crowbarn.

Brit.

/ˈkrəʊbɑː/, U.S.

/ˈkroʊˌbɑr/

Etymology: crow n.¹ 5 + bar n.¹

Originally North American.

a. An iron bar with a wedge-shaped end (usually slightly bent and sometimes forked), used as a lever or prise by quarrymen, lumbermen, house-breakers, etc. In earlier use called simply crow n.¹

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > equipment > lever or crowbar > [noun]

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1748 in Documents rel. Colonial Hist. New Jersey (1883) 1st Ser. VII. 208 Men, armed with clubs, axes & crow bars, came, in a riotous & tumultuous manner.

1797 Baltimore Town Rec. 106 The Commissioners planted a Stone upon Part of an Iron Crow Bar drove into the Earth.

c1805 Deb. Congr. 1806–7 (1852) 1136 Salt is found in form of a solid rock, and may be dug out with the crow-bar.

1816 J. Pickering Vocab. U.S. 74 Crow-bar, an iron crow, or simply, a crow. (Used in New England.)

1825 J. Neal Brother Jonathan I. 398 [To fetch] a crow-bar.

1862 London Rev. & Weekly Jrnl. 23 Aug. 172 Burglars, using the crowbar, the gimlet, and saw, to burst open doors and shutters.

figurative.1867 Cornhill Mag. Apr. 449 Even in progressive England the crowbar of reform spares the village inn.

b. attributive.

ΚΠ

1885 W. J. Fitzpatrick Life T. N. Burke III. 30 (note) Exterminating landlords, who pulled down the cabins of poor tenants, were called ‘the Crowbar Brigade’.

1886 Pall Mall Gaz. 26 Apr. 11/2 Evictions..at Knockrush..with sheriff, crowbar brigade, and all.

Derivatives

ˈcrowbar v. to force with a crowbar.

ΚΠ

1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. xxix. 253 We had to send out parties to crow-bar away the ice from our bowsprit.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	crowbar
释义	crowbarn. Brit. /ˈkrəʊbɑː/, U.S. /ˈkroʊˌbɑr/ Etymology: crow n.¹ 5 + bar n.¹ Originally North American. a. An iron bar with a wedge-shaped end (usually slightly bent and sometimes forked), used as a lever or prise by quarrymen, lumbermen, house-breakers, etc. In earlier use called simply crow n.¹ ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > lever or crowbar > [noun] lever1297 speke1366 crowa1400 gavelock1497 prisea1500 handspoke1513 porter1538 sway1545 handspike1559 heaver1598 coleweigh1600 handspeek1644 forcer1649 ringer1650 ripping-chisel1659 pinch1685 crow-spike1692 Betty1700 wringer1703 crowbar1748 spike1771 pry1803 jemmy1811 crow-iron1817 dog1825 pinchbar1837 jimmy1848 stick1848 pry bar1872 peiser1873 nail bar1929 cane1930 1748 in Documents rel. Colonial Hist. New Jersey (1883) 1st Ser. VII. 208 Men, armed with clubs, axes & crow bars, came, in a riotous & tumultuous manner. 1797 Baltimore Town Rec. 106 The Commissioners planted a Stone upon Part of an Iron Crow Bar drove into the Earth. c1805 Deb. Congr. 1806–7 (1852) 1136 Salt is found in form of a solid rock, and may be dug out with the crow-bar. 1816 J. Pickering Vocab. U.S. 74 Crow-bar, an iron crow, or simply, a crow. (Used in New England.) 1825 J. Neal Brother Jonathan I. 398 [To fetch] a crow-bar. 1862 London Rev. & Weekly Jrnl. 23 Aug. 172 Burglars, using the crowbar, the gimlet, and saw, to burst open doors and shutters. figurative.1867 Cornhill Mag. Apr. 449 Even in progressive England the crowbar of reform spares the village inn. b. attributive. ΚΠ 1885 W. J. Fitzpatrick Life T. N. Burke III. 30 (note) Exterminating landlords, who pulled down the cabins of poor tenants, were called ‘the Crowbar Brigade’. 1886 Pall Mall Gaz. 26 Apr. 11/2 Evictions..at Knockrush..with sheriff, crowbar brigade, and all. Derivatives ˈcrowbar v. to force with a crowbar. ΚΠ 1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. xxix. 253 We had to send out parties to crow-bar away the ice from our bowsprit. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1748
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