| 单词 | garden furniture |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgarden furniture garden furniture n. (in early use) objects, such as plants, ornamental structures, etc., commonly found in a garden; (now) spec. items of furniture, such as chairs, tables, etc., suitable for outdoor use in a garden.Quot. 1693 shows similar compounding of kitchen garden n. ΚΠ 1693 J. Evelyn tr. J. de La Quintinie Treat. Orange Trees i. 3 in Compl. Gard'ner All these afflicting Accidents..invading all our Olitory and Kitchin-Garden Furniture [Fr. Plantes Potageres].] 1717 Dict. Rusticum (ed. 2) at Kitchen-garden The Soil is to be made more rich than for Corn; most Garden-furniture requiring a fatter Mould, if you design to have them prosper well. 1745 J. Mill Present Pract. Conveyancing 18 The Use of all the House and Furniture.., and all Garden Furniture, Garden Tools and Implements of Gardening. 1778 J. Abercrombie Universal Gardener & Botanist at Hedges The various plants and trees.., which were infinitely more agreeable, as garden furniture, than the perpetual shew of so much Hedge-work obtruding always upon the sight. 1853 Horticulturalist July 301 Garden Furniture, if we may be allowed the expressive term, embracing arbors, seats, trellises, and other structures of use and ornament in the garden. 1959 Home Encycl. 108 The prime timbers for well-made garden furniture are teak and oak. 2005 C. Tudge Secret Life Trees v. 108 Fabulous all-weather wood that makes fine garden furniture. < as lemmas |
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