单词 | change-house |
释义 | change-housen. Scottish. An inn or alehouse. Now historical.Probably with reference to the changing of horses at inns. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > accommodation or lodging > public lodging-places > [noun] > inn guest housec1000 innc1230 hostry1377 host1382 harbergeryc1384 hostelc1384 hostelryc1386 harbergagea1400 hostelar1424 hostagec1440 innsc1550 host-house1570 fondaco1599 change1609 auberge1615 sporting house1615 albergo1617 rancho1648 change-housea1653 posada1652 public house1655 inn-house1677 funduq1684 locanda1770 fonda1777 livery tavern1787 roadhouse1806 meson1817 tambo1830 gasthaus1834 estalagem1835 caravanserai1848 temperance inna1849 sala1871 bush-inn1881 ryokan1914 B & B1918 pousada1949 minshuku1970 a1653 Z. Boyd Zion's Flowers (1855) 72 When men see the Ivy bush hang out, They knowe the change-house. 1679 T. Kirke Mod. Acct. Scotl. 15 The High-ways in Scotland are tolerably good..; they have not Inns, but Change houses (as they call them) poor small Cottages, where you must be content to take what you find. a1694 A. Balfour Lett. (1700) ii. 52 A little kind of chainge-house..that provides Meat for Men and Horses. 1741 Case Settlem. of Parish of Fearn 6 Having spent the greatest Part of the Day..in drinking in different Change-houses one after another. 1777 Whole Proc. Jockey & Maggy (rev. ed.) 7 At every change house they chanced to pass by, providence stopt their proceeding, with full stoups, bottles and glasses drinking their healths. 1814 W. Scott Waverley I. xi. 145 The guests had left their horses at the small inn, or change-house, as it was called, of the village. View more context for this quotation 1848 A. H. Clough Bothie of Toper-na-Fuosich vi. 83 These..Went by the lochside along to the changehouse near in the clachan. 1901 W. J. Milne Reminisc. Old Boy 289 [He] hied him ower tae the cheenge-hoose o' Wat Wabblestraucht. 1992 D. Purves Shakespeare's Tragedie o Macbeth iii. iv. 35 Even a chynge-houss denner is better hansilt. 2000 J. Burnett Riot, Revelry & Rout vi. 118 Country races were organised by change-house keepers. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < |
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