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▪ I. † ˈout-ˌdoor, n.
[out- 3.]
An exterior or outer door.
1646H. Lawrence Comm. Angells 185 To keepe well and strictly the out-doores, the sences. 1766Entick London IV. 342 A sentinel is stationed..at the out door. 1812Examiner 7 Sept. 564/1 She flung the out-door of the house open.
▪ II. ˈout-door, ˈoutdoor, a. (adv.)
[out- 12.]
A. adj.
1. That is done, exists, lives, or is used, out of doors, without the house, or in the open air.
1748Richardson Clarissa III. 208 In other words, to employ itself rather in the out-door search, than in the in-door examination. 1765T. Hutchinson Hist. Mass. I. i. 22 Their out-door work. 1820E. T. Luscombe Observ. Preserv. Health Soldiers 93 Employed in agricultural pursuits or as out-door manufacturers. 1856Mrs. Browning Aur. Leigh ii. 331 Maturing by the outdoor sun and air. 1865Look before you leap l. 134 She..put on her out-door attire.
2. Relieved or administered outside or apart from residence in a workhouse, a charitable institution, etc.; as out-door pauper, out-door pension, out-door relief.
1833H. Martineau Berkeley the Banker i. iii. 51 The outdoor paupers had begun the mischief. 1834Act 4 & 5 Will. IV, c. 76 §52 On what conditions, and in what manner, such out-door relief may be afforded. 1876Fawcett Pol. Econ. iv. v. (ed. 5) p. xxxi, Out-door relief ought to be greatly restricted. 1899Daily News 19 June 7/2 Aged seamen..admitted..to the benefits of an out-door pension.
3. Existing or arising outside Parliament, or among the people themselves.
1884A. Paul Hist. Reform ii. 16 A just and equal representation was long a popular outdoor cry. Ibid. v. 91 This..had revived the outdoor agitation for Reform.
4. Applied to the outward or down stroke of a Cornish pumping engine.
1875J. H. Collins Metal Mining 93 The..plunger lifts are worked by the down or out-door stroke; the weight of the rods forcing the water up the column of pumps.
5. Special collocations: outdoor department, that section of a public house that sells liquor for consumption off the premises; also ellipt. as n.; outdoor girl, a girl or young woman who likes an open-air life; outdoor things, clothes that are worn out of doors.
1958Times 29 Apr. (Beer in Britain Suppl.) p. ix/6 Jug-and-Bottle. For the purchase of drinks for ‘consumption off the premises’. Term now obsolescent. Off-Licence, Off-Sales, Outdoor Departments: the modern equivalent. 1961M. Jones Potbank i. 6 Every pub has its off-licence department, known as the Outdoor. 1971R. Roberts Classic Slum vi. 94 A great deal of beer bought in jugs from the ‘Outdoor Department’ was drunk at home... Lower-class women..stood crushed together drinking in the ‘Outdoor’.
1907J. Webster Jerry Junior xiii. 198 Nannie was a big wholesome outdoor girl of a purely American type. 1947M. Lowry Under Volcano ix. 275 The Hawaiian Islands gave us this real outdoor girl who is fond of swimming, golf, dancing. 1969D. Thomas Honey Bk. Beauty 31/2 Outdoor girls who swear by hair spray must be careful in their choice.
1847E. Brontë Wuthering Heights II. xiv. 280, I snatched my outdoor things{ddd}the way was free. 1904E. Nesbit Phoenix & Carpet x. 185 Every one put on its outdoor things..and all was ready. 1927E. Glyn ‘It’ xiv. 136 Ava..put on her outdoor things and left. 1960B. Cobb Don't lie to Police xi. 187 You told me Miss Cart was there when you returned. In her outdoor things?
B. adv. in comb., as outdoor-grown.
1895Daily News 10 Aug. 5/3 Tomatoes are pouring..into the London markets, the outdoor-grown fruit being ripe.
Hence ˈoutˌdoorish a., having an out-of-doors, open-air appearance or effect; ˌoutˈdoorishness, ˈoutˌdoorness, the quality of being out of doors, open-airness.
1777T. Twining in Recreat. & Stud. (1882) 50 All outdoor⁓ness and bodily activity, with a fat lump of quiet mind within. 1880I. L. Bird Japan II. 199 The middle and lower classes have an outdoorishness and visibility about them which offer a thousand points of interest. 1891Illustr. Lond. News Xmas No. 3/1 Perfectly lovely..but a little cold and out-doorish. 1896Chicago Advance 10 Dec. 821 The large out-doorness of the gospel is one element of its power. |