chemin de fern.

Brit.

/ʃəˌman də ˈfɛː/, U.S.

/ʃəˌmɑn də ˈfɛ(ə)r/

Forms: 1800s chémin de fer (irregular), 1800s– chemin-de-fer, 1800s– chemin de fer. Also with capital initials.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French chemin de fer.

Etymology: < French chemin de fer railway (1784), a variation of baccarat (1857 or earlier) < chemin way, road (see chimin n.) + de de prep. + fer iron ( < classical Latin ferrum : see ferro- comb. form), probably after English railway n.The use denoting a variation of baccarat (sense 2) is perhaps on account of the fact that the role of banker moves progressively between players (although this is also true of baccarat).

1. Chiefly in French contexts: a railway. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > rail travel > railway system or organization > [noun] > a railway

railway1681

railroad1824

rail line1825

road1825

car line1833

chemin de fer1835

line1861

pike1940

society > travel > rail travel > railway system or organization > [noun] > a railway > with specific situation or route

chemin de fer1835

junction1839

mountain railway1851

beltline1863

trans-Siberian1896

trans-continental1907

interurban1912

S-bahn1962

1835 Museum of Foreign Lit. Sept. 311/2 A herd of fat priests..looked at the trains in such a manner as to say that they were ‘heretical and damnable’, and that the Chemin de Fer was nothing but the Chemin d' Enfer.

1854 C. L. Brightwell Memorials Life Amelia Opie xxi. 318 Madame M. having arrived, they went by the chemin de fer..to Anvers.

1870 Punchinello 20 Aug. 334/1 A square fronting the Bureau of the chemin de fer for Chalons and Metz.

1987 Financial Times (Nexis) 24 Jan. 17 The Corsican chemin de fer, designed and built by Eiffel, normally cuts through high mountain gorges, but here runs flat along the coast.

2. Cards. A variation of baccarat.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > games of chance played with cards > [noun] > baccarat or chemin-de-fer

baccarat1866

chemin de fer1866

bac1906

chemmy1918

shoe1964

punto banco1969

1866 Baily's Mag. Sports & Pastimes Apr. 191 Whist, Ecarté, Impériale, Chemin-de-fer, Baccarat, there you have the ‘little games’, of the brief evening (which I have known to last till the next evening).

1880 ‘Ouida’ Moths II. xx. 345 Carried in her chaise-à-porteurs, playing chemin de fer on her balcony, waltzing at the little dances of the imperial court.

1902 Daily Chron. 13 May 10/2 He raided the club, and found..the defendants seated round large tables playing chemin de fer.

1937 W. S. Maugham Theatre xii. 110 She saw him a day or two later playing chemin de fer at the Casino and asked two or three people if they knew him.

1952 S. Griffis Lying in State viii. 106 Some chattering Japanese diplomats playing chemin de fer at the beautiful casino at Escorial.

2001 Independent 8 Feb. (Thursday Review section) 7/4 Scala began running semi-legal gambling dens: he tangled with the Kray brothers while titled gentlemen played chemin-de-fer.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	chemin de fer
释义	chemin de fern. Brit. /ʃəˌman də ˈfɛː/, U.S. /ʃəˌmɑn də ˈfɛ(ə)r/ Forms: 1800s chémin de fer (irregular), 1800s– chemin-de-fer, 1800s– chemin de fer. Also with capital initials. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French chemin de fer. Etymology: < French chemin de fer railway (1784), a variation of baccarat (1857 or earlier) < chemin way, road (see chimin n.) + de de prep. + fer iron ( < classical Latin ferrum : see ferro- comb. form), probably after English railway n.The use denoting a variation of baccarat (sense 2) is perhaps on account of the fact that the role of banker moves progressively between players (although this is also true of baccarat). 1. Chiefly in French contexts: a railway. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > travel > rail travel > railway system or organization > [noun] > a railway railway1681 railroad1824 rail line1825 road1825 car line1833 chemin de fer1835 line1861 pike1940 society > travel > rail travel > railway system or organization > [noun] > a railway > with specific situation or route chemin de fer1835 junction1839 mountain railway1851 beltline1863 trans-Siberian1896 trans-continental1907 interurban1912 S-bahn1962 1835 Museum of Foreign Lit. Sept. 311/2 A herd of fat priests..looked at the trains in such a manner as to say that they were ‘heretical and damnable’, and that the Chemin de Fer was nothing but the Chemin d' Enfer. 1854 C. L. Brightwell Memorials Life Amelia Opie xxi. 318 Madame M. having arrived, they went by the chemin de fer..to Anvers. 1870 Punchinello 20 Aug. 334/1 A square fronting the Bureau of the chemin de fer for Chalons and Metz. 1987 Financial Times (Nexis) 24 Jan. 17 The Corsican chemin de fer, designed and built by Eiffel, normally cuts through high mountain gorges, but here runs flat along the coast. 2. Cards. A variation of baccarat. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > games of chance played with cards > [noun] > baccarat or chemin-de-fer baccarat1866 chemin de fer1866 bac1906 chemmy1918 shoe1964 punto banco1969 1866 Baily's Mag. Sports & Pastimes Apr. 191 Whist, Ecarté, Impériale, Chemin-de-fer, Baccarat, there you have the ‘little games’, of the brief evening (which I have known to last till the next evening). 1880 ‘Ouida’ Moths II. xx. 345 Carried in her chaise-à-porteurs, playing chemin de fer on her balcony, waltzing at the little dances of the imperial court. 1902 Daily Chron. 13 May 10/2 He raided the club, and found..the defendants seated round large tables playing chemin de fer. 1937 W. S. Maugham Theatre xii. 110 She saw him a day or two later playing chemin de fer at the Casino and asked two or three people if they knew him. 1952 S. Griffis Lying in State viii. 106 Some chattering Japanese diplomats playing chemin de fer at the beautiful casino at Escorial. 2001 Independent 8 Feb. (Thursday Review section) 7/4 Scala began running semi-legal gambling dens: he tangled with the Kray brothers while titled gentlemen played chemin-de-fer. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1835
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