fore-yardn.¹

Brit.

/ˈfɔːjɑːd/, U.S.

/ˈfɔrˌjɑrd/

Etymology: < fore- prefix + yard n.¹

The yard or court in front of a building.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > courtyard > [noun] > fore-court

vestiary1382

fore-yard1420

forecourt1535

vestibule1623

foregartha1642

antecourt1659

vestibulum1662

frontstead1688

frontcourt1749

paepae1919

1420–30 Lay-Folks' Prayer Bk. (E.E.T.S.) 46 In the forȝerdis of the hous of oure God.

a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Ezek. x. 4 The halle [v.r. forȝerde; L. atrium].

1699 S. Sewall Diary 21 June (1973) I. 411 A Pack of Cards are found strawed over my fore-yard.

1740 S. Richardson Pamela II. 288 She would not come in, but sat fretting on a Seat in the Fore-yard.

1860 J. White Hist. France (ed. 2) 90 Where gentle lawns sloping downward from the door must be converted into a foreyard.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

fore-yardn.²

Brit.

/ˈfɔːjɑːd/, U.S.

/ˈfɔrˌjɑrd/

Etymology: < fore- prefix + yard n.²

1. Nautical. ‘The lowest yard on the fore-mast’ (W. C. Russell).

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > spar > [noun] > yard > yards on foremast

fore-topgallant-sail-yard1626

fore-yard1627

driver yard1757

1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. iii. 16 The fore Yard [must be] 19. yards long, and 15. inches diameter or thick.

1745 P. Thomas True Jrnl. Voy. South-Seas 145 Her Fore-top-mast broke short, and in its Fall, meeting with the Fore-yard broke it in the Slings.

1844 W. H. Maxwell Wanderings in Highlands & Islands I. ix. 174 At sea, when the bell is struck at noon, the sun is said to be ‘over the fore-yard’.

1854 H. Miller My Schools & Schoolmasters (1858) 6 After toiling on the foreyard in a violent night-squall.

†2. plural = antennæ antenna n. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > [noun] > member of > parts of > antenna

fore-yard1658

sailyard1658

pointers1664

antenna1668

palpus1803

palp1835

1658 J. Rowland tr. T. Moffett Theater of Insects in Topsell's Hist. Four-footed Beasts (rev. ed.) 937 The fore-yards are thin, black and short.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	fore-yard
释义	fore-yardn.¹ Brit. /ˈfɔːjɑːd/, U.S. /ˈfɔrˌjɑrd/ Etymology: < fore- prefix + yard n.¹ The yard or court in front of a building. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > courtyard > [noun] > fore-court vestiary1382 fore-yard1420 forecourt1535 vestibule1623 foregartha1642 antecourt1659 vestibulum1662 frontstead1688 frontcourt1749 paepae1919 1420–30 Lay-Folks' Prayer Bk. (E.E.T.S.) 46 In the forȝerdis of the hous of oure God. a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Ezek. x. 4 The halle [v.r. forȝerde; L. atrium]. 1699 S. Sewall Diary 21 June (1973) I. 411 A Pack of Cards are found strawed over my fore-yard. 1740 S. Richardson Pamela II. 288 She would not come in, but sat fretting on a Seat in the Fore-yard. 1860 J. White Hist. France (ed. 2) 90 Where gentle lawns sloping downward from the door must be converted into a foreyard. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022). fore-yardn.² Brit. /ˈfɔːjɑːd/, U.S. /ˈfɔrˌjɑrd/ Etymology: < fore- prefix + yard n.² 1. Nautical. ‘The lowest yard on the fore-mast’ (W. C. Russell). ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > spar > [noun] > yard > yards on foremast fore-topgallant-sail-yard1626 fore-yard1627 driver yard1757 1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. iii. 16 The fore Yard [must be] 19. yards long, and 15. inches diameter or thick. 1745 P. Thomas True Jrnl. Voy. South-Seas 145 Her Fore-top-mast broke short, and in its Fall, meeting with the Fore-yard broke it in the Slings. 1844 W. H. Maxwell Wanderings in Highlands & Islands I. ix. 174 At sea, when the bell is struck at noon, the sun is said to be ‘over the fore-yard’. 1854 H. Miller My Schools & Schoolmasters (1858) 6 After toiling on the foreyard in a violent night-squall. †2. plural = antennæ antenna n. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > [noun] > member of > parts of > antenna fore-yard1658 sailyard1658 pointers1664 antenna1668 palpus1803 palp1835 1658 J. Rowland tr. T. Moffett Theater of Insects in Topsell's Hist. Four-footed Beasts (rev. ed.) 937 The fore-yards are thin, black and short. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹1420n.²1627
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