ditchern.

Brit.

/ˈdɪtʃə/, U.S.

/ˈdɪtʃər/

Etymology: < ditch v.¹ + -er suffix¹.

1. A person who makes and repairs ditches.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > preparation of land or soil > ditching or drainage > [noun] > digger or ditcher

dikerc1000

ditcherc1430

society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > earth-movers, etc. > [noun] > digger or excavator > of trenches or ditches

dikerc1000

ditcherc1430

pioneer1552

trencher1871

c1430 J. Lydgate Minor Poems (1840) 211 Dichers, delverys, that greet travaylle endure.

1464 in Manners & Househ. Expenses Eng. (1841) 261 My mastyr payed to John Wodeman, the dycher, iij.s. iiij.d.

1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet v. i. 30 There is no auncient gentlemen but Gardners, Ditchers, and Grauemakers, they hold vp Adams profession.

1735 J. Swift Panegyrick on D— in Wks. II. 287 Our Thatcher, Ditcher, Gard'ner, Baily.

1848 J. S. Mill Princ. Polit. Econ. i. ii. §1 The hedgers and ditchers who made the fences..for the protection of the crop.

2. A machine used to make ditches; a ditching-machine.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > tools and implements > [noun] > machine for making or cleaning ditches

ditching-machine1838

ditcher1847

go-devil1852

ditching-plough1874

trencher1947

society > occupation and work > equipment > earth-moving and excavating equipment > [noun] > ditching equipment

ditching-machine1838

ditcher1847

ditching-plough1874

1847 Ann. Rep. Commissioner Patents 1846 256 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (29th Congr., 2nd Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Doc. 52) III Having thus fully described my improved ditcher what I claim therein as new..is [etc.].

1862 Times 12 June In addition to the agricultural machines..a ditcher, which will cut a ditch of any depth or width, lift out the earth, and deposit it in any given place.

1874 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. I. 711/2 (caption) Rotary ditcher.

attributive.1887 Sci. Amer. 30 July 74/1 A combined cultivator and potato digger..It has a plow or ditcher shovel formed from a plate of metal.

3. (See quot. 1890.)

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > mechanically propelled vessels > [noun] > propelled by steam engine > other steam vessels

steam dredger1801

steam barge1812

steam hopper1812

steam-launch1812

steam schooner1812

steam-yacht1812

steam-tug1835

pleasure steamer1839

tug-steamer1861

ditcher1877

alligator1884

turnabout1885

tank-steamer1889

whaleback1891

whalebacker1891

1877 A. Arnold Through Persia II. xiv. 251 Huge iron vessels, long and narrow, built for the Suez Canal, and locally known as ‘ditchers’.

1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 19 Nov. 1/2 In time of war the ‘ditchers’ would be bound to coal..at Sierra Leone.

1890 New Rev. Feb. 153 Steamers specially built for the passage of the Suez Canal, and hence called ‘Ditchers’.

4. A bowl which runs or is driven off the green. Cf. ditch n.¹ 1d.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > bowls or bowling > [noun] > types of shot

toucher1600

riner1673

game-cast1724

ditcher1886

draw1902

draw shot1902

1886 T. Taylor Rules of Bowling 17 A bowl which runs off the green..and which has not previously touched the jack, is called a ‘ditcher’, and must be immediately removed to the bank.

1948 G. T. Burrows All about Bowls xiv. 86 Ditcher, a bowl that runs on into the ditch or is driven there or is turned quickly into the pebbles, for reasons of strategy.

5. A resident of Calcutta (now Kolkata). Cf. ditch n.¹ 1c. slang.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Asia > native or inhabitant of India > [noun] > native or inhabitant of India > parts of

Malabar1582

Gujaratic1607

Bengalan1613

Goan1652

Hindustan1662

Macassar1665

Gangetic1677

Malabarian1709

Mysorean1761

Bengalese1778

Assamese1794

Hindustani1813

Marwari1815

Sindhi1815

mofussilite1828

Mizo1832

Goanese1835

Punjabi1843

Bengali1848

Sindian1849

Madrasi1851

Toda1851

Hindia1853

Lushai1862

Kashmirian1876

Kashmir1882

Kashmiri1882

Konkani1885

ditcher1886

Ladakhi1893

Bihari1897

Sikkimese1938

Rajasthani1947

Maharashtrian1953

1886 H. Yule & A. C. Burnell Hobson-Jobson 246/2 Ditch; and Ditcher, disparaging sobriquets for Calcutta and its European citizens.

1909 Westm. Gaz. 17 June 8/1 The existence of the unfortunate ditchers left to themselves in the off season.

1923 Rec. Home & Foreign Mission Wk. United Free Church Scotl. June 248/1 Residents in Calcutta are sometimes referred to..as ‘Ditchers’.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	ditcher
释义	ditchern. Brit. /ˈdɪtʃə/, U.S. /ˈdɪtʃər/ Etymology: < ditch v.¹ + -er suffix¹. 1. A person who makes and repairs ditches. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > preparation of land or soil > ditching or drainage > [noun] > digger or ditcher dikerc1000 ditcherc1430 society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > earth-movers, etc. > [noun] > digger or excavator > of trenches or ditches dikerc1000 ditcherc1430 pioneer1552 trencher1871 c1430 J. Lydgate Minor Poems (1840) 211 Dichers, delverys, that greet travaylle endure. 1464 in Manners & Househ. Expenses Eng. (1841) 261 My mastyr payed to John Wodeman, the dycher, iij.s. iiij.d. 1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet v. i. 30 There is no auncient gentlemen but Gardners, Ditchers, and Grauemakers, they hold vp Adams profession. View more context for this quotation 1735 J. Swift Panegyrick on D— in Wks. II. 287 Our Thatcher, Ditcher, Gard'ner, Baily. 1848 J. S. Mill Princ. Polit. Econ. i. ii. §1 The hedgers and ditchers who made the fences..for the protection of the crop. 2. A machine used to make ditches; a ditching-machine. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > tools and implements > [noun] > machine for making or cleaning ditches ditching-machine1838 ditcher1847 go-devil1852 ditching-plough1874 trencher1947 society > occupation and work > equipment > earth-moving and excavating equipment > [noun] > ditching equipment ditching-machine1838 ditcher1847 ditching-plough1874 1847 Ann. Rep. Commissioner Patents 1846 256 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (29th Congr., 2nd Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Doc. 52) III Having thus fully described my improved ditcher what I claim therein as new..is [etc.]. 1862 Times 12 June In addition to the agricultural machines..a ditcher, which will cut a ditch of any depth or width, lift out the earth, and deposit it in any given place. 1874 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. I. 711/2 (caption) Rotary ditcher. attributive.1887 Sci. Amer. 30 July 74/1 A combined cultivator and potato digger..It has a plow or ditcher shovel formed from a plate of metal. 3. (See quot. 1890.) ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > mechanically propelled vessels > [noun] > propelled by steam engine > other steam vessels steam dredger1801 steam barge1812 steam hopper1812 steam-launch1812 steam schooner1812 steam-yacht1812 steam-tug1835 pleasure steamer1839 tug-steamer1861 ditcher1877 alligator1884 turnabout1885 tank-steamer1889 whaleback1891 whalebacker1891 1877 A. Arnold Through Persia II. xiv. 251 Huge iron vessels, long and narrow, built for the Suez Canal, and locally known as ‘ditchers’. 1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 19 Nov. 1/2 In time of war the ‘ditchers’ would be bound to coal..at Sierra Leone. 1890 New Rev. Feb. 153 Steamers specially built for the passage of the Suez Canal, and hence called ‘Ditchers’. 4. A bowl which runs or is driven off the green. Cf. ditch n.¹ 1d. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > bowls or bowling > [noun] > types of shot toucher1600 riner1673 game-cast1724 ditcher1886 draw1902 draw shot1902 1886 T. Taylor Rules of Bowling 17 A bowl which runs off the green..and which has not previously touched the jack, is called a ‘ditcher’, and must be immediately removed to the bank. 1948 G. T. Burrows All about Bowls xiv. 86 Ditcher, a bowl that runs on into the ditch or is driven there or is turned quickly into the pebbles, for reasons of strategy. 5. A resident of Calcutta (now Kolkata). Cf. ditch n.¹ 1c. slang. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Asia > native or inhabitant of India > [noun] > native or inhabitant of India > parts of Malabar1582 Gujaratic1607 Bengalan1613 Goan1652 Hindustan1662 Macassar1665 Gangetic1677 Malabarian1709 Mysorean1761 Bengalese1778 Assamese1794 Hindustani1813 Marwari1815 Sindhi1815 mofussilite1828 Mizo1832 Goanese1835 Punjabi1843 Bengali1848 Sindian1849 Madrasi1851 Toda1851 Hindia1853 Lushai1862 Kashmirian1876 Kashmir1882 Kashmiri1882 Konkani1885 ditcher1886 Ladakhi1893 Bihari1897 Sikkimese1938 Rajasthani1947 Maharashtrian1953 1886 H. Yule & A. C. Burnell Hobson-Jobson 246/2 Ditch; and Ditcher, disparaging sobriquets for Calcutta and its European citizens. 1909 Westm. Gaz. 17 June 8/1 The existence of the unfortunate ditchers left to themselves in the off season. 1923 Rec. Home & Foreign Mission Wk. United Free Church Scotl. June 248/1 Residents in Calcutta are sometimes referred to..as ‘Ditchers’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1430
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