ecouten.

Brit.

/ɪˈkuːt/, U.S.

/ɪˈkut/

Forms: 1800s ecoute, 1800s– écoute.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French écoute.

Etymology: < French écoute (although this is apparently first attested later in this specific sense: 1826), specific sense of écoute spy, lookout, lookout post (see escout n.).

Military (now disused).

= listening gallery n. at listening n. Compounds.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > earthwork or rampart > [noun] > listening gallery

ecoute1806

listener1828

listening gallery1833

1806 A. Rees Cycl. (1819) VII Catacoustics,..écoutes or small galleries from distance to distance in front of the glacis of a fortified place.

1872–6 G. E. Voyle Mil. Dict. (ed. 3) Ecoutes, listening galleries... These galleries are run out under and beyond the glacis at regular distances in the direction of the besiegers' works, and enable the besieged to hear and estimate how near the besiegers have carried their mining operations.

1916 Times 28 Oct. 10/2 Its [sc. the Citadel of Verdun's] interior écoutes or galleries are more than four miles long, and can therefore house a very large number of men.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	ecoute
释义	ecouten. Brit. /ɪˈkuːt/, U.S. /ɪˈkut/ Forms: 1800s ecoute, 1800s– écoute. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French écoute. Etymology: < French écoute (although this is apparently first attested later in this specific sense: 1826), specific sense of écoute spy, lookout, lookout post (see escout n.). Military (now disused). = listening gallery n. at listening n. Compounds. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > earthwork or rampart > [noun] > listening gallery ecoute1806 listener1828 listening gallery1833 1806 A. Rees Cycl. (1819) VII Catacoustics,..écoutes or small galleries from distance to distance in front of the glacis of a fortified place. 1872–6 G. E. Voyle Mil. Dict. (ed. 3) Ecoutes, listening galleries... These galleries are run out under and beyond the glacis at regular distances in the direction of the besiegers' works, and enable the besieged to hear and estimate how near the besiegers have carried their mining operations. 1916 Times 28 Oct. 10/2 Its [sc. the Citadel of Verdun's] interior écoutes or galleries are more than four miles long, and can therefore house a very large number of men. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1806
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