| 单词 | alder carr |
| 释义 | > as lemmasalder carr alder carr n. [ < alder n.1 + carr n.2; compare Alrecher, East Riding, Yorkshire (1086; now Ellerker), Allerker, Derbyshire (1335; now Aldercar Hall)] a piece of wet ground where alders grow. ΚΠ Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 9 Aldyrkyr [1499 Pynson alderkar, a1500 King's Cambr. alderkerre], alnetum, viz. locus ubi alni et tales arbores crescunt. 1534–5 in L. E. Beedham Ruined & Deserted Churches (1908) vi. 66 All that hys personage of Flyxton aforesaid..with the glebe, medows, Fyshings, aldercars, waters, etc. a1754 J. Strange Rep. Cases (1755) 2 1063 An ejectment was brought for lands in Norfolk, and inter alia for five acres for Alder Carr. 1801 Ann. Agric. 37 184 Here are also ten fenced plantations of oak and one of fir, besides the aldercars which supply the wants of the manor and other farms. 1974 W. Condry Woodlands ix. 100 Characteristic Fen vegetation, dominated by alders, disappeared from wide areas. To-day small patches of alder carr..survive here and there. 2008 S. Rippon Beyond Medieval Village iv. 109 These woodlands were also largely cleared..apart from small patches of alder carr in some of the wetter valley bottoms. < as lemmas |
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