单词 | day gang |
释义 | day gangn. Now chiefly historical. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > a journey > [noun] > a day's journey a day's gangOE journeyc1290 dayc1390 day ganga1400 day journey?a1425 dietc1440 journal1617 c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 8910 Þeȝȝ..ferrdenn towarrd nazaræþ. An daȝȝess gang till efenn.] a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 5842 Vte of his land dai-ganges thre. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 11742 (MED) I sal mak þe scort þi wai, þat þou on thritte dais long Iornes sal haf bot a dai gang. 2. A company of workers employed to work during the day, esp. as part of a designated day shift. Cf. gang n. 9a. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > [noun] > gang of gang1627 crew1699 day gang1775 1775 in 3rd Rep. Commissioners Civil Affairs Navy (1806) 349 in Parl. Papers (H.C. 312) V. 415 The Shipwright Caulkers have been shoaled together in Day Gangs, in order that they may, when wanted, be employed on Caulking. 1840 T. A. Trollope Summer in Brittany II. 163 When the day-gangs come up, and those for the night go down. 1870 O. Chanute & G. Morison Kansas City Bridge 61 Each gang worked from seven to seven o'clock, the day gang being allowed an hour at noon for dinner. 1926 M. Jefferson Peopling Argentine Pampa 36 In the factory the hours of labor were twelve a week day—eighteen on Sundays, to change the night and day gangs. 2000 Acad. Managem. Jrnl. 43 1287/2 The bulk of the tonnage was loaded by day gangs paid $0.0940 per ton. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1400 |
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