单词 | dog hutch |
释义 | dog hutchn. A hutch for a dog. Also (depreciative): a small or wretched dwelling. Cf. doghole n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping dogs or cats > [noun] > keeping or affinity with dogs > kennels > kennel kennel13.. cannela1475 doghouse1555 dog kennel1570 dog hutch1798 1798 W. Marshall Rural Econ. Southern Counties I. iii. xii. 114 A wooden box, or hutch, resembling the dog hutch or kennel, which is usually provided for the yard dog, to hide and sleep in. 1830 T. Carlyle in Foreign Rev. 5 32 Would not let him occupy his own hired dog-hutch in peace. 1876 ‘G. Eliot’ Daniel Deronda III. vi. xliv. 283 A dog-hutch of a place in a black country. 1883 Cent. Mag. Nov. 38/1 A boot-jack, a pair of boots, [and] a dog-hutch..were the only speaking relics that we disinterred from all that vast Silverado rubbish-heap. 2000 Record (Bergen County, New Jersey) (Nexis) 8 Nov. 6 (advt.) Would like to buy a used dog hutch or cage. Contact Doris. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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