coal measuren.

Brit.

/ˈkəʊl ˌmɛʒə/, U.S.

/ˈkoʊl ˈˌmɛʒər/

Forms: see coal n. and measure n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: coal n., measure n.

Etymology: < coal n. + measure n. With sense 2 compare measure n. 13.

1. A unit of dry measure for coal, typically a chaldron (chaldron n. 2). Now historical.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > measurement > the scientific measurement of volume > measure(s) of capacity > [noun] > dry measure > specific dry measure units > thirty-two-forty bushels or chaldron

chalder1570

chaldron1615

coal measure1662

1662 G. Torriano 2nd Alphabet Proverbial Phrases 30 To distribute by coal-measure, viz. abundantly, and freely.

1685 Index Acts Parl. Scotl. 174 That the Coal Measure for payment or Custom, and Bullion, be the Chalder of Culross.

1789 J. Swinton Proposal Uniformity Weights & Meas. Scotl. (ed. 2) 31 The coal-measure is, by 12th Ann, stat. 2. cap. 17. appointed to be by a bushel equal to a Winchester bushel, and one quart of water.

1823 Pigot's London Directory 1823–4 105/3 (heading) Corn and coal measure makers.

1968 L. M. Cullen Anglo-Irish Trade iv. 80 The use of the certificates as a means of checking abuses was rather limited, as the methods of computing shipments and the coal measures were not standardized.

2002 D. Norman Catch of Consequence xvii. 306 The weight of each full wagon these women would be pulling was a chaldron, the coal measure equivalent to almost a ton.

2. Geology. Chiefly in plural. Originally: a layer, bed, or stratum of coal. In later use (in plural, frequently with capital initials): a series of strata comprising coal seams and intervening beds of clay, sandstone, etc., esp. those occurring in the Upper Carboniferous in Europe (the Pennsylvanian in North America).

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > minerals > mineral deposits > [noun] > stratum or bed > of coal

coal bed1591

roach1653

coal measure1665

coal vein1665

main coal1708

coal seam1756

1665 D. Dudley Mettallum Martis sig. D4^v The names, and partly the nature of every measure, or parting of each cole..the three uppermost measures are called the white measures..the next measure, is the shoulder-cole, the toe-cole, the foot-cole, the yard-cole.]

1665 D. Dudley Mettallum Martis sig. E4 The manner of the cole-veins, or measures in these parts.

1811 J. Farey Gen. View Agric. Derbyshire I. 137 Very sandy Quartz and Gravel Rock, on Coal-measures.

1841 C. H. Hartshorne Salopia Antiqua 427 Flint Coal, a coal measure so called, partly from its hardness, and partly from reposing upon a siliceous rock.

1870 Nature 6 Jan. 271/1 This raises the number of species of Amphibia from the Coal-measures of Nova Scotia to nine.

1928 A. Huxley Point Counter Point xi. 181 The time it took to form the coal measures divided by the length of a human life isn't so hugely different from the life of a sequoia divided by a generation of decay bacteria.

1979 Jrnl. Royal Soc. Arts Jan. 84/2 About 10 kilometres of coal measures under the sea have been proven.

1998 Guardian (Nexis) 31 Jan. 20 All over this eastern flank..are outcroppings of the Lower Coal Measures, containing so much valuable building stone.

2007 M. N.-N. Maselehdani et al. in G. Stracher Geol. Coal Fires 119/1 The Waikato coal measures are an Upper Eocene to Oligocene sequence onto Mesozoic basement rocks.

Compounds

General attributive (in sense 2), with first element usually in singular form.

ΚΠ

1829 S. Glover Hist. County of Derby I. iv. 195 On the coal-measure soils, oats have been sown even after this course.

1867 W. W. Smyth Treat. Coal & Coal-mining 35 The whole of the coal-measure ferns are extinct.

1913 Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 52 140 The small quantity of vegetable materials in Coal Measures sandstones is a remarkable phenomenon.

1954 W. E. Swinton Fossil Amphibians & Reptiles iv. 17 These amphibia..were..inhabitants of the fresh-water swamps and muddy pools characteristic of the Coal Measure period.

2001 G. C. McGavin Essent. Entomol. 18/2 Giant clubmosses, pteridosperms, and primitive gymnosperms are part of the rich Coal Measure forests.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	coal measure
释义	coal measuren. Brit. /ˈkəʊl ˌmɛʒə/, U.S. /ˈkoʊl ˈˌmɛʒər/ Forms: see coal n. and measure n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: coal n., measure n. Etymology: < coal n. + measure n. With sense 2 compare measure n. 13. 1. A unit of dry measure for coal, typically a chaldron (chaldron n. 2). Now historical. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > the scientific measurement of volume > measure(s) of capacity > [noun] > dry measure > specific dry measure units > thirty-two-forty bushels or chaldron chalder1570 chaldron1615 coal measure1662 1662 G. Torriano 2nd Alphabet Proverbial Phrases 30 To distribute by coal-measure, viz. abundantly, and freely. 1685 Index Acts Parl. Scotl. 174 That the Coal Measure for payment or Custom, and Bullion, be the Chalder of Culross. 1789 J. Swinton Proposal Uniformity Weights & Meas. Scotl. (ed. 2) 31 The coal-measure is, by 12th Ann, stat. 2. cap. 17. appointed to be by a bushel equal to a Winchester bushel, and one quart of water. 1823 Pigot's London Directory 1823–4 105/3 (heading) Corn and coal measure makers. 1968 L. M. Cullen Anglo-Irish Trade iv. 80 The use of the certificates as a means of checking abuses was rather limited, as the methods of computing shipments and the coal measures were not standardized. 2002 D. Norman Catch of Consequence xvii. 306 The weight of each full wagon these women would be pulling was a chaldron, the coal measure equivalent to almost a ton. 2. Geology. Chiefly in plural. Originally: a layer, bed, or stratum of coal. In later use (in plural, frequently with capital initials): a series of strata comprising coal seams and intervening beds of clay, sandstone, etc., esp. those occurring in the Upper Carboniferous in Europe (the Pennsylvanian in North America). ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > minerals > mineral deposits > [noun] > stratum or bed > of coal coal bed1591 roach1653 coal measure1665 coal vein1665 main coal1708 coal seam1756 1665 D. Dudley Mettallum Martis sig. D4^v The names, and partly the nature of every measure, or parting of each cole..the three uppermost measures are called the white measures..the next measure, is the shoulder-cole, the toe-cole, the foot-cole, the yard-cole.] 1665 D. Dudley Mettallum Martis sig. E4 The manner of the cole-veins, or measures in these parts. 1811 J. Farey Gen. View Agric. Derbyshire I. 137 Very sandy Quartz and Gravel Rock, on Coal-measures. 1841 C. H. Hartshorne Salopia Antiqua 427 Flint Coal, a coal measure so called, partly from its hardness, and partly from reposing upon a siliceous rock. 1870 Nature 6 Jan. 271/1 This raises the number of species of Amphibia from the Coal-measures of Nova Scotia to nine. 1928 A. Huxley Point Counter Point xi. 181 The time it took to form the coal measures divided by the length of a human life isn't so hugely different from the life of a sequoia divided by a generation of decay bacteria. 1979 Jrnl. Royal Soc. Arts Jan. 84/2 About 10 kilometres of coal measures under the sea have been proven. 1998 Guardian (Nexis) 31 Jan. 20 All over this eastern flank..are outcroppings of the Lower Coal Measures, containing so much valuable building stone. 2007 M. N.-N. Maselehdani et al. in G. Stracher Geol. Coal Fires 119/1 The Waikato coal measures are an Upper Eocene to Oligocene sequence onto Mesozoic basement rocks. Compounds General attributive (in sense 2), with first element usually in singular form. ΚΠ 1829 S. Glover Hist. County of Derby I. iv. 195 On the coal-measure soils, oats have been sown even after this course. 1867 W. W. Smyth Treat. Coal & Coal-mining 35 The whole of the coal-measure ferns are extinct. 1913 Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 52 140 The small quantity of vegetable materials in Coal Measures sandstones is a remarkable phenomenon. 1954 W. E. Swinton Fossil Amphibians & Reptiles iv. 17 These amphibia..were..inhabitants of the fresh-water swamps and muddy pools characteristic of the Coal Measure period. 2001 G. C. McGavin Essent. Entomol. 18/2 Giant clubmosses, pteridosperms, and primitive gymnosperms are part of the rich Coal Measure forests. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1662
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