hen roostn.

Brit.

/ˈhɛn ruːst/, U.S.

/ˈhɛn ˌrust/

Forms: see hen n.¹ and roost n.¹

Etymology: < hen n.¹ + roost n.¹Compare the following instance of Old English henna hrōst hens' roosting place, henhouse, showing henna , the genitive plural of henn hen n.¹ (compare quot. a1567 at sense 1):lOE Laws: Gerefa (Corpus Cambr.) xi. 454 On wintra erian.., on odene cylne macian—ofn & aste & fela ðinga sceal to tune—ge eac henna hrost.

1. A place where hens roost; a henhouse.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping birds > poultry-keeping > [noun] > enclosure for poultry > poultry-house

roostlOE

hencote1371

henhouse1429

poultry house1552

hen roosta1567

roosting place1577

hennery1833

scratching-shed1902

a1567 L. Nowell Vocabularium Saxonicum (1952) 103/2 Hennahrost, the henne-rooste.

1600 tr. T. Garzoni Hosp. Incurable Fooles 150 With a good staffe in her hand shee will make him stand further from the hen-roost.

1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 130. ¶1 If a Man prosecutes them [sc. Gypsies] with Severity, his Hen-roost is sure to pay for it.

1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. xviii. 150 Bradshaw was to have privileges which were refused to a boy who had robbed a henroost.

1913 Oxf. Univ. Gaz. 19 Feb. 493/2 Having built some proper out-houses to replace sundry untidy wooden hen-roosts.

2017 Straits Times (Singapore) (Nexis) 27 Aug. Hainan had hen roosts on apartment terraces and pig pens in the yards.

2. figurative and in figurative contexts. A source of wealth or assets, esp. when seen as something to be plundered or appropriated. Cf. fox in the henhouse at henhouse n. Phrases 1.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > robbery > sacking, raiding, or looting > [noun]

harryingc900

harrowingc1000

skeckinga1387

pillagea1393

skickinga1400

forayingc1400

hership1487

direption1528

sackc1550

sacking1560

sackage1577

saccaging1585

picory1591

reprisalc1595

boot-haling1598

booty-haling1611

rapture?1611

ravage1611

prize-taking1633

plunder1643

booting1651

hen roost1762

ravagement1766

raiding1785

loot1839

looting1842

1762 London Mag. Sept. 504/2 We should..worry the French fox, so that he should never more molest our hen-roost.

1883 Bloomington (Illinois) Daily Leader 10 Dec. To encourage the Prohibitionists and Knights of Labor to nominate candidates, in order that the Democratic foe may sneak in once more and get at the public hen-roost.

1908 Daily Mail 30 June 5/5 ‘I have no nest eggs at all.’ said Mr. Lloyd-George... ‘And I have to rob somebody's hen-roost next year.’

1928 Britain's Industr. Future (Liberal Industr. Inq.) v. xxix. §2. 420 Apart from the public hen-roosts which Mr. Churchill has raided, it is impossible for an outsider to estimate what private hen-roosts inside the Treasury he has also helped himself to.

2009 Western Morning News (Plymouth) (Nexis) 9 Jan. 11 Is he also about to sell the family silver and raid the hen roosts in the form of our pension funds?

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	hen roost
释义	hen roostn. Brit. /ˈhɛn ruːst/, U.S. /ˈhɛn ˌrust/ Forms: see hen n.¹ and roost n.¹ Etymology: < hen n.¹ + roost n.¹Compare the following instance of Old English henna hrōst hens' roosting place, henhouse, showing henna , the genitive plural of henn hen n.¹ (compare quot. a1567 at sense 1):lOE Laws: Gerefa (Corpus Cambr.) xi. 454 On wintra erian.., on odene cylne macian—ofn & aste & fela ðinga sceal to tune—ge eac henna hrost. 1. A place where hens roost; a henhouse. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping birds > poultry-keeping > [noun] > enclosure for poultry > poultry-house roostlOE hencote1371 henhouse1429 poultry house1552 hen roosta1567 roosting place1577 hennery1833 scratching-shed1902 a1567 L. Nowell Vocabularium Saxonicum (1952) 103/2 Hennahrost, the henne-rooste. 1600 tr. T. Garzoni Hosp. Incurable Fooles 150 With a good staffe in her hand shee will make him stand further from the hen-roost. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 130. ¶1 If a Man prosecutes them [sc. Gypsies] with Severity, his Hen-roost is sure to pay for it. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. xviii. 150 Bradshaw was to have privileges which were refused to a boy who had robbed a henroost. 1913 Oxf. Univ. Gaz. 19 Feb. 493/2 Having built some proper out-houses to replace sundry untidy wooden hen-roosts. 2017 Straits Times (Singapore) (Nexis) 27 Aug. Hainan had hen roosts on apartment terraces and pig pens in the yards. 2. figurative and in figurative contexts. A source of wealth or assets, esp. when seen as something to be plundered or appropriated. Cf. fox in the henhouse at henhouse n. Phrases 1. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > robbery > sacking, raiding, or looting > [noun] harryingc900 harrowingc1000 skeckinga1387 pillagea1393 skickinga1400 forayingc1400 hership1487 direption1528 sackc1550 sacking1560 sackage1577 saccaging1585 picory1591 reprisalc1595 boot-haling1598 booty-haling1611 rapture?1611 ravage1611 prize-taking1633 plunder1643 booting1651 hen roost1762 ravagement1766 raiding1785 loot1839 looting1842 1762 London Mag. Sept. 504/2 We should..worry the French fox, so that he should never more molest our hen-roost. 1883 Bloomington (Illinois) Daily Leader 10 Dec. To encourage the Prohibitionists and Knights of Labor to nominate candidates, in order that the Democratic foe may sneak in once more and get at the public hen-roost. 1908 Daily Mail 30 June 5/5 ‘I have no nest eggs at all.’ said Mr. Lloyd-George... ‘And I have to rob somebody's hen-roost next year.’ 1928 Britain's Industr. Future (Liberal Industr. Inq.) v. xxix. §2. 420 Apart from the public hen-roosts which Mr. Churchill has raided, it is impossible for an outsider to estimate what private hen-roosts inside the Treasury he has also helped himself to. 2009 Western Morning News (Plymouth) (Nexis) 9 Jan. 11 Is he also about to sell the family silver and raid the hen roosts in the form of our pension funds? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1567
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