emplacementn.

Brit.

/ɪmˈpleɪsm(ə)nt/,

/ɛmˈpleɪsm(ə)nt/, U.S.

/ᵻmˈpleɪsmənt/,

/ɛmˈpleɪsmənt/

Forms:

α. 1700s– emplacement.

β. 1800s implacement.

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

Etymology: < French emplacement site of a building or settlement (1611), action of putting something in place (1690), place suitable for establishing or constructing something (1694), manner in which something is placed (1732 in the source translated in quots. 1742¹, 1742² at sense 1a, or earlier; 1422 in Middle French in an isolated attestation in sense ‘assignation, donation’) < emplacier (see emplace v.) + -ment -ment suffix. Compare earlier emplace v.With β. forms compare im- prefix¹.

a. The action of placing something in a certain position; the fact of being so placed. Also: the manner in which something is placed. Now frequently Military.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > place > placing or fact of being placed in (a) position > [noun]

layingc1330

pitchinga1398

settinga1398

couchingc1400

stowingc1440

placingc1449

stelling1560

disposition1563

location1568

planting1585

situation1589

collocation1605

situating1611

disposurea1625

depositure1635

allodgement1639

instalment1646

fixation1652

deposition1659

lodgement1713

repositing1713

emplacement1742

bestowal1773

locating1774

disposal1828

placement1844

allocation1846

enlodgement1884

siting1902

1742 J. Martyn & E. Chambers tr. Philos. Hist. & Mem. Royal Acad. Sci. Paris I. 48 Having therefore supposed..the two floors above and below proper for the emplacement [Fr. l'emplacement] of this gate.

1742 J. Martyn & E. Chambers tr. Philos. Hist. & Mem. Royal Acad. Sci. Paris I. 51 This emplacement [Fr. emplacement] is called the étang, or pond, because the water has no course.

1781 S. Pechel Hist. Acct. Bombay 139 No emplacement of our troops could be so formidable to those princes as that near Berar.

1824 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Gardening (ed. 2) iii. iv. 1013 The emplacement of a line of wood along its summit, will increase its real and apparent height.

1869 G. Rawlinson Man. Anc. Hist. 64 The emplacement of each pyramid so as exactly to face the cardinal points.

1937 Boys' Life Mar. 38/2 He followed the old commandant as he directed the emplacement of the cannon and supervised the readiness of the surf-boat.

1981 S. Heath Questions of Cinema ii. 48 The point-of-view shot is marked as subjective in its emplacement but the resulting image is still finally..objective.

1993 New Republic 22 Mar. 35/2 His irrational belief that the United States would countenance the emplacement of tactical and ballistic nuclear missiles in Cuba.

b. Geology. The action or process by which a body of (usually igneous) rock or ore is placed in position; esp. = intrusion n. 1b. Also: an instance of this; (concrete) a body of rock or ore placed by such a process. Frequently attributive. Cf. emplace v. 3.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > discontinuity or unconformity > [noun] > intrusion

intrusion1839

intrusive1895

emplacement1914

pluton1934

facies1965

1914 R. A. Daly Igneous Rocks & their Origin vi. 110 The emplacement of each batholith has been a relatively quiet process.

1976 C. Bowin Caribbean Gravity Field & Plate Tectonics 48 The ridge itself may be due to an emplacement of gabbro and serpentinized peridotite along the axis of the spreading ridge.

1981 D. H. Rayner Stratigr. Brit. Isles (ed. 2) 411 There are other minor emplacements of copper, gold, lead and zinc in Central and North Wales.

2007 M. Chapman Geol. Mars viii. 225 Crater size-frequency distributions from crater counts obtained from the flow surfaces would reveal an exposure age, rather than an emplacement age.

2. The place in which something is located or has been put; a situation, a position; a site, a plot.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > [noun] > site of or for (a) building(s)

toft1001

stead1246

sole1417

sitea1443

plota1450

toftstead1524

ground-plat?a1560

ground-plot1580

seat1615

parterre1671

building-lot1701

emplacement1780

steading1822

building-place1839

block1840

subdivision1857

building-ground1858

building-estate1885

building-land1905

island site1907

island plot1908

tract1912

the world > space > place > position or situation > [noun] > actually occupied > in respect of surroundings

site?c1400

situationc1485

standing1538

seat1549

neighbourhood1668

emplacement1780

1780 Ordinances Governor & Legislative Council Quebec 79 It is ordered, that every house-keeper, and every owner of an empty house or emplacement,..shall..clean or cause to be cleaned, one half of the width of the street opposite to his or her house, hangard, out-house or emplacement.

1802 W. Taylor in J. W. Robberds Mem. W. Taylor (1843) I. 415 Buildings admired for their architecture, and well displayed by their emplacement.

1804 Ann. Rev. & Hist. Lit. 1803 2 689 The station or implacement, would confer majesty even on an inferior edifice.

1837 Blackwood's Mag. 41 362 The French might have found..a more appropriate emplacement for the obelisk.

1880 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Jan. 115 The large amphitheatre, the emplacement of which can still be traced on the hill side.

1994 R. Chartier in J. L. McClain et al. Edo & Paris (1997) vi. 141 The second extension of building in Paris during the opening decades of the seventeenth century could be found outside the walls, on the emplacement of the old hôtel of Queen Marguerite.

1999 Camping Mag. Apr. 35/1 The pitches are still..in rows but nowadays emplacements are separated by trees and dry stone walls.

3. Military. A platform or defended position where a large gun or other weapon is placed for firing. Also gen.: a similar structure used as a foundation for something.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military operations > distribution of troops > military position > [noun] > gun-site

cannonery1598

emplacement1811

firing-place1879

fire position1889

machine-gun post1915

gun-site1943

1811 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1838) VII. 258 They ought to make an emplacement for their field pieces.

1862 D. T. Ansted & R. G. Latham Channel Islands i. iii. 42 Two enormous massifs, or square emplacements, covering rocks, have been constructed,—one intended as a ladies' bathing place, with bathing houses and hot water baths.

1881 Daily News 1 Sept. 2/4 One of the monster guns is mounted in a model emplacement, constructed of concrete.

1889 Engineer 5 Apr. 281 We understand that the heavy steel guns are to be mounted in Moncrieff implacements.

1917 D. Haig Diary 1 Aug. in War Diaries & Lett. 1914–18 (2005) 309 A 15 inch howitzer is necessary, as the emplacements are strongly built of [reinforced] cement.

1944 Ld. Alanbrooke Diary 11 Jan. in War Diaries (2001) 511 The bombing of the launching emplacements in North France is not going well.

1956 N.Y. Times Mag. 29 July 7/4 At Stalingrad..a dish radar and a camouflaged gun or missile emplacement protect the airfield.

2003 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 25 Sept. 12/1 At the settlement gates sit nests of razor wire, the fortified emplacements of the Israeli army.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	emplacement
释义	emplacementn. Brit. /ɪmˈpleɪsm(ə)nt/, /ɛmˈpleɪsm(ə)nt/, U.S. /ᵻmˈpleɪsmənt/, /ɛmˈpleɪsmənt/ Forms: α. 1700s– emplacement. β. 1800s implacement. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French emplacement. Etymology: < French emplacement site of a building or settlement (1611), action of putting something in place (1690), place suitable for establishing or constructing something (1694), manner in which something is placed (1732 in the source translated in quots. 1742¹, 1742² at sense 1a, or earlier; 1422 in Middle French in an isolated attestation in sense ‘assignation, donation’) < emplacier (see emplace v.) + -ment -ment suffix. Compare earlier emplace v.With β. forms compare im- prefix¹. 1. a. The action of placing something in a certain position; the fact of being so placed. Also: the manner in which something is placed. Now frequently Military. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > placing or fact of being placed in (a) position > [noun] layingc1330 pitchinga1398 settinga1398 couchingc1400 stowingc1440 placingc1449 stelling1560 disposition1563 location1568 planting1585 situation1589 collocation1605 situating1611 disposurea1625 depositure1635 allodgement1639 instalment1646 fixation1652 deposition1659 lodgement1713 repositing1713 emplacement1742 bestowal1773 locating1774 disposal1828 placement1844 allocation1846 enlodgement1884 siting1902 1742 J. Martyn & E. Chambers tr. Philos. Hist. & Mem. Royal Acad. Sci. Paris I. 48 Having therefore supposed..the two floors above and below proper for the emplacement [Fr. l'emplacement] of this gate. 1742 J. Martyn & E. Chambers tr. Philos. Hist. & Mem. Royal Acad. Sci. Paris I. 51 This emplacement [Fr. emplacement] is called the étang, or pond, because the water has no course. 1781 S. Pechel Hist. Acct. Bombay 139 No emplacement of our troops could be so formidable to those princes as that near Berar. 1824 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Gardening (ed. 2) iii. iv. 1013 The emplacement of a line of wood along its summit, will increase its real and apparent height. 1869 G. Rawlinson Man. Anc. Hist. 64 The emplacement of each pyramid so as exactly to face the cardinal points. 1937 Boys' Life Mar. 38/2 He followed the old commandant as he directed the emplacement of the cannon and supervised the readiness of the surf-boat. 1981 S. Heath Questions of Cinema ii. 48 The point-of-view shot is marked as subjective in its emplacement but the resulting image is still finally..objective. 1993 New Republic 22 Mar. 35/2 His irrational belief that the United States would countenance the emplacement of tactical and ballistic nuclear missiles in Cuba. b. Geology. The action or process by which a body of (usually igneous) rock or ore is placed in position; esp. = intrusion n. 1b. Also: an instance of this; (concrete) a body of rock or ore placed by such a process. Frequently attributive. Cf. emplace v. 3. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > discontinuity or unconformity > [noun] > intrusion intrusion1839 intrusive1895 emplacement1914 pluton1934 facies1965 1914 R. A. Daly Igneous Rocks & their Origin vi. 110 The emplacement of each batholith has been a relatively quiet process. 1976 C. Bowin Caribbean Gravity Field & Plate Tectonics 48 The ridge itself may be due to an emplacement of gabbro and serpentinized peridotite along the axis of the spreading ridge. 1981 D. H. Rayner Stratigr. Brit. Isles (ed. 2) 411 There are other minor emplacements of copper, gold, lead and zinc in Central and North Wales. 2007 M. Chapman Geol. Mars viii. 225 Crater size-frequency distributions from crater counts obtained from the flow surfaces would reveal an exposure age, rather than an emplacement age. 2. The place in which something is located or has been put; a situation, a position; a site, a plot. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > [noun] > site of or for (a) building(s) toft1001 stead1246 sole1417 sitea1443 plota1450 toftstead1524 ground-plat?a1560 ground-plot1580 seat1615 parterre1671 building-lot1701 emplacement1780 steading1822 building-place1839 block1840 subdivision1857 building-ground1858 building-estate1885 building-land1905 island site1907 island plot1908 tract1912 the world > space > place > position or situation > [noun] > actually occupied > in respect of surroundings site?c1400 situationc1485 standing1538 seat1549 neighbourhood1668 emplacement1780 1780 Ordinances Governor & Legislative Council Quebec 79 It is ordered, that every house-keeper, and every owner of an empty house or emplacement,..shall..clean or cause to be cleaned, one half of the width of the street opposite to his or her house, hangard, out-house or emplacement. 1802 W. Taylor in J. W. Robberds Mem. W. Taylor (1843) I. 415 Buildings admired for their architecture, and well displayed by their emplacement. 1804 Ann. Rev. & Hist. Lit. 1803 2 689 The station or implacement, would confer majesty even on an inferior edifice. 1837 Blackwood's Mag. 41 362 The French might have found..a more appropriate emplacement for the obelisk. 1880 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Jan. 115 The large amphitheatre, the emplacement of which can still be traced on the hill side. 1994 R. Chartier in J. L. McClain et al. Edo & Paris (1997) vi. 141 The second extension of building in Paris during the opening decades of the seventeenth century could be found outside the walls, on the emplacement of the old hôtel of Queen Marguerite. 1999 Camping Mag. Apr. 35/1 The pitches are still..in rows but nowadays emplacements are separated by trees and dry stone walls. 3. Military. A platform or defended position where a large gun or other weapon is placed for firing. Also gen.: a similar structure used as a foundation for something. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military operations > distribution of troops > military position > [noun] > gun-site cannonery1598 emplacement1811 firing-place1879 fire position1889 machine-gun post1915 gun-site1943 1811 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1838) VII. 258 They ought to make an emplacement for their field pieces. 1862 D. T. Ansted & R. G. Latham Channel Islands i. iii. 42 Two enormous massifs, or square emplacements, covering rocks, have been constructed,—one intended as a ladies' bathing place, with bathing houses and hot water baths. 1881 Daily News 1 Sept. 2/4 One of the monster guns is mounted in a model emplacement, constructed of concrete. 1889 Engineer 5 Apr. 281 We understand that the heavy steel guns are to be mounted in Moncrieff implacements. 1917 D. Haig Diary 1 Aug. in War Diaries & Lett. 1914–18 (2005) 309 A 15 inch howitzer is necessary, as the emplacements are strongly built of [reinforced] cement. 1944 Ld. Alanbrooke Diary 11 Jan. in War Diaries (2001) 511 The bombing of the launching emplacements in North France is not going well. 1956 N.Y. Times Mag. 29 July 7/4 At Stalingrad..a dish radar and a camouflaged gun or missile emplacement protect the airfield. 2003 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 25 Sept. 12/1 At the settlement gates sit nests of razor wire, the fortified emplacements of the Israeli army. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1742
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