jocktelegn.

Brit.

/ˈdʒɒktəlɛɡ/, U.S.

/ˈdʒɑktəˌlɛɡ/, Scottish English

/ˈdʒɔktəlɛɡ/

Forms: Also with capital initial(s).

α. English regional (chiefly northern) 1600s jackalegg, 1700s gackaleys, 1700s–1800s jack-o-legs, 1800s jackalegs, 1800s jackilegs, 1800s jacky-legs, 1800s jackylegs, 1800s jockalegs, 1800s jockelegs, 1800s jockylegs, 1800s–1900s jack-a-leg.

β. 1600s iockleg (Scottish), 1600s jock leg (Scottish), 1700s iack lag, 1700s jack leg, 1800s jack-lag, 1800s jackleg.

γ. Scottish 1600s jack the leg, 1600s jockdeleg, 1600s–1700s jackteleg, 1600s–1700s jock the leg, 1700s–1800s jocteleg, 1700s–1800s joktaleg, 1700s– jocktaleg, 1800s jock-tae-leg, 1800s jock-to-leg, 1800s jockteleg, 1800s joctaleg, 1900s jocktileg, 1900s joktileg.

δ. 1900s jack o' the leg (Irish English (northern)).

Origin: Of uncertain origin. Apparently from a proper name, combined with English elements. Etymons: proper name Jack , of prep., leg n.; proper name Jack , the adj., leg n.

Etymology: Origin uncertain. Apparently < the male forename Jack (see Jack n.²) + leg n., perhaps with reference to a penknife with the handle carved to resemble a human leg (for supporting evidence see Sc. National Dict. at jockteleg), with (in α. forms and γ. forms) insertion of of prep. or the adj.It is uncertain whether there is any connection with the following slightly earlier use of Iaktaleg in an idiom apparently meaning ‘to have sexual intercourse’:1609 S. Grahame Anat. Humors 36 That honest and vniversall woman, Mistres Werolle gaue a generall command, that Mounsieur Camuis should by no meanes brangell his joynts, nor yet play at Iaktaleg.

Scottish and English regional (northern).

A (large) clasp knife. Also more fully jockteleg knife. Cf. jackknife n. 1.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > equipment > cutting tool > knife > [noun] > clasp-knife

jockteleg1642

clasp-knife1755

hinge-knife1897

society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > sharp weapon > side arms > knife or dagger > [noun] > types of

anlacec1300

misericord1324

bodkin1386

baselardc1390

popperc1390

wood-knife1426

spudc1440

pavade1477

bistoury1490

skene1527

dudgeon1548

sword dagger1567

machete1575

kris1589

bum dagger1596

stillado1607

stiletto1611

steelet1616

hanjar1621

pisaa1640

jockteleg1642

khanjar1684

bayonet1692

kuttar1696

parazonium1751

skene-ochles1754

scalping-knife1759

snick-a-snee1760

manchette1762

snickersnee1775

guard-dagger1786

boarding knife1807

scalp-knife1807

kukri1811

skene-dhu1811

parang1820

stylet1820

belt knife1831

bowie-knife1836

scalper1837

sheath-knife1837

toothpick1837

tumbok lada1839

snick-and-snee knife1843

tickler1844

bowie1846

toad-sticker1858

simi1860

scramasax1862

kinjal1863

left-hander1869

main gauche1869

aikuchi1875

tanto1885

toad-stabber1885

cinquedea1897

trench knife1898

puukko1925

panga1929

quillon dagger1950

flick-knife1957

ratchet knife1966

sai1973

ratchet1975

1642 Inventory 28 Nov. in M. Spufford Great Reclothing Rural Eng. (1984) App. 188 A dozen Jackalegg knives.

1643 Edinb. Test. LX. 233 in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Jackteleg Auchteine jackteleges at ix s. the peice..Elevin vther blak knyfes of that samyn sort.

1672 Acct. Bk. Sir J. Foulis (1894) 6 For a Jock the Leg Knife 00l. 08s. 0d. Scots.

1695 Edinb. Test. LXXX. 138 in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Jackteleg Ane duson and ane halfe of jock legs at xiiij s. the dusone.

a1722 J. Lauder Jrnls. (1900) 159 15 souse on a iockleg, my Scots on heing stolen from me.

1722 A. Ramsay Fables & Tales 35 Sma Gimcracks that pleas'd their Nodles, Sic as a Jocktaleg, or Sheers.

1777–8 R. Wight Horæ Subsecivæ (MS Bodl. Eng. lang. d.66) 227 [Gloucestershire] A Iack Lag Knife, a Claspd Knife, that shuts into a sort of Case of Horn, & Opens with a Spring.

1786 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 154 An' gif the custock's sweet or sour, Wi' joctelegs they taste them.

1817 W. Scott Rob Roy III. v. 140 After John Highlandman's sneckit this ane wi' his joctaleg.

1852 W. M. Bobo Glimpses N.Y City v. 40 See, at the ‘knick-knack vender's’, seated upon the steps, every thing, from a ‘jackleg knife’ to a Newfoundland dog.

1900 North-Eastern Daily Gaz. (Middlesbrough) 1 June ‘I want a knife’, he said abruptly... The man produced a number of the jock-to-leg order.

1913 Northern Miner (Charters Towers, Queensland) 16 Oct. 2/6 Even to the present day in Yorkshire, large knives, the blades of which fold over into the handle, are known as jack-a-leg knives.

1994 T. Paulin Walking a Line 71 Who would ever want a spirit pranged like a knife—a ghostblade a rustblade a jockteleg to go charging into the forests of her being?

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	jockteleg
释义	jocktelegn. Brit. /ˈdʒɒktəlɛɡ/, U.S. /ˈdʒɑktəˌlɛɡ/, Scottish English /ˈdʒɔktəlɛɡ/ Forms: Also with capital initial(s). α. English regional (chiefly northern) 1600s jackalegg, 1700s gackaleys, 1700s–1800s jack-o-legs, 1800s jackalegs, 1800s jackilegs, 1800s jacky-legs, 1800s jackylegs, 1800s jockalegs, 1800s jockelegs, 1800s jockylegs, 1800s–1900s jack-a-leg. β. 1600s iockleg (Scottish), 1600s jock leg (Scottish), 1700s iack lag, 1700s jack leg, 1800s jack-lag, 1800s jackleg. γ. Scottish 1600s jack the leg, 1600s jockdeleg, 1600s–1700s jackteleg, 1600s–1700s jock the leg, 1700s–1800s jocteleg, 1700s–1800s joktaleg, 1700s– jocktaleg, 1800s jock-tae-leg, 1800s jock-to-leg, 1800s jockteleg, 1800s joctaleg, 1900s jocktileg, 1900s joktileg. δ. 1900s jack o' the leg (Irish English (northern)). Origin: Of uncertain origin. Apparently from a proper name, combined with English elements. Etymons: proper name Jack , of prep., leg n.; proper name Jack , the adj., leg n. Etymology: Origin uncertain. Apparently < the male forename Jack (see Jack n.²) + leg n., perhaps with reference to a penknife with the handle carved to resemble a human leg (for supporting evidence see Sc. National Dict. at jockteleg), with (in α. forms and γ. forms) insertion of of prep. or the adj.It is uncertain whether there is any connection with the following slightly earlier use of Iaktaleg in an idiom apparently meaning ‘to have sexual intercourse’:1609 S. Grahame Anat. Humors 36 That honest and vniversall woman, Mistres Werolle gaue a generall command, that Mounsieur Camuis should by no meanes brangell his joynts, nor yet play at Iaktaleg. Scottish and English regional (northern). A (large) clasp knife. Also more fully jockteleg knife. Cf. jackknife n. 1. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > cutting tool > knife > [noun] > clasp-knife jockteleg1642 clasp-knife1755 hinge-knife1897 society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > sharp weapon > side arms > knife or dagger > [noun] > types of anlacec1300 misericord1324 bodkin1386 baselardc1390 popperc1390 wood-knife1426 spudc1440 pavade1477 bistoury1490 skene1527 dudgeon1548 sword dagger1567 machete1575 kris1589 bum dagger1596 stillado1607 stiletto1611 steelet1616 hanjar1621 pisaa1640 jockteleg1642 khanjar1684 bayonet1692 kuttar1696 parazonium1751 skene-ochles1754 scalping-knife1759 snick-a-snee1760 manchette1762 snickersnee1775 guard-dagger1786 boarding knife1807 scalp-knife1807 kukri1811 skene-dhu1811 parang1820 stylet1820 belt knife1831 bowie-knife1836 scalper1837 sheath-knife1837 toothpick1837 tumbok lada1839 snick-and-snee knife1843 tickler1844 bowie1846 toad-sticker1858 simi1860 scramasax1862 kinjal1863 left-hander1869 main gauche1869 aikuchi1875 tanto1885 toad-stabber1885 cinquedea1897 trench knife1898 puukko1925 panga1929 quillon dagger1950 flick-knife1957 ratchet knife1966 sai1973 ratchet1975 1642 Inventory 28 Nov. in M. Spufford Great Reclothing Rural Eng. (1984) App. 188 A dozen Jackalegg knives. 1643 Edinb. Test. LX. 233 in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Jackteleg Auchteine jackteleges at ix s. the peice..Elevin vther blak knyfes of that samyn sort. 1672 Acct. Bk. Sir J. Foulis (1894) 6 For a Jock the Leg Knife 00l. 08s. 0d. Scots. 1695 Edinb. Test. LXXX. 138 in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Jackteleg Ane duson and ane halfe of jock legs at xiiij s. the dusone. a1722 J. Lauder Jrnls. (1900) 159 15 souse on a iockleg, my Scots on heing stolen from me. 1722 A. Ramsay Fables & Tales 35 Sma Gimcracks that pleas'd their Nodles, Sic as a Jocktaleg, or Sheers. 1777–8 R. Wight Horæ Subsecivæ (MS Bodl. Eng. lang. d.66) 227 [Gloucestershire] A Iack Lag Knife, a Claspd Knife, that shuts into a sort of Case of Horn, & Opens with a Spring. 1786 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 154 An' gif the custock's sweet or sour, Wi' joctelegs they taste them. 1817 W. Scott Rob Roy III. v. 140 After John Highlandman's sneckit this ane wi' his joctaleg. 1852 W. M. Bobo Glimpses N.Y City v. 40 See, at the ‘knick-knack vender's’, seated upon the steps, every thing, from a ‘jackleg knife’ to a Newfoundland dog. 1900 North-Eastern Daily Gaz. (Middlesbrough) 1 June ‘I want a knife’, he said abruptly... The man produced a number of the jock-to-leg order. 1913 Northern Miner (Charters Towers, Queensland) 16 Oct. 2/6 Even to the present day in Yorkshire, large knives, the blades of which fold over into the handle, are known as jack-a-leg knives. 1994 T. Paulin Walking a Line 71 Who would ever want a spirit pranged like a knife—a ghostblade a rustblade a jockteleg to go charging into the forests of her being? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1642
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