henequenn.

Brit.

/ˈhɛnᵻkɛn/, U.S.

/ˈhɛnəkən/,

/ˈhɛnəˌkɛn/

Forms: 1500s 1800s– henequen, 1600s enequem, 1600s enequen, 1800s genequen, 1800s henniken, 1800s jenequen, 1800s– henequin, 1800s– hennequen.

Origin: A borrowing from Spanish. Etymon: Spanish henequén.

Etymology: < Mexican and Central American Spanish henequén (1526 in the passage translated in quot. 1555; now also in other varieties of Spanish) < a Central American Indian (perhaps Mayan) language.Compare the South American Spanish variant spellings jeniquén, †geniquen (first half of the 18th cent. or earlier), confirming pronunciation with initial aspiration.

Leaf fibre prepared from the leaves of certain cultivated agave plants, esp. Agave fourcroydes, used to make fabric, rope, and twine. Also: a plant producing this fibre. Cf. sisal adj. 1.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > yielding fibre, thatching, or basket material > [noun] > sisal hemp plant

henequen1555

sisal1827

sisal plant1885

society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > plants, grasses, or reeds > [noun] > vegetable fibre > hemp > types of

fimble hemp1484

carl hemp?1523

henequen1555

steel hemp1604

Rusband1633

Riga rhine1639

Russia hemp1663

pass-hemp1742

chucking1785

Manila1826

sisal1827

sisal hemp1828

moorva1855

outshot1858

pass1858

carl doddie1868

outshots1880

1555 R. Eden tr. G. F. de Oviedo y Valdés Summarie Gen. Hist. West Indies in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 200 These cordes, they caule Cabuia and Henequen, which are al one thing sauynge that Henequen [Sp. henequen] is lesse and of a fyner substaunce as it were line: And the other is grosser lyke the wycke or twyste of hempe.

1609 R. Hakluyt tr. Virginia richly Valued 148 Neither had they any thing wherewith to make sailes, nor any store of Enequem, which is a grasse whereof they make Okam.

1625 S. Purchas Pilgrimes III. v. vii. 1086 One thousand six hundred burdens of white Mantels of Enequen; all the which they did tribute to the Lords of Mexico every six moneths.

1838 Southern Agriculturist June 315 For small lofty sails no doubt the Jenequen is preferable, being so very light and pliable.

1888 Encycl. Brit. XXIV. 758 The chief cultivated plants [in Yucatan] are maize, the sugarcane..and especially henequen..It is..used chiefly for the manufacture of coarse sackcloth, cordage, and hammocks.

1910 Science 3 June 876/2 Species of this genus are reasonably consistent in their spine and prickle characters—illustrations being derived from the century plants, henequens, zapupes, mezcots, and pulque magueys.

1941 Harper's Mag. Jan. 153/2 These are the ‘hard fibers’, such as sisal, abaca, and henequen.

2018 @jeronimomovie 12 Apr. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) We ran a little late with filming in Cárdenas and on a henequén field in countryside Matanzas.

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

单词	henequen
释义	henequenn. Brit. /ˈhɛnᵻkɛn/, U.S. /ˈhɛnəkən/, /ˈhɛnəˌkɛn/ Forms: 1500s 1800s– henequen, 1600s enequem, 1600s enequen, 1800s genequen, 1800s henniken, 1800s jenequen, 1800s– henequin, 1800s– hennequen. Origin: A borrowing from Spanish. Etymon: Spanish henequén. Etymology: < Mexican and Central American Spanish henequén (1526 in the passage translated in quot. 1555; now also in other varieties of Spanish) < a Central American Indian (perhaps Mayan) language.Compare the South American Spanish variant spellings jeniquén, †geniquen (first half of the 18th cent. or earlier), confirming pronunciation with initial aspiration. Leaf fibre prepared from the leaves of certain cultivated agave plants, esp. Agave fourcroydes, used to make fabric, rope, and twine. Also: a plant producing this fibre. Cf. sisal adj. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > yielding fibre, thatching, or basket material > [noun] > sisal hemp plant henequen1555 sisal1827 sisal plant1885 society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > plants, grasses, or reeds > [noun] > vegetable fibre > hemp > types of fimble hemp1484 carl hemp?1523 henequen1555 steel hemp1604 Rusband1633 Riga rhine1639 Russia hemp1663 pass-hemp1742 chucking1785 Manila1826 sisal1827 sisal hemp1828 moorva1855 outshot1858 pass1858 carl doddie1868 outshots1880 1555 R. Eden tr. G. F. de Oviedo y Valdés Summarie Gen. Hist. West Indies in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 200 These cordes, they caule Cabuia and Henequen, which are al one thing sauynge that Henequen [Sp. henequen] is lesse and of a fyner substaunce as it were line: And the other is grosser lyke the wycke or twyste of hempe. 1609 R. Hakluyt tr. Virginia richly Valued 148 Neither had they any thing wherewith to make sailes, nor any store of Enequem, which is a grasse whereof they make Okam. 1625 S. Purchas Pilgrimes III. v. vii. 1086 One thousand six hundred burdens of white Mantels of Enequen; all the which they did tribute to the Lords of Mexico every six moneths. 1838 Southern Agriculturist June 315 For small lofty sails no doubt the Jenequen is preferable, being so very light and pliable. 1888 Encycl. Brit. XXIV. 758 The chief cultivated plants [in Yucatan] are maize, the sugarcane..and especially henequen..It is..used chiefly for the manufacture of coarse sackcloth, cordage, and hammocks. 1910 Science 3 June 876/2 Species of this genus are reasonably consistent in their spine and prickle characters—illustrations being derived from the century plants, henequens, zapupes, mezcots, and pulque magueys. 1941 Harper's Mag. Jan. 153/2 These are the ‘hard fibers’, such as sisal, abaca, and henequen. 2018 @jeronimomovie 12 Apr. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) We ran a little late with filming in Cárdenas and on a henequén field in countryside Matanzas. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1555
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