单词 | gardenery |
释义 | † gardeneryn. Obsolete. 1. The position of a gardener; a department or office responsible for gardening. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > gardener > [noun] > office of gardenery1531 gardenership1864 1531 in D. H. Fleming Registrum Secreti Sigilli Regum Scotorum (1921) II. 117/1 The gift of the office of gardnary of our soverane lordis orchart and gardin in Striuiling. 1725 in A. Jervise Epitaphs (1879) II. 39/1 Sometime in Gardnerie he serv'd. 1892 R. E. G. Kirk Acct. Abingdon Abbey p. xxxvi 79s. 7d. was transferred from the Pittancery to the Gardenery. 2. The art or practice of gardening. ΚΠ 1683 J. Reid Scots Gard'ner sig. A2 Many Books on Gard'nery are for other Countries and Climates. 1881 Dundee Courier & Argus 8 Feb. 2/5 Gardenery might be defined as the art of cultivating the earth in such a manner so as to produce flowers, fruits, and vegetables, to the greatest perfection. 1893 Boston Daily Globe 8 July 4/2 Can they [sc. the railways] not develop a taste for landscape gardenery, and line their tracks with beautiful trees. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < |
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