clockhousen.

Brit.

/ˈklɒkhaʊs/, U.S.

/ˈklɑkˌhaʊs/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: clock n.¹, house n.¹

Etymology: < clock n.¹ + house n.¹

A house or building featuring a large visible clock on its exterior. Also: part of a building featuring such a clock; the part of a clock tower in which the clock is housed; cf. Jack of the clockhouse n. at Jack n.² Phrases 3.

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the world > time > instruments for measuring time > clock > [noun] > clock-tower

clockhouse1396

clock tower1580

clock storey1812

1396 Close Roll, 19 Richard II (P.R.O.: C 54/237) m. 2 dorso Idem Johannes in quadam domo vocata le Clokhouse in Palacio Westmonasteriensis super scrutinio predicto inuenit super dictum Alanum viginti duas marcas auri.

1455–6 Rolls of Parl.: Henry VI (Electronic ed.) Parl. July 1455 §47. m. 12 A mansion for the dean there, sited betwene the toure called the clokhous, and the wall of our seid palice.

1622–3 Althorp MS in J. N. Simpkinson Washingtons (1860) Introd. 42 To Gibson for a new locke for the clockhouse dore.

1804 G. Huddesford Wiccamical Chaplet 172 (title of poem) On the erection of a shabby clock-house on the roof of the spacious and venerable Cathedral of Winchester.

1913 Cambr. Independent Press 15 Aug. 8/5 P.C. Coulson said at 6:30 p.m. he was near the clockhouse.

2016 Nottingham Post (Nexis) 13 Dec. 77 A clock house stands alone to the north of the main property.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	clockhouse
释义	clockhousen. Brit. /ˈklɒkhaʊs/, U.S. /ˈklɑkˌhaʊs/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: clock n.¹, house n.¹ Etymology: < clock n.¹ + house n.¹ A house or building featuring a large visible clock on its exterior. Also: part of a building featuring such a clock; the part of a clock tower in which the clock is housed; cf. Jack of the clockhouse n. at Jack n.² Phrases 3. ΘΚΠ the world > time > instruments for measuring time > clock > [noun] > clock-tower clockhouse1396 clock tower1580 clock storey1812 1396 Close Roll, 19 Richard II (P.R.O.: C 54/237) m. 2 dorso Idem Johannes in quadam domo vocata le Clokhouse in Palacio Westmonasteriensis super scrutinio predicto inuenit super dictum Alanum viginti duas marcas auri. 1455–6 Rolls of Parl.: Henry VI (Electronic ed.) Parl. July 1455 §47. m. 12 A mansion for the dean there, sited betwene the toure called the clokhous, and the wall of our seid palice. 1622–3 Althorp MS in J. N. Simpkinson Washingtons (1860) Introd. 42 To Gibson for a new locke for the clockhouse dore. 1804 G. Huddesford Wiccamical Chaplet 172 (title of poem) On the erection of a shabby clock-house on the roof of the spacious and venerable Cathedral of Winchester. 1913 Cambr. Independent Press 15 Aug. 8/5 P.C. Coulson said at 6:30 p.m. he was near the clockhouse. 2016 Nottingham Post (Nexis) 13 Dec. 77 A clock house stands alone to the north of the main property. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1396
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