Earthshipn.
/ˈəːθʃɪp/, U.S. /ˈərθˌʃɪp/ 1. The earth, regarded figuratively as a ship travelling through the heavens, space, etc.The precise sense intended in quot. 1806 is unclear.
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1806 Ann. Rev. 1805 4 ix. 564/2 The wife of Odin Rows in her earth-ship.
1874 Unitarian Rev. Nov. 329 Fay-men..flying through the air in the Pollen-dust, even as man sails the Ether in this Earth-Ship of his.
1890 E. McLennan Cosmical Evol. Pref. p. xi They pass their whole lives upon our little Earth-ship, sailing in the ocean of Space.
1927 R. E. Smith Old Lands—Ever New i. 25 If our earth-ship should tilt a little too much as it revolves on its axis, the roaring Atlantic would overwhelm us.
1997 M. Gardner Puzzling Questions about Solar Syst. i. 12 There are..at least five different kinds of motion that our earth-ship has.
2. Originally and chiefly Science Fiction. A spacecraft belonging to or originating from the planet earth.
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1933 Syracuse (N.Y.) Herald 27 Mar. 14/5 Martian spaceguard..calling guardship, 27, sub-cosmic-directional radio-finder shows earth ship approaching your position at unbelievable speed!
1960 Jrnl. Water Pollution Control Federation Apr. 339/1 The Martians would probably not be very impressed if the first Earthship arrives in a cloud of refuse.
2007 A. E. van Vogt & K. J. Anderson Slan Hunter 75 The fleet from Mars still outnumbered Gray's surprise space force more than three-to-one... The Earth ships fought to the last.
3. Originally and chiefly U.S. A type of house designed to have a minimal impact on the environment, characterized by extreme energy efficiency and the use of recycled and natural building materials such as used tyres packed with earth.In quot. 1985 in the name of a company designing such houses.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > a house > types of house > [noun] > other types of house
houseOE
showernc1175
house of fencec1425
abbey1665
park1750
trust house1751
subhouse1771
hurley-house1814
bure1843
ideal home1854
tholtan1856
picture house1858
village-house1862
tumble-down1866
tree-house1867
mazet1873
riad1881
slaughterhouse1899
whare puni1911
mas1912
social housing1928
quadruplex1939
share house1945
starter home1948
show house1957
painted lady1978
self-build1978
starter1979
Earthship1985
Queenslander1985
des res1986
common house1989
1985 U.S. Patent 4,519,176 1509/1 Modular Method of Making a Building Structure... Richard D. Britz, Eugene, Oreg., assignor to Earthship Enterprise, Inc.
1991 Pop. Sci. Feb. 49/1 [Michael] Reynolds built his first house using dirt-filled cans as ‘bricks’... His houses, which Reynolds calls Earthships, are now springing up with regularity.
1999 M. Potts in F. A. Stitt Ecol. Design Handbk. xii. 108 He is building his own earthship at Star, one of two earthship communities near Taos, in northern New Mexico.
2002 Nat. Home Nov.–Dec. 37/1 The use of discarded tires to contain rammed earth in the walls of Earthships has spawned much debate about possible toxicity.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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