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单词 half-pace
释义

half-pacen.

Etymology: In sense 1, apparently a corruption of earlier haultpace , haltpace , halpace n., q.v. In sense 2, apparently < half n. + pace n.1, but probably an extension of sense 1.
1.
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a. A step, raised floor, or platform, on which something (e.g. a throne, dais, etc.) is to be placed or erected.
b. The platform at the top of steps, on which an altar stands. = foot pace n. 2b.
ΘΚΠ
society > faith > artefacts > division of building (general) > altar > parts of altar > [noun] > platform for
halpace1507
half-pace1569
foot pace1571
1569 in Etoniana (1865) 220, ij half-paces in the hawle for the Bybelers to stand upon.
1593–4 Bursar's Roll, Peterhouse, Camb. Efficienti le halfe pace bibliothecæ.
1622 Bacon Hist. Raigne Henry VII 106 The Cardinall (standing upon the vppermost step) or Halfe-pace, before the quire.
1744 R. North & M. North Life Sir D. North & Rev. J. North 74 Raised with an Half-pace, almost a Foot higher than the rest of the Room.
1894 Westm. Gaz. 10 July 1/2 On the half-pace below the reredos.
2. A broad step or small landing between two half flights in a staircase; = foot pace n. 2d.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > stairs > [noun] > landing
half-pace1611
landing-place1611
rest1611
resting place1645
plate1661
hearth-pacec1675
foot pace1679
stand1709
flat1730
quarter-pace1730
landing1789
landing floor1856
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Aire, the halfe-pace, or landing place of a half-pace staire.
1677 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Oxford-shire 267 You ascend from one half pace to another, by ascents of 7 steps.
1712 J. James tr. A.-J. Dézallier d'Argenville Theory & Pract. Gardening 125 A Half Pace, or Rest of two Paces broad.
1842 J. Gwilt Encycl. Archit. Gloss. 976 Foot Pace or Half Pace, that part of a staircase whereon, after the flight of a few steps, you arrive at a broad place on which you may take two or three paces before you come to another step.

Derivatives

ˈhalf-paced adj. having a half-pace.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > stairs > [adjective] > types of staircase
winding1530
half-paced1603
dogleg1671
newelled1677
flighted1929
low-rise1951
open-tread1960
1603 P. Stringer in C. Plummer Elizabethan Oxf. (1887) 255 An easie half paced stayre, which was of good bredth.
1681 W. Robertson Phraseologia generalis (1693) 1170 The broad step of a halfpaced staire.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online September 2016).
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