ha-han.²

Brit.

/ˈhɑːhɑː/, U.S.

/ˈhɑˌhɑ/

Forms: Also haha, ha! ha!, ha-hah (1700s ah, ah), 1700s–1800s haw-haw.

Etymology: < French haha (17th cent. in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter) ‘an obstacle interrupting one's way sharply and disagreeably, a ditch behind an opening in a wall at the bottom of an alley or walk’; according to French etymologists, < ha! exclamation of surprise.

a. A boundary to a garden, pleasure-ground, or park, of such a kind as not to interrupt the view from within, and not to be seen till closely approached; consisting of a trench, the inner side of which is perpendicular and faced with stone, the outer sloping and turfed; a sunk fence.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > that which or one who closes or shuts > a barrier > [noun] > ha-ha

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1712 J. James tr. A.-J. Dézallier d'Argenville Theory & Pract. Gardening 28 The End of this Terrass is terminated by..an Ah, Ah, with a dry Ditch at the Foot of it.

1712 J. James tr. A.-J. Dézallier d'Argenville Theory & Pract. Gardening 77 Thorough-Views, call'd Ah, Ah,..are Openings..to the very Level of the Walks, with a large and deep Ditch at the Foot.., which surprizes..and makes one cry, Ah! Ah! from whence it takes its Name.

1724 in Amherst Gardening (1895) 234 The walks are terminated by Ha-hah's, over which you see [etc.].

1749 Lady Luxborough Let. 4 June in Lett. to W. Shenstone (1775) 97 The Ha! Ha! is digging.

1803 H. Repton Observ. Landscape Gardening vi. 86 The sunk fence, or ha! ha! in some places, answers the purpose.

1852 R. S. Surtees Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour x. liii. 300 [The hound] ran a black cart-colt, and made him leap the haw-haw.

1880 Q. Rev. Apr. 336 The constant use of Ha~has (or sunk-fences).

b. transferred and figurative.

ΚΠ

1773 W. Mason Heroick Epist. Sir W. Chambers Leap each ha-ha of truth and common sense.

1858 H. Miller Rambles Geologist in Wks. (1869) 303 These ravines..are ha-has of Nature's digging.

c. attributive, as ha-ha ditch, ha-ha fence, ha-ha wall.

ΚΠ

1748 Defoe's Tour Great Brit. (ed. 4) I. 336 Throwing down the Walls of the Garden, and making, instead of them, the newly introduced Haw-haw Walls.

1774 T. Hutchinson Diary 17 Sept. A ha-ha fence at the bottom of the garden.

1849 Ann. Reg. 106 The Ha-ha ditch in Kensington Gardens.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	ha-ha
释义	ha-han.² Brit. /ˈhɑːhɑː/, U.S. /ˈhɑˌhɑ/ Forms: Also haha, ha! ha!, ha-hah (1700s ah, ah), 1700s–1800s haw-haw. Etymology: < French haha (17th cent. in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter) ‘an obstacle interrupting one's way sharply and disagreeably, a ditch behind an opening in a wall at the bottom of an alley or walk’; according to French etymologists, < ha! exclamation of surprise. a. A boundary to a garden, pleasure-ground, or park, of such a kind as not to interrupt the view from within, and not to be seen till closely approached; consisting of a trench, the inner side of which is perpendicular and faced with stone, the outer sloping and turfed; a sunk fence. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > that which or one who closes or shuts > a barrier > [noun] > ha-ha ha-ha1712 sunk fence1745 ha1766 1712 J. James tr. A.-J. Dézallier d'Argenville Theory & Pract. Gardening 28 The End of this Terrass is terminated by..an Ah, Ah, with a dry Ditch at the Foot of it. 1712 J. James tr. A.-J. Dézallier d'Argenville Theory & Pract. Gardening 77 Thorough-Views, call'd Ah, Ah,..are Openings..to the very Level of the Walks, with a large and deep Ditch at the Foot.., which surprizes..and makes one cry, Ah! Ah! from whence it takes its Name. 1724 in Amherst Gardening (1895) 234 The walks are terminated by Ha-hah's, over which you see [etc.]. 1749 Lady Luxborough Let. 4 June in Lett. to W. Shenstone (1775) 97 The Ha! Ha! is digging. 1803 H. Repton Observ. Landscape Gardening vi. 86 The sunk fence, or ha! ha! in some places, answers the purpose. 1852 R. S. Surtees Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour x. liii. 300 [The hound] ran a black cart-colt, and made him leap the haw-haw. 1880 Q. Rev. Apr. 336 The constant use of Ha~has (or sunk-fences). b. transferred and figurative. ΚΠ 1773 W. Mason Heroick Epist. Sir W. Chambers Leap each ha-ha of truth and common sense. 1858 H. Miller Rambles Geologist in Wks. (1869) 303 These ravines..are ha-has of Nature's digging. c. attributive, as ha-ha ditch, ha-ha fence, ha-ha wall. ΚΠ 1748 Defoe's Tour Great Brit. (ed. 4) I. 336 Throwing down the Walls of the Garden, and making, instead of them, the newly introduced Haw-haw Walls. 1774 T. Hutchinson Diary 17 Sept. A ha-ha fence at the bottom of the garden. 1849 Ann. Reg. 106 The Ha-ha ditch in Kensington Gardens. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.²1712
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