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单词 husband tree
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husband tree
husband tree n. Obsolete (a) a tree considered to be male on the basis of size, robustness, or other characteristic (cf. male adj. 5a), spec. a tree that supports a vine, esp. a grapevine; (in later use also) a tree bearing male flowers only; (b) a pollarded (or perhaps coppiced) tree. [With the sense ‘tree that supports a grapevine’, compare classical Latin marītus (adjective), designating such a tree.]
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1553 T. Wilson Arte of Rhetorique i. f. 25v Of Trees, wherin..there is found Mariage, with some manifeste difference of bothe kyndes, that excepte the housebande Tree do leane..vpon the womenne Trees..they would elles..waxe barraine.
1611 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. i. 229 Palms, whose lusty Femals (willing Their marrow-boyling loues to be fulfilling, And reach their Husband-trees on th' other banks) Bow their stiff backs, and serue for passing-planks.
1623 Colne Priory Rolls in A. Macfarlane et al. Rec. Eng. Village: Earls Colne (1981) (modernized text) (microfiche) No. 338.010242 The tenants of both the said manors their heirs and assigns shall and may..lop and shred the sound and timber pollingers and husband trees.
1638 in Miscellanea Genealogica et Heraldica (1894) 5 102 If my said sonne Henry or his assignes shall at any time duringe the said terme of his naturall life fell Cutt downe or stubb upp any of the said tymber trees Cobbings or husband trees.
1795 J. Nott tr. Catullus Poems I. 173 As cling the tendrils of the vine, Enamour'd of its husband tree; So shall the youth thy frame entwine.
1831 J. Conder Italy II. i. 26 In winter, the vines, disengaged from the husband-trees, are held down to the earth by stones.
1847 Gardeners' Chron. 8 May 305/1 Mr. Rivers imported the Buffalo-berry last year; but unluckily he left the husband tree on the other side of the Atlantic.
1863 Continental Monthly Jan. 47/1 In youth and beauty, she [sc. ivy] clings to the husband tree or parental wall for support.
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