cord-woodn.

Etymology: < cord n.¹ 9.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcord-wood.

Wood stacked in ‘cords’; wood for fuel cut in lengths (usually) of 4 feet. Also attributive. Now chiefly in America.

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society > occupation and work > materials > fuel > wood as fuel > [noun] > cut to a certain size

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1638–9 in Quarter Sessions Rec. (N. Riding Rec. Soc.) (1886) IV. A man presented for stealing Cord wood.

1763 Brit. Mag. 4 543 (North America) A strong breast-work of cordwood.

1878 H. B. Stowe Poganuc People ix. 73 Zeph's sled was..loaded up with cord-wood.

1887 W. D. Parish & W. F. Shaw Dict. Kentish Dial. Cord-wood, a pile of wood, such as split-up roots and trunks of trees stacked for fuel.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	cord-wood
释义	cord-woodn. Etymology: < cord n.¹ 9.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcord-wood. Wood stacked in ‘cords’; wood for fuel cut in lengths (usually) of 4 feet. Also attributive. Now chiefly in America. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > fuel > wood as fuel > [noun] > cut to a certain size wood-tale1235 tosard1336 talwood1350 staff-shide1411 billetc1440 talshide1444 cord-wood1638 1638–9 in Quarter Sessions Rec. (N. Riding Rec. Soc.) (1886) IV. A man presented for stealing Cord wood. 1763 Brit. Mag. 4 543 (North America) A strong breast-work of cordwood. 1878 H. B. Stowe Poganuc People ix. 73 Zeph's sled was..loaded up with cord-wood. 1887 W. D. Parish & W. F. Shaw Dict. Kentish Dial. Cord-wood, a pile of wood, such as split-up roots and trunks of trees stacked for fuel. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.1638
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