单词 | amenity planting |
释义 | > as lemmasamenity planting C1. General use as a modifier, chiefly in sense 2c, as in amenity planting, amenity wood, amenity woodland, etc.Frequently in compounds referring to areas used for recreation; cf. amenity horticulture n. at Compounds 3. ΚΠ 1927 Times 27 June 15/6 The remainder consisting of felled woods and scrub, coppice and coppice-with-standards of low productivity, and amenity woods outside the scope of economic forestry. 1928 Britain's Industr. Future (Liberal Industr. Inq.) iv. xxiv. §9. 336 Amenity woodland definitely uneconomic. 1936 Times 2 Apr. 10/3 Repairable cottages of amenity value..could be acquired and sympathetically repaired by the local authorities. 1957 Times 12 Dec. 18/4 Arrangements were made to provide an amenity centre for the labour on Effingham and Seventh Mile Estates, the centre comprising a clubroom with cinema and a playing field. 1974 J. Seymour Fat of Land (new ed.) v. 70 Meanwhile the ‘Forestry’ are very good neighbours, and they do do some ‘amenity planting’: ornamental trees in conspicuous places. 2002 Country Life 19 Dec. (Travel Suppl.) 35/1 A restored 19th-century stone farmhouse..forms part of North Island's extensive amenity areas. < as lemmas |
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