单词 | firehouse |
释义 | firehousen. 1. (a) A room in a house, containing the main fireplace (cf. house n.1 1c); (b) a house with a fireplace in it, as distinguished from the outbuildings; a dwelling house. Now rare (Scottish and English regional (northern) in later use). ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > a house > [noun] houseeOE homeOE houseOE roofa1382 housinga1400 bike1508 dwelling-house1530 firehouse1530 standing house?1532 mansion house1533 maisonc1540 beinga1616 smoke-housea1687 drum1846 khazi1846 casa1859 shack1910 kipsie1916 machine for living (in)1927 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > room > types of room generally > [noun] > warm room or room with fire stewc1374 stove?1542 fire room1591 firehouse1632 stove-room1706 zeta1706 OE Antwerp-London Gloss. (2011) 125 Caminatum, fyrhus. OE tr. Chrodegang of Metz Regula Canonicorum (Corpus Cambr. 191) xxxiv. 241 Siððan hi of beoderne gan, drincan innan heora fyrhuse tuwa oððe þriwa. c1450 King Ponthus (Digby) in Publ. Mod. Lang. Assoc. Amer. (1897) 12 18 (MED) To haue tribute..of euery fir-hows in his realme. 1530 in J. Raine Testamenta Eboracensia (1884) V. 292 Every fyer howse wt in the parishing of Acclome. 1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) I. 170/1 This Iue was the first king that graunted a pennye of euery firehouse through his dominion to be paid vnto the court of Rome. 1632 in S. O. Addy Hall of Waltheof (1893) 182 The Hall or Fierhouse of the now mansion house of the said John Parker. 1680 in Notes & Queries (1866) 2 June 452/1 All that ancient Messuage or Firehouse wherein one C.M. now dwelleth. 1729 in H. Paton Penninghame Parish Rec. (1933) II. 118 It was begot about the last of March 1728 in the fire house of Glenvernock. 1748 in Sc. Notes & Queries (1892) Nov. 85/2 (table) To his fire-house and pantrie. 1830 T. D. Lauder Moray Floods (ed. 2) 196 The gable o' the firehoose partly fell, an' the water began to come in on us. 1872 C. Innes Lect. Sc. Legal Antiq. iv. 204 Cain fowls are sometimes called reek hens—one payable from every house that reeked—every fire house. 1878 W. Dickinson Gloss. Words & Phrases Cumberland (ed. 2) Fire-house, the dwelling—in contradistinction to the outbuildings. 1920 C. Murray In Country Places 32 Syne when the milkin's by, an' the fire-hoose clean, An' ye daunder oot for a breath o' the gloamin' air. 2007 H. R. French Middle Sort of People i. 54 The prevalence in rural settlements of the one-hearth ‘firehouse’ (with its multi-functional hall). ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > buoys, marks, or lighthouses > [noun] > object on land or sea as guide > light beacon or lighthouse fire towereOE lightc1425 firehouse1450 pharec1450 pharos1550 light tower1588 lantern1601 watchtower1601 lighthouse1606 lowlight1655 sea-light1691 obeliscolychny1694 light1791 leading light1796 cage1867 flare1883 fanal- society > communication > indication > signalling > visual signalling > luminous signals > [noun] > fire signal > signal station or watch-tower firehouse1450 beacon1611 signal station1803 1450–2 in 5th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS: Pt. 1 (1876) App. 520 in Parl. Papers (C. 1432) XL. 1 For a hundred of wood, had at the firehowse, to make wacche firys there 5d. 1455–6 in 5th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS: Pt. 1 (1876) App. 521 in Parl. Papers (C. 1432) XL. 1 To withstonde the Kynges enemyes comyng uppe on londe, at the Fyre howse and at the Brokys Ende. 1673 E. Hickeringill Gregory 138 He shows wise Princes all the Sea-marks..; Here lies the flats, there the Beacon; here the Buoy, there the Fire-house. 1746 R. Rauthmell Antiqvitates Bremetonacenses vi. 61 The [Roman] garrison at Overborough erected a beacon, fire-house, or watch-tower upon the rocky hill of Ingleborough. 3. Chiefly U.S. The office or headquarters of a local fire brigade; = fire station n. at fire n. and int. Compounds 2a. Cf. fire hall n. at fire n. and int. Compounds 2a. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > extinguishing fire > [noun] > fire-fighting > fire-brigade > headquarters of fire-brigade fire station1819 station1833 fire hall1866 firehouse1869 fire command1941 1869 Daily Milwaukee (Wisconsin) News 26 Mar. I will leave the matter for the inspection of any of the Rochester fireman that choose to go and examine the fire houses of Buffalo for themselves. 1901 Rep. Fire Dept. N.Y. 1900 6 A number of sites for new fire-houses..have been acquired. 1945 Sat. Rev. 7 July 21/1 Sometimes it's as elevated as the conversation in back of the firehouse in Salem, Ohio. 1979 R. Jaffe Class Reunion (1980) ii. xi. 296 ‘What's it like in the firehouse?’..‘Like an army barracks.’ 2012 N.Y. Mag. 12 Nov. 32 Floodwaters from the bay had started to slip under the north wall of the firehouse. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.OE |
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