catchworkn.

Brit.

/ˈkatʃwəːk/, U.S.

/ˈkɛtʃˌwərk/,

/ˈkætʃˌwərk/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: catch v., work n.

Etymology: < catch v. + work n.

1. A system of irrigation used on a hillside or slope consisting of a series of parallel channels or ditches, each of which overflows onto the area of land below it. Frequently attributive, as catchwork meadow, catchwork irrigation, etc. Now historical and rare.Cf. catch meadow n. at catch v. Compounds, catch-water meadow n. at catchwater n. Compounds.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > preparation of land or soil > irrigation > [noun]

field pondage1612

pondage1612

irrigation1626

floating-trench1649

masterwork1652

floating1669

catchwork1794

warping1799

watering1799

basin irrigation1903

sprinkler irrigation1908

sprinkling irrigation1910

spray irrigation1931

spray line1961

trickle irrigation1969

chemigation1981

1794 T. Davis Gen. View Agric. Wilts. 32 The ‘catch-work meadow’ is made by turning a spring, or small stream, along the side of a hill, and thereby watering the land between the New Cut..and the original water-course.

1815 Bury & Norwich Post 12 July To Mr. Beck, jun. a piece of plate, for laying to water-meadow 5 acres of bed work and 5 acres of catch work.

1858 Glasgow Herald 1 Dec. 5/4 My own meadows..are formed in catch-work on the side of a hill,..which now yields, as an irrigated meadow, from 3 to four tons of hay per acre.

1908 Mod. Sanitation Sept. 13/1 [In] a catchwork system of irrigation..the sewage is delivered to the highest part of the area to be irrigated through a main carrier, which follows the contour of the land.

1974 Agric. Hist. 48 525 Before 1750 farmers in Pennsylvania and a few in New England had begun the catchwork irrigation of meadows.

2. Work, esp. agricultural labour, undertaken or carried out on a temporary, irregular, or casual basis. Now rare.

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society > occupation and work > work > [noun] > temporary or casual work

notec1350

jobbery1832

catchwork1856

grass1888

in and out work1903

gig work2004

gig2015

1856 Economist 9 Feb. 146/2 Since the beginning of December very little has been satisfactorily done, only a few days' catch-work..; hence our crop of bulbs are small.

1868 First Rep. Commissioners Employm. Children, Young Persons, & Women in Agric. p. xxx, in Parl. Papers XVII. 1 There is also the case of the ‘catch-work’ labourers to be considered—men who, for various reasons, are not in constant employ.

1887 Milwaukee (Wisconsin) Daily Jrnl. 27 Oct. I might have got put on as occasional driver, but I didn't care for that sort of catch-work.

1900 Wrexham Advertiser, & N. Wales News 1 Sept. 3/5 The number of day labourers or casual labourers in Wales who rely on ‘catch’ work was found to be comparatively small.

1936 Auckland Star 28 July 7/7 He considered that taxi driving was catch work at the best of times.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	catchwork
释义	catchworkn. Brit. /ˈkatʃwəːk/, U.S. /ˈkɛtʃˌwərk/, /ˈkætʃˌwərk/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: catch v., work n. Etymology: < catch v. + work n. 1. A system of irrigation used on a hillside or slope consisting of a series of parallel channels or ditches, each of which overflows onto the area of land below it. Frequently attributive, as catchwork meadow, catchwork irrigation, etc. Now historical and rare.Cf. catch meadow n. at catch v. Compounds, catch-water meadow n. at catchwater n. Compounds. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > preparation of land or soil > irrigation > [noun] field pondage1612 pondage1612 irrigation1626 floating-trench1649 masterwork1652 floating1669 catchwork1794 warping1799 watering1799 basin irrigation1903 sprinkler irrigation1908 sprinkling irrigation1910 spray irrigation1931 spray line1961 trickle irrigation1969 chemigation1981 1794 T. Davis Gen. View Agric. Wilts. 32 The ‘catch-work meadow’ is made by turning a spring, or small stream, along the side of a hill, and thereby watering the land between the New Cut..and the original water-course. 1815 Bury & Norwich Post 12 July To Mr. Beck, jun. a piece of plate, for laying to water-meadow 5 acres of bed work and 5 acres of catch work. 1858 Glasgow Herald 1 Dec. 5/4 My own meadows..are formed in catch-work on the side of a hill,..which now yields, as an irrigated meadow, from 3 to four tons of hay per acre. 1908 Mod. Sanitation Sept. 13/1 [In] a catchwork system of irrigation..the sewage is delivered to the highest part of the area to be irrigated through a main carrier, which follows the contour of the land. 1974 Agric. Hist. 48 525 Before 1750 farmers in Pennsylvania and a few in New England had begun the catchwork irrigation of meadows. 2. Work, esp. agricultural labour, undertaken or carried out on a temporary, irregular, or casual basis. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > work > [noun] > temporary or casual work notec1350 jobbery1832 catchwork1856 grass1888 in and out work1903 gig work2004 gig2015 1856 Economist 9 Feb. 146/2 Since the beginning of December very little has been satisfactorily done, only a few days' catch-work..; hence our crop of bulbs are small. 1868 First Rep. Commissioners Employm. Children, Young Persons, & Women in Agric. p. xxx, in Parl. Papers XVII. 1 There is also the case of the ‘catch-work’ labourers to be considered—men who, for various reasons, are not in constant employ. 1887 Milwaukee (Wisconsin) Daily Jrnl. 27 Oct. I might have got put on as occasional driver, but I didn't care for that sort of catch-work. 1900 Wrexham Advertiser, & N. Wales News 1 Sept. 3/5 The number of day labourers or casual labourers in Wales who rely on ‘catch’ work was found to be comparatively small. 1936 Auckland Star 28 July 7/7 He considered that taxi driving was catch work at the best of times. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1794
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