earth-ridgen.

Brit.

/ˈəːθˌrɪdʒ/, U.S.

/ˈərθˌrɪdʒ/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: earth n.², ridge n.¹; earth n.¹, ridge n.¹

Etymology: Partly < earth n.² + ridge n.¹ and partly (in later use) < earth n.¹ + ridge n.¹ Compare earlier earth n.² 2.

A raised line or bank of earth, spec. one formed in or around a field by the action of a plough.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > breaking up land > ploughing > [noun] > ridge thrown up by plough

hack1741

earth-ridge1796

1796 W. Marshall Rural Econ. W. Eng. I. 158 ‘Earth ridges’ are formed in the field; either with mold hacked from the borders of it, or with the soil of the area, raised with the plow.

1848 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words Earth-ridge, a few feet of earth round a field which is ploughed up close to the hedges.

1862 Times 5 Feb. 6/4 Its labyrinth of earthworks is very striking when contrasted with the single earth-ridge of the Redan.

1927 K. Mayo Mother India iii. 145 Much cultivation, rice fields marked off in slips and fragments by hand-high earth-ridges to hold the precious water.

1998 Deseret News (Salt Lake City) (Nexis) 5 Aug. c1 Scattered among the grasses and ground cover were mouldering stumps, strawberry plants, intertwining earth ridges left by moles—and mushrooms.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	earth-ridge
释义	earth-ridgen. Brit. /ˈəːθˌrɪdʒ/, U.S. /ˈərθˌrɪdʒ/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: earth n.², ridge n.¹; earth n.¹, ridge n.¹ Etymology: Partly < earth n.² + ridge n.¹ and partly (in later use) < earth n.¹ + ridge n.¹ Compare earlier earth n.² 2. A raised line or bank of earth, spec. one formed in or around a field by the action of a plough. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > breaking up land > ploughing > [noun] > ridge thrown up by plough hack1741 earth-ridge1796 1796 W. Marshall Rural Econ. W. Eng. I. 158 ‘Earth ridges’ are formed in the field; either with mold hacked from the borders of it, or with the soil of the area, raised with the plow. 1848 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words Earth-ridge, a few feet of earth round a field which is ploughed up close to the hedges. 1862 Times 5 Feb. 6/4 Its labyrinth of earthworks is very striking when contrasted with the single earth-ridge of the Redan. 1927 K. Mayo Mother India iii. 145 Much cultivation, rice fields marked off in slips and fragments by hand-high earth-ridges to hold the precious water. 1998 Deseret News (Salt Lake City) (Nexis) 5 Aug. c1 Scattered among the grasses and ground cover were mouldering stumps, strawberry plants, intertwining earth ridges left by moles—and mushrooms. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1796
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