long acren.

Brit.

/ˌlɒŋ ˈeɪkə/, U.S.

/ˌlɑŋ ˈeɪkər/,

/ˌlɔŋ ˈeɪkər/

Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Long Acre.

Etymology: < Long Acre, a common field name, usually denoting a long strip of cultivated land, itself < long adj.¹ + acre n.Compare the following earlier instances of the field name:OE Bounds (Sawyer 1593) in D. Hooke Worcs. Anglo-Saxon Charter-bounds (1990) 389 Of þære wællan on langan æcer, of þæm æcere þurh þone wudu on uffa læge.1327 Lay Subsidy Roll in F. H. Dickinson Kirby's Quest for Somerset (1889) 178 Robertus atte Longacre.1672 J. Eachard Mr. Hobbs's State Nature Considered 112 Because Jonas Moore is not as yet come to divide, and set out the ground, and to call this piece starve-crow, and t'other long acre.The association with productivity may reflect the fact that a long strip of land could be cultivated more efficiently than a short or irregularly shaped one, necessitating fewer turns of the plough.

†1. Used allusively to denote a person's estate or patrimony. Obsolete.With reference to the common field name, apparently in allusion to the productivity of the land.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > right to succeed to title, position, or estate > succession > [noun] > descent by inheritance > that which is inherited

etheleOE

heritagea1225

ereward-richea1325

reversiona1325

patrimony1357

succession1382

inheriteson1470

heredity?c1550

inheritage1557

long acre1608

relict1726

post-obit1812

hand-me-down1909

1608 T. Middleton Trick to catch Old-one i. sig. A3 But where's Long-acre? in my Vncle's conscience, which is 3 yeares voyage about.

1608 Yorkshire Trag. sig. D^v In a worde Sir, I haue consumd all, plaid awaie long acre.

1659 Lady Alimony ii. i. sig. B3^v It will run like Quicksilver over all their Husbands Demains: and in very short time make a quick dispatch of all his Long acre.

2. New Zealand, Irish English, and English regional. The grass verge beside a public road.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > [noun] > verge of

grass verge1706

grass siding1850

grassway1854

long acre1903

verge1953

1903 11th Rep. Dept. Agric. (N.Z.) 151 Amongst the smaller dairies the owners are almost solely dependent on the ‘long acre’, or road-sides, for the upkeep of their cows.

1954 Irish Times 21 June 7/5 Prohibition of grazing of cattle on ‘the long acre’ (grass verge).

2001 D. Healy Long Time, No See 71 Patrick..was back standing with his five cows on the Long Acre, meaning the grass that grew along the public road.

2008 J. Quinn Goodnight Ballivor v. 32 The animals were deliberately left out to graze on the ‘long acre’ (the grass roadside verges).

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	long acre
释义	long acren. Brit. /ˌlɒŋ ˈeɪkə/, U.S. /ˌlɑŋ ˈeɪkər/, /ˌlɔŋ ˈeɪkər/ Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Long Acre. Etymology: < Long Acre, a common field name, usually denoting a long strip of cultivated land, itself < long adj.¹ + acre n.Compare the following earlier instances of the field name:OE Bounds (Sawyer 1593) in D. Hooke Worcs. Anglo-Saxon Charter-bounds (1990) 389 Of þære wællan on langan æcer, of þæm æcere þurh þone wudu on uffa læge.1327 Lay Subsidy Roll in F. H. Dickinson Kirby's Quest for Somerset (1889) 178 Robertus atte Longacre.1672 J. Eachard Mr. Hobbs's State Nature Considered 112 Because Jonas Moore is not as yet come to divide, and set out the ground, and to call this piece starve-crow, and t'other long acre.The association with productivity may reflect the fact that a long strip of land could be cultivated more efficiently than a short or irregularly shaped one, necessitating fewer turns of the plough. †1. Used allusively to denote a person's estate or patrimony. Obsolete.With reference to the common field name, apparently in allusion to the productivity of the land. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > right to succeed to title, position, or estate > succession > [noun] > descent by inheritance > that which is inherited etheleOE heritagea1225 ereward-richea1325 reversiona1325 patrimony1357 succession1382 inheriteson1470 heredity?c1550 inheritage1557 long acre1608 relict1726 post-obit1812 hand-me-down1909 1608 T. Middleton Trick to catch Old-one i. sig. A3 But where's Long-acre? in my Vncle's conscience, which is 3 yeares voyage about. 1608 Yorkshire Trag. sig. D^v In a worde Sir, I haue consumd all, plaid awaie long acre. 1659 Lady Alimony ii. i. sig. B3^v It will run like Quicksilver over all their Husbands Demains: and in very short time make a quick dispatch of all his Long acre. 2. New Zealand, Irish English, and English regional. The grass verge beside a public road. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > [noun] > verge of grass verge1706 grass siding1850 grassway1854 long acre1903 verge1953 1903 11th Rep. Dept. Agric. (N.Z.) 151 Amongst the smaller dairies the owners are almost solely dependent on the ‘long acre’, or road-sides, for the upkeep of their cows. 1954 Irish Times 21 June 7/5 Prohibition of grazing of cattle on ‘the long acre’ (grass verge). 2001 D. Healy Long Time, No See 71 Patrick..was back standing with his five cows on the Long Acre, meaning the grass that grew along the public road. 2008 J. Quinn Goodnight Ballivor v. 32 The animals were deliberately left out to graze on the ‘long acre’ (the grass roadside verges). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1608
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