formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: winter n.¹, hedge n.

Etymology: Apparently < winter n.¹ + hedge n., with reference to the practice of hanging out laundry on hedges to dry, air, and bleach in the summer months. Compare earlier winter dyke n.

English regional (chiefly northern).

An upright frame on which laundry is hung to dry or air; a clothes horse. Also (in later use): a laundry rack suspended from the ceiling. Cf. winter dyke n. 1.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing clothes and textile articles > [noun] > frame for hanging washing on to dry

hake1689

horse1706

winter dyke1748

maid1795

clothes-horse1807

winter hedge1812

airer1817

clothes-screen1832

linen-horse1845

maiden1856

maiden maker?1881

1812 J. Rogerson Diary 22 May in W. B. Crump Leeds Woollen Industry 1780–1820 (1931) ii. 137 A Sale of Furniture at Calverley Hall... Bo^t a winter hedge for 5/6.

1851 Literary World (N.Y.) 8 Mar. 199/1 A winter-edge stuck befoar t'fire on a rainy day.

1902 Manch. Q. 21 37 A chest of drawers.., a corner cupboard, a bread-creel, a pot-rack and a ‘winter-hedge’ formed the furniture of the chamber.

1906 Pall Mall Mag. May 568/2 You've left them towels on th' winter 'edge, too near th' fire.

1992 Times 31 Oct. (Weekend section) 12/9 (advt.) Spacious Edwardian 4 bed semi... Kitchen with AGA and winter hedge.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	winter hedge
释义	winter hedgen. Brit. /ˌwɪntə ˈhɛdʒ/, U.S. /ˌwɪn(t)ər ˈhɛdʒ/ Forms: 1800s– winter edge, 1800s– winter hedge. Origin: Apparently formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: winter n.¹, hedge n. Etymology: Apparently < winter n.¹ + hedge n., with reference to the practice of hanging out laundry on hedges to dry, air, and bleach in the summer months. Compare earlier winter dyke n. English regional (chiefly northern). An upright frame on which laundry is hung to dry or air; a clothes horse. Also (in later use): a laundry rack suspended from the ceiling. Cf. winter dyke n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing clothes and textile articles > [noun] > frame for hanging washing on to dry hake1689 horse1706 winter dyke1748 maid1795 clothes-horse1807 winter hedge1812 airer1817 clothes-screen1832 linen-horse1845 maiden1856 maiden maker?1881 1812 J. Rogerson Diary 22 May in W. B. Crump Leeds Woollen Industry 1780–1820 (1931) ii. 137 A Sale of Furniture at Calverley Hall... Bo^t a winter hedge for 5/6. 1851 Literary World (N.Y.) 8 Mar. 199/1 A winter-edge stuck befoar t'fire on a rainy day. 1902 Manch. Q. 21 37 A chest of drawers.., a corner cupboard, a bread-creel, a pot-rack and a ‘winter-hedge’ formed the furniture of the chamber. 1906 Pall Mall Mag. May 568/2 You've left them towels on th' winter 'edge, too near th' fire. 1992 Times 31 Oct. (Weekend section) 12/9 (advt.) Spacious Edwardian 4 bed semi... Kitchen with AGA and winter hedge. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1812
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