day's mathn.

Brit.

/deɪz ˈmaθ/, U.S.

/ˌdeɪz ˈmæθ/

Forms:

α. 1500s demathe, 1600s day math, 1700s demath.

β. 1700s– day's math.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: day n., math n.¹

Etymology: In α. forms < day n. + math n.¹ In β. forms < the genitive of day n. + math n.¹ Compare Old Frisian deimeth, Middle Dutch dachmaat, dammaet, demat, deemt (Dutch dagmaat, deimt), Middle Low German dachmāt, dēmāt, Middle High German tagemāt (German Tagmahd, now regional (southern)).

English regional. Now historical and rare.

An area of land that can be mown by one person in a day, often taken as approximating to an acre; a day's mowing; (more loosely) a small portion of land. Cf. daywork n. 2.

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the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement of area > [noun] > a system or process of measuring land > area that can be worked or mown in a day

daywork1204

day's worka1563

day's math1669

1559 in G. J. Piccope Lancs. & Cheshire Wills (1861) III. 125 One demathe of hey.

1669 Will of R. Mayor in Lichfield Merc. (1889) 23 Aug. 8/1 Alsoe all that parcell of meadow grounds, contayninge one acre or dayes math of ground for her naturall life. And after her deceyse, the above three acres or daye's workes of arrable land, and one day-math of meadow ground to my daughter, Ursula Mayor.

1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. iii. 72/2 A Day Math, a Days Mowing, is as much as a Mower can cut down in a day.

1798 H. Wood Coll. Decrees Court Exchequer in Tithe-causes III. 234 The sum of twopence for every day's math of meadow ground.

1820 R. Wilbraham Attempt Gloss. Cheshire Demath, generally used for a statute acre, but erroneously so, for it is properly one-half of a Cheshire acre..the Demath bears [the proportion] of 32 to 30¼ to the statute acre.

1887 T. Darlington Folk-speech S. Cheshire We speak of a ‘five-demath’ or a ‘seven-demath field’.

1948 Agric. Hist. 22 135/1 A ‘day's math’, or the amount usually mown by a man in one day, was about a statute acre.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	days math
释义	day's mathn. Brit. /deɪz ˈmaθ/, U.S. /ˌdeɪz ˈmæθ/ Forms: α. 1500s demathe, 1600s day math, 1700s demath. β. 1700s– day's math. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: day n., math n.¹ Etymology: In α. forms < day n. + math n.¹ In β. forms < the genitive of day n. + math n.¹ Compare Old Frisian deimeth, Middle Dutch dachmaat, dammaet, demat, deemt (Dutch dagmaat, deimt), Middle Low German dachmāt, dēmāt, Middle High German tagemāt (German Tagmahd, now regional (southern)). English regional. Now historical and rare. An area of land that can be mown by one person in a day, often taken as approximating to an acre; a day's mowing; (more loosely) a small portion of land. Cf. daywork n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement of area > [noun] > a system or process of measuring land > area that can be worked or mown in a day daywork1204 day's worka1563 day's math1669 1559 in G. J. Piccope Lancs. & Cheshire Wills (1861) III. 125 One demathe of hey. 1669 Will of R. Mayor in Lichfield Merc. (1889) 23 Aug. 8/1 Alsoe all that parcell of meadow grounds, contayninge one acre or dayes math of ground for her naturall life. And after her deceyse, the above three acres or daye's workes of arrable land, and one day-math of meadow ground to my daughter, Ursula Mayor. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. iii. 72/2 A Day Math, a Days Mowing, is as much as a Mower can cut down in a day. 1798 H. Wood Coll. Decrees Court Exchequer in Tithe-causes III. 234 The sum of twopence for every day's math of meadow ground. 1820 R. Wilbraham Attempt Gloss. Cheshire Demath, generally used for a statute acre, but erroneously so, for it is properly one-half of a Cheshire acre..the Demath bears [the proportion] of 32 to 30¼ to the statute acre. 1887 T. Darlington Folk-speech S. Cheshire We speak of a ‘five-demath’ or a ‘seven-demath field’. 1948 Agric. Hist. 22 135/1 A ‘day's math’, or the amount usually mown by a man in one day, was about a statute acre. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1559
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