kurveyv.

Brit.

/kəːˈveɪ/, U.S.

/ˌkərˈveɪ/, South African English

/kɛːˈveɪ/,

/kɜːˈveɪ/

Forms: Also karwey.

Etymology: < Dutch karwei hard work, big job ( < French corvée ): see kurveyor n.

South African.

intransitive. To carry goods in an ox wagon.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > transport of goods in a vehicle > admit of being transported [verb (intransitive)] > transport by wagon or cart > by ox wagon

kurvey1873

1873 Queenstown Free Press (S. Afr.) 8 Aug. For various reasons not a farmer kurveys between either Concordia or Springbok and Port Nolloth.

Derivatives

kurˈveying n.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > transport of goods in a vehicle > [noun] > on an ox wagon

kurveying1876

1876 T. Stubbs Reminisc. I. 49 I tryed a trip at Kerveying, I took a load to Fort Wiltshire.

1884 M. A. Carey-Hobson At Home in Transvaal I. iii. 29 ‘There will be an end to those visits one of those days,’ said the merchant, ‘and then good-bye to your karweying, Walters.’

1902 Encycl. Brit. XXXI. 81/2 ‘Kurveying’ (the conducting of transport by bullock-waggon) in itself constituted a great industry.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	kurvey
释义	kurveyv. Brit. /kəːˈveɪ/, U.S. /ˌkərˈveɪ/, South African English /kɛːˈveɪ/, /kɜːˈveɪ/ Forms: Also karwey. Etymology: < Dutch karwei hard work, big job ( < French corvée ): see kurveyor n. South African. intransitive. To carry goods in an ox wagon. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > transport of goods in a vehicle > admit of being transported [verb (intransitive)] > transport by wagon or cart > by ox wagon kurvey1873 1873 Queenstown Free Press (S. Afr.) 8 Aug. For various reasons not a farmer kurveys between either Concordia or Springbok and Port Nolloth. Derivatives kurˈveying n. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > transport of goods in a vehicle > [noun] > on an ox wagon kurveying1876 1876 T. Stubbs Reminisc. I. 49 I tryed a trip at Kerveying, I took a load to Fort Wiltshire. 1884 M. A. Carey-Hobson At Home in Transvaal I. iii. 29 ‘There will be an end to those visits one of those days,’ said the merchant, ‘and then good-bye to your karweying, Walters.’ 1902 Encycl. Brit. XXXI. 81/2 ‘Kurveying’ (the conducting of transport by bullock-waggon) in itself constituted a great industry. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1873
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