above-headadv.

Brit.

/əˈbʌvˌhɛd/, U.S.

/əˈbəvˌhɛd/

Forms: see above adv., prep., n., and adj. and head n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: above prep., head n.¹

Etymology: < above prep. + head n.¹ Compare earlier overhead adv. 2.

Now rare.

Overhead.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > high position > [adverb] > overhead

over a person's headOE

abovea1225

overheada1398

above-head1548

overtop1776

1548 W. Patten Exped. Scotl. sig. G^v Herewith waxt it very hot on both sydes, with piteful cryes, horrible rore and terrible thunderinge of gunnes besyde, the day darkened abooue hed with smoke of shot.

1579 H. Heron Kayes of Counsaile i. sig. Cviii^v Is it not a scornful thing that a man should teach..his hauke to fetch the lofty turnes abovehead.

1614 G. Markham 2nd Bk. Eng. Husbandman ii. v. 74 If the weather be dry aboue head, when you haue set your Quick-set, you shall make a dead hedge vpon the top of the new banke.

1684 J. Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress 2nd Pt. 201 An Arbor, warm, and promising much Refreshing to the Pilgrims; for it was finely wrought above-head, beautified with Greens.

1754 G. A. Stevens Choice Spirits Feast 7 Then they their Bumpers above-head advancing, All fell to singing and then fell to dancing.

1793 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse (ed. 2) §253 The weather..above-head had remained..much the same.

1821 J. Clare Village Minstrel II. 105 Hedges above head in an arbour meet.

1887 R. F. Burton tr. Arabian Nights' Entertainm.: Suppl. Nights IV. dcxxv. 370 That tree grew close beside a rock which towered high above-head.

1920 D. G. Mukerji in R. Shay & P. Loving Fifty Contemp. One-act Plays 168 Thunder growls above head.

2003 Xinhua Gen. News Service (Nexis) 20 Mar. Police helicopters hover abovehead day and night.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	above-head
释义	above-headadv. Brit. /əˈbʌvˌhɛd/, U.S. /əˈbəvˌhɛd/ Forms: see above adv., prep., n., and adj. and head n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: above prep., head n.¹ Etymology: < above prep. + head n.¹ Compare earlier overhead adv. 2. Now rare. Overhead. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > high position > [adverb] > overhead over a person's headOE abovea1225 overheada1398 above-head1548 overtop1776 1548 W. Patten Exped. Scotl. sig. G^v Herewith waxt it very hot on both sydes, with piteful cryes, horrible rore and terrible thunderinge of gunnes besyde, the day darkened abooue hed with smoke of shot. 1579 H. Heron Kayes of Counsaile i. sig. Cviii^v Is it not a scornful thing that a man should teach..his hauke to fetch the lofty turnes abovehead. 1614 G. Markham 2nd Bk. Eng. Husbandman ii. v. 74 If the weather be dry aboue head, when you haue set your Quick-set, you shall make a dead hedge vpon the top of the new banke. 1684 J. Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress 2nd Pt. 201 An Arbor, warm, and promising much Refreshing to the Pilgrims; for it was finely wrought above-head, beautified with Greens. View more context for this quotation 1754 G. A. Stevens Choice Spirits Feast 7 Then they their Bumpers above-head advancing, All fell to singing and then fell to dancing. 1793 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse (ed. 2) §253 The weather..above-head had remained..much the same. 1821 J. Clare Village Minstrel II. 105 Hedges above head in an arbour meet. 1887 R. F. Burton tr. Arabian Nights' Entertainm.: Suppl. Nights IV. dcxxv. 370 That tree grew close beside a rock which towered high above-head. 1920 D. G. Mukerji in R. Shay & P. Loving Fifty Contemp. One-act Plays 168 Thunder growls above head. 2003 Xinhua Gen. News Service (Nexis) 20 Mar. Police helicopters hover abovehead day and night. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adv.1548
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