| 单词 | yoke elm |
| 释义 | > as lemmasyoke elm yoke elm n. the hornbeam n. ( Carpinus Betulus).extracted from elmn.yoke elm yoke elm n. a hornbeam tree (genus Carpinus); = yoke tree n. (a). [So called (according to J. Gerard in the work cited in quot. 1597) because its leaves resemble those of the elm tree and its wood was used to make yokes (see sense 1a). Compare Hellenistic Greek ζυγία maple (also used in early modern herbals for the hornbeam, e.g. by Gerard), and (hence) also classical Latin zygia maple, hornbeam (Pliny; explained by Vitruvius as a tree used for making yokes).] ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular timber trees or shrubs > [noun] > hardwood tree > particular hardwood trees or shrubs witch hazela1400 mazer?c1475 hardbeam1544 sugar-chest1545 hornbeam1577 yoke tree1585 yoke elm1597 iron tree1623 ironwood1672 horn-wood1731 horse-beech1731 horn-beech1771 hardwood1842 stonewood1863 1597 J. Gerard Herball iii. 1296 It is also called..in English Hornbeame, Hardbeame, Yoke Elme, and in some places Witch hasell. 1688 G. Miege Great French Dict. ii. sig. Kkkkv/2 Yoke-elm, un Charme, sorte d'Arbre de bois dur. 1706 G. London & H. Wise Retir'd Gard'ner I. iii. 261 The Gard'ner who has a fence of Yoke-Elms. 1865 Daily News 9 Dec. 8/1 I also observed quantities of yoke elm (used for tool making), yew trees, beech, poplar, and alder. 1901 S. K. Levett-Yeats Traitor's Way x We had reined up under a huge yoke-elm. 1986 P. Leigh Fermor Between Woods & Water (1988) v. 128 Beech came next..then yoke elm and common elm, ‘useful for furniture and coffins’. < as lemmas |
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