单词 | gardenage |
释义 | gardenagen. 1. Grounds in the form of a garden; garden space. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > garden > [noun] leightonc950 orchardOE garden1279 yard1390 vergera1400 smelling cheat1567 garden ground1577 gardenage1600 smeller1610 viridary1657 viridariumc1660 gardening1682 greenery1783 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxx. 752 Over and besides, there was appointed for the Embassadors, lodging of free-cost; gardenage and walking places of pleasure. 1901 Country Life Illustr. 29 Sept. 400/2 You enter through a gateway that would not seem out of place even in the splendid gardenage of Hampton Court. 1955 Times 7 Dec. 11/7 He agrees that Peter damaged the ‘gardenage’ wantonly. 2005 H. Browne Little Lady Agency (2006) xxv. 338 They'd be there..imperiously crossing out houses with insufficient gardenage or underwhelming amenities. 2. The art or practice of cultivating a garden or of growing flowers, fruit, or vegetables; horticulture. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > [noun] gardening1481 gardenage1601 horticulture1678 gardenership1711 garden craft1833 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xix. iv. 12 There was no one thing..lesse subiect to the will and pleasure of Fortune and Casualtie, than gardenage [Fr. iardinages]. 1693 J. Evelyn tr. J. de La Quintinie Compl. Gard'ner i. iii. ii. 89 Persons of Quality that divertise themselves there in Gardenage [Fr. Jardinage]. 1906 Standard 4 May 11/1 The late flowering varieties of the gladiolus come as a powerful ally to aid the town gardener who has deferred his gardenage until May. 1952 Times Lit. Suppl. 27 June 415/1 Gardenage..A book about garden plants..; about gardening as one of the ancient crafts; about the origins of gardening. 3. Garden produce; fruit and vegetables. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > crop or crops > [noun] > garden produce gardenage1703 1703 W. Freke Lingua Tersancta xlvii. 349 Cabbage... To all a very mean Subsistence, poor Mens Gardenage. 1733 J. Tull Horse-hoing Husbandry v. 19 The eating unwholesom Gardenage. 1816 J. Man Hist. Reading vii. 147 This street was also appropriated to the sale of fish and gardenage. 1919 Waterloo (Iowa) Evening Courier 2 July 2/3 Here is your assurance of a plentitude of succulent, delicious table gardenage. 1992 J. Thorne & M. L. Thorne Outlaw Cook (1994) 68 A cuisine based on stock also requires gardinage in plentiful supply: vegetables that come home with all their parts attached. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1600 |
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