单词 | abri |
释义 | abrin. 1. A shelter, a refuge.Found chiefly in French and French-speaking contexts. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > refuge or shelter > [noun] > shelter > a shelter burrow1577 sheltera1616 shed1616 abri1761 awning1826 1761 C. Jenkinson Let. 8 Aug. in W. J. Smith Grenville Papers (1852) I. 385 The French will never consent to any terms of peace in which an abri for their fisheries is not included. 1802 C. James New Mil. Dict. Abri, shelter, cover. 1871 W. P. Fetridge Rise & Fall Paris Commune 232 In this short space of time 150,000 cubic feet of earth had been moved, the powder magazines, the abri, and the covered communications constructed. 1909 E. Peixotto Through French Provinces 68 You would note..the abris where the guns take cover during the shoot, when the ‘beaters’ drive up the game. 1915 Frederick (Maryland) Post 19 Oct. 4/3 The abris, or small shelter caves, hollowed under the sides and below the floor of the trench, have been cleared out and disinfected. 1988 Mil. Affairs 52 74/1 A large infantry shelter known as an abri was a notable feature in some areas [of the Maginot Line]. 2001 Lit. Rev. (Nexis) 22 Sept. Look! Look there. A hunter's abri. 2. Archaeology. A hollow beneath overhanging rock; a rock shelter. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > other types of dwelling > [noun] > cave or underground dwelling earth houseeOE cavec1220 bikea1522 mattamore1695 subterranean1714 subterrane1759 yurt1780 weem1792 subterrene1793 ice cave1810 gibber-gunyah1847 dugout1855 fogou1864 abri1887 pit house1907 1870 Sci. Opinion 9 Mar. 247/1 The abris sous roches of the people of the reindeer period.] 1887 T. M. Hughes in Trans. Vict. Inst. 21 91 The most interesting caves..are only rock-shelters—abris—such as are seen in the Dordogne district. 1931 Antiquity 5 428 They [sc. human teeth] have been found in one of the abri in France. 1949 K. P. Oakley Man the Tool-maker vi. 38 (caption) Diagrammatic section of ideal rock-shelter (shallow cave or abri). 1998 J. Cope Mod. Antiquarian 23/2 They were most likely inspired by cave dwellings, or rock shelters known as abris. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1761 |
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