felledadj.1
/fɛld/, U.S. /fɛld/ 1. Of a tree or timber: that has been cut down or toppled.Recorded earliest in wind-felled adj. at wind n.1 Additions.clear-felled, winter-felled, etc.: see the first element.
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the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > lumbering > [adjective] > felled
felledlOE
stockeda1595
slashed1843
stooly1869
lOE Laws: Rectitudines (Corpus Cambr.) xix. 452 Wuduwearde gebyreð ælc windfylled treow.
1510 A. Chertsey tr. Floure Commaundementes of God (de Worde) ii. lxiv. f. clvi/2 A grete pyece of golde the whiche hanged at the stumpe of a felled tree.
1619 T. Clay Chorologicall Disc. vi. 26 To accompt yearely to the Auditor, not only for the felled Tymber and Vnderwood, but also for the tops of the Tymber Trees.
1662 R. Bayfield Tractatus de Tumoribus praeter Naturam iv. ix. 225 The water which stands on the stumps of felled Oaks.
1763 T. Smollett Contin. Compl. Hist. Eng. (new ed.) II. 74 The infantry, which was posted among felled trees and intrenchments.
1790 J. Hassell Tour Isle of Wight II. xvi. 40 A farmer..was loading felled timber on one of those picturesque long carriages.
?a1828 D. Wordsworth Jrnl. Tour Continent in Jrnls. (1941) II. 126 The first signs of occupancy and labour we had noticed in our descent were felled trees.
1865 D. Livingstone & C. Livingstone Narr. Exped. Zambesi 546 The felled wood was gathered into heaps.
1870 W. Morris Earthly Paradise: Pt. IV 369 On a felled oaken tree We sat.
a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) II. 1197 They may readily be seen as narrow radiating lines on the stump of a felled tree.
1989 Holiday Which? Mar. 117/1 Traditional stone-built bridges are being damaged by the weight of the lorries bearing the felled logs.
2005 J. Diamond Collapse (2006) xi. 344 Balaguer..even passed a law..that every fence post should consist of live rooted trees rather than felled timber.
2. Of a person or animal: that has been felled by a blow; struck or knocked down.
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a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll. 13) (1990) III. 1218 I woll never smyte a felde knyght.
c1580 ( tr. Bk. Alexander (1925) I. i. l. 2860 Of felled folk thay fand lyand The feild [all] spred.
1791 J. Learmont Poems Pastoral 167 He..struck was on the pow, Like a fell'd ox.
1826 Morning Post 26 Sept. One of the most energetic of the party was worked to such a pitch of frenzy, that he dropt down ‘like a felled ox’.
1839 Magnet (London) 7 Jan. 4/2 He saw one of the accusers of Mr. Stephens that day; it was ‘a felled beast’, Mr. Kenworthy.
1857 A. W. Habersham N. Pacific Surv. & Exploring Exped. xxii. 439 The heavy ounce-ball struck him full in the head..and brought him down like a felled ox.
1922 Everybody's July 61/1 The felled man disappeared, dragged out by unseen hands.
1976 ‘D. Fletcher’ Don't whistle ‘Macbeth’ 45 I sounded like some old-fashioned matron, soothing the felled captain of the First Eleven in the san.
2008 C. Ardai Fifty-to-one 168 The ref counted, but he got no further than the ‘F’ in ‘Four’ before the felled fighter apparently righted himself.
3. Needlework. Designating a seam in which one of the raw edges has been folded over the other, turned under, and sewn down, so that the seam lies flat with no raw edges. Cf. fell v. 7.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > sewn or ornamented textile fabric > [adjective] > stitched or sewn > other
hemmeda1500
unhemmed1561
darned1628
felled1809
mitred1809
through-stitched1863
tuck-stitched1922
1809 L. de Tousard Amer. Artillerist's Compan. I. xxii. 345 Take twilled serge or flannel, so thick as to prevent the dust of powder from sifting through, and make bags with felled seams.
1885 H. K. Brietzcke & E. F. Rooper Plain Needlewk. 29 A felled seam, when finished, must lie perfectly flat on both sides.
1926 People's Home Jrnl. Feb. 18/1 The hemmer foot is one of the most useful and practical attachments. It not only turns and stitches narrow hems, but it can make stitched and felled seams.
1952 Flying Mag. Aug. 24/2 Three strips..were sewn together with felled seams running parallel with the ribs.
2000 PS Nov. 79 Vintage denim jeans... Built to last, with..strong felled inside leg seams and securely stitched belt loops.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
felledadj.2
/fɛld/, U.S. /fɛld/ Chiefly poetic.
Of an animal: having a pelt or fleece, esp. of a specified kind. Cf. fell n.1
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the world > life > the body > hair > [adjective] > tuft or ridge of
felled1581
tussocky1805
the world > animals > animal body > general parts > covering or skin > [adjective] > having a hide
hided?a1400
felled1581
1581 A. Hall tr. Homer 10 Bks. Iliades ii. 39 Iton breeder good Of waightie felterd felled sheepe.
1618 G. Chapman tr. Hesiod Georgicks i. 364 Full-fell'd sheep [Gk. εἰροπόκοι δ᾽ ὄιες] are shorn with festivals.
1867 W. Morris Life & Death of Jason xvi. 314 Lands where dwells the sluggish white-felled bear.
1871 Harper's Bazar 11 Feb. 93/2 A meadow full of ruddled, shaggy, warm-felled sheep and whiter lambs.
1906 C. M. Doughty Dawn in Brit. II. v. 39 Two-score, black-felled steers.
1952 D. Thomas Coll. Poems p. ix O kingdom of neighbours, finned Felled and quilled, flash to my patch.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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