单词 | fouch |
释义 | † fouchn. Obsolete. 1. ? The fork of the legs. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > trunk > groin or crotch > [noun] shareeOE liskc1175 forchure13.. cleftc1325 fouchc1330 grainsa1400 swange?a1400 groin14.. thigh-holec1425 twist1572 crotcha1592 fork1608 cleaving1632 inguen1679 crutch- c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. Wace (Rolls) 1824 Wiþ fet in fourche [v.r. fouche] ilk oþer tok [said of wrestlers]. 2. The hind quarters of a deer; also plural. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > family Cervidae (deer) > [noun] > body or parts of > hindquarters fouchc1400 furch1491 c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 1357 Þay..henged þenne a[y]þer bi hoȝes of þe fourchez [MS reads fourcheȝ]. 1486 Bk. St. Albans F iij b And after the Ragge boon cuttis euen also The forchis. 1491 in T. Dickson Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1877) I. 181 Item..till a man of the Chanslaris that brocht a furche of venyson to the King v s. c1560 J. Lacy Wyl Bucke his Test. (Copland) sig. B.iiiv For to cut out kindely the fowche. Take of the buttockes..let both the loynes sitte together..and leue therin the Kidneys. 1631 R. Brathwait Whimzies vi. 45 To present some..Gentleman in his Masters name, with a side or a fouch. 1671 in 12th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1890) App. vii. 382 Given to Mr. Bellingham's man that brought a fouch of venison, 2s. Derivatives fouch v. (transitive) to divide a buck into four quarters (Halliwell). This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.c1330 |
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