Wipersn.

Brit.

/ˈwʌɪpəz/, U.S.

/ˈwaɪpərz/

Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Ypres.

Etymology: Representing an anglicized pronunciation of Ypres (Dutch Ieper, Dutch regional (West Flanders) Yper), the name in French of a town in West Flanders, Belgium (see below), perhaps punningly after the plural of wiper n.The same anglicized pronunciation is evidenced earlier for the name of Ypres Tower (formerly Baddyngs Tower), a medieval tower house in the town walls of Rye, East Sussex, the current name of which is thought to derive from that of John de Ypres (also Iprys), who leased the building in 1430; compare e.g.:1896 J. D. Mackenzie Castles of England I. 90 The common name was ‘Wipers Tower’.

Military slang. Now chiefly historical.

A nickname for: the town of Ypres in the province of West Flanders in Belgium, a strategically important town held by British and Commonwealth forces during the First World War (1914–18), which witnessed some of the most active fighting and heaviest loss of life of the war.Ypres was the site of three significant battles (1914, 1915, and 1917). The second battle marked the first use of poisonous gas as a weapon on the Western Front; the third was fought in appalling conditions (cf. Flanders mud n. at Flanders n. 5c) and resulted in particularly heavy casualties, becoming a byword for the suffering of soldiers during the war.

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1914 Standard 14 Nov. 7/2 The British soldier has developed a tenacious affection for Ypres, which he playfully calls ‘Wipers’.

1915 D. O. Barnett Let. 14 June in In Happy Memory 178 They say that round Wipers the German infantry is rotten..[and] won't advance if there is any fire to hold them up, that is, unless we're gassed out.

1923 Humorist 8 Sept. 158/3 Late 5th King's Own!..Went through the Somme, Wipers, and the 'Indenburg Line, and never got a scratch.

1960 N. Mitford Don't Tell Alfred xxi. 224 We'd like to see old Wipers again... We had the time of our lives in those trenches when we were young.

1990 Wheels & Tracks 32 p. xi (advt.) ‘Wipers’ was more than just a foreign city—it was a way of life and sadly, for so very many, a way of death.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	wipers
释义	Wipersn. Brit. /ˈwʌɪpəz/, U.S. /ˈwaɪpərz/ Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Ypres. Etymology: Representing an anglicized pronunciation of Ypres (Dutch Ieper, Dutch regional (West Flanders) Yper), the name in French of a town in West Flanders, Belgium (see below), perhaps punningly after the plural of wiper n.The same anglicized pronunciation is evidenced earlier for the name of Ypres Tower (formerly Baddyngs Tower), a medieval tower house in the town walls of Rye, East Sussex, the current name of which is thought to derive from that of John de Ypres (also Iprys), who leased the building in 1430; compare e.g.:1896 J. D. Mackenzie Castles of England I. 90 The common name was ‘Wipers Tower’. Military slang. Now chiefly historical. A nickname for: the town of Ypres in the province of West Flanders in Belgium, a strategically important town held by British and Commonwealth forces during the First World War (1914–18), which witnessed some of the most active fighting and heaviest loss of life of the war.Ypres was the site of three significant battles (1914, 1915, and 1917). The second battle marked the first use of poisonous gas as a weapon on the Western Front; the third was fought in appalling conditions (cf. Flanders mud n. at Flanders n. 5c) and resulted in particularly heavy casualties, becoming a byword for the suffering of soldiers during the war. ΚΠ 1914 Standard 14 Nov. 7/2 The British soldier has developed a tenacious affection for Ypres, which he playfully calls ‘Wipers’. 1915 D. O. Barnett Let. 14 June in In Happy Memory 178 They say that round Wipers the German infantry is rotten..[and] won't advance if there is any fire to hold them up, that is, unless we're gassed out. 1923 Humorist 8 Sept. 158/3 Late 5th King's Own!..Went through the Somme, Wipers, and the 'Indenburg Line, and never got a scratch. 1960 N. Mitford Don't Tell Alfred xxi. 224 We'd like to see old Wipers again... We had the time of our lives in those trenches when we were young. 1990 Wheels & Tracks 32 p. xi (advt.) ‘Wipers’ was more than just a foreign city—it was a way of life and sadly, for so very many, a way of death. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1914
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