lowboyn.adj.

Brit.

/ˈləʊbɔɪ/, U.S.

/ˈloʊˌbɔɪ/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: low adj., boy n.¹

Etymology: < low adj. + boy n.¹With sense A. 1 compare low adj. 14, Low Church n., and highboy n. 1. In sense A. 2 probably after tallboy n. 2.

A. n.

†1. In form low boy. A person who supports Whig and Low Church principles. Opposed to high boy (highboy n. 1). Cf. low-flyer n. 1. Obsolete.

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society > faith > sect > Christianity > Protestantism > Anglicanism > Low Church > [noun] > person

Protestant1583

latitude man1662

latitudinarian1662

Low Churchman1698

low-flyer?1704

lowboy1707

Simeonite1795

Hoadlyite1800

evangelical1804

evangelic1812

peculiar1834

Sim1836

Recordite1844

evangelican1876

Kensitite1898

1707 Diverting Muse 229 And Tackers should come into Play, Then low Boys, down go we.

1715 S. Centlivre Gotham Election i. vi. 72 That rascally, cheating, canting Low Boy.

1719 T. D'Urfey Wit & Mirth II. 159 London's wily Lads are all at Strife, High and Low Boys daily new Fears are bringing.

2. Originally U.S. A low table with drawers; (also) a low chest of drawers. Contrasted with tallboy n. 2, (also) highboy n. 3.

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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > chest of drawers > [noun] > low

lowboy1830

1830 G. Griffin Tracy's Ambition x, in Rivals II. 292 I have left a small parcel directed for an old friend, in a drawer of the low-boy.

1899 House Beautiful Aug. 140 Antique mahogany chair and low-boy.

1929 Burlington Mag. June 313/2 The ‘Lowboy’..is the pendant piece to the ‘Highboy’ and also has no counterpart in England.

1970 Canad. Antiques Collector May 11/2 Rare William and Mary lowboy of excellent proportions in burr-walnut and inlays of herringbone.

1975 Times 6 Feb. 9/1 Hand made, hand finished traditional lowboy, in walnut.

2006 Antioch Rev. 64 53 He placed his new red shoes..on a mahogany lowboy.

3. U.S. A trailer having a low frame without sides, used esp. for transporting very tall or heavy loads. Cf. earlier sense B. 2.

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society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > transport of goods in a vehicle > [noun] > by trailer > type of

lowboy1946

1946 San Antonio (Texas) Light 1 Sept. d5/7 (advt.) Used trailers, floats, lowboys, cattle and van trailers. Adams White Truck Co.

1956 H. Lasly Turn Tigers Loose xii. 103 Loring signaled the driver of the tractor with the long ‘low-boy’ attached to back his trailer up to the tail of the aircraft.

1978 Detroit Free Press 16 Apr. f11 (advt.) Trailers:..Nelson Tri-axle 40-ton lowboy (1956); Fruehauf 25-ton tandem lowboy.

1995 E. Arthur Antarctic Navigation 189 Thaw was detailed to help the FS operators winch the Cats up onto big lowboys.

2003 New Yorker 17 Feb. 157/1 A lowboy, it had eighteen axles and a hundred and twenty-eight tires.

B. adj.

1. Originally U.S. Designating a piece of furniture that is a lowboy (sense A. 2); resembling a lowboy.

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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > [adjective] > types of furniture generally

standing1444

plush1615

Queen Elizabeth1673

occasional1749

Adametic1774

French-polished1836

upholstered1837

Adamish1838

Chippendale1855

Queen Anne1863

knock-down1875

Wellington chest1880

Adamesque1881

Sheraton1883

Hepplewhite1897

quaint1897

bombé1904

lowboy1915

Jacobean1918

overstuffed1922

spool1928

Williamsburg1931

thermed1952

stackable1958

Scandinavian1959

wall-to-wall1959

Populuxe1986

1915 Amer. Art News 20 Mar. 3/3 Three other objects were..recently purchased by the Museum, highboy and lowboy cabinets from Phila. and a secretary from Rhode Island.

1934 Washington Post 16 Sept. r2/2 In it is a maple suite, including a small bed, a lowboy chest of drawers and a chair.

1957 El Paso (Texas) Herald-Post 15 Feb. 23/3 (advt.) Lowboy bookcase... Charming value for books, what-nots.

1992 PC Mag. 30 June 216/3 The PowerFrame is a very serviceable machine that vaguely resembles a lowboy refrigerator.

2008 M. Haig Possession of Mr. Cave 167 I put him to work on a lowboy cabinet, repairing the drawer rails and runners.

2. U.S. Designating a trailer having a low frame without sides, used esp. for transporting very tall or heavy loads. Also of a truck: pulling a trailer of this type.

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society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > transport of goods in a vehicle > [adjective] > by trailer

lowboy1941

1941 Boston Globe 22 June (Editorial & News Feature section) 3/4 Each blade was loaded on a ‘low boy trailer’ having 16 wheels in back and a huge tractor in front.

1956 Pop. Mech. Feb. 134/2 It was a big moving job,..and was finally accomplished by bringing a giant lowboy truck trailer alongside the ancient locomotive.

1966 Hearne (Texas) Democrat 21 July 1/3 Woodson said the engine was moved onto a lowboy truck from the flat car by sliding it sideways with the aid of two winch trucks.

1971 M. Tak Truck Talk 42 The gooseneck on a lowboy trailer is removable on certain models to make it easier to load the trailer.

1998 S. Yost Antique Tractor Bible 45 If you can't call in a favor or barter for the haul, your next bet is to hire a rollback, or a trucker with a lowboy trailer.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	lowboy
释义	lowboyn.adj. Brit. /ˈləʊbɔɪ/, U.S. /ˈloʊˌbɔɪ/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: low adj., boy n.¹ Etymology: < low adj. + boy n.¹With sense A. 1 compare low adj. 14, Low Church n., and highboy n. 1. In sense A. 2 probably after tallboy n. 2. A. n. †1. In form low boy. A person who supports Whig and Low Church principles. Opposed to high boy (highboy n. 1). Cf. low-flyer n. 1. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > faith > sect > Christianity > Protestantism > Anglicanism > Low Church > [noun] > person Protestant1583 latitude man1662 latitudinarian1662 Low Churchman1698 low-flyer?1704 lowboy1707 Simeonite1795 Hoadlyite1800 evangelical1804 evangelic1812 peculiar1834 Sim1836 Recordite1844 evangelican1876 Kensitite1898 1707 Diverting Muse 229 And Tackers should come into Play, Then low Boys, down go we. 1715 S. Centlivre Gotham Election i. vi. 72 That rascally, cheating, canting Low Boy. 1719 T. D'Urfey Wit & Mirth II. 159 London's wily Lads are all at Strife, High and Low Boys daily new Fears are bringing. 2. Originally U.S. A low table with drawers; (also) a low chest of drawers. Contrasted with tallboy n. 2, (also) highboy n. 3. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > chest of drawers > [noun] > low lowboy1830 1830 G. Griffin Tracy's Ambition x, in Rivals II. 292 I have left a small parcel directed for an old friend, in a drawer of the low-boy. 1899 House Beautiful Aug. 140 Antique mahogany chair and low-boy. 1929 Burlington Mag. June 313/2 The ‘Lowboy’..is the pendant piece to the ‘Highboy’ and also has no counterpart in England. 1970 Canad. Antiques Collector May 11/2 Rare William and Mary lowboy of excellent proportions in burr-walnut and inlays of herringbone. 1975 Times 6 Feb. 9/1 Hand made, hand finished traditional lowboy, in walnut. 2006 Antioch Rev. 64 53 He placed his new red shoes..on a mahogany lowboy. 3. U.S. A trailer having a low frame without sides, used esp. for transporting very tall or heavy loads. Cf. earlier sense B. 2. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > transport of goods in a vehicle > [noun] > by trailer > type of lowboy1946 1946 San Antonio (Texas) Light 1 Sept. d5/7 (advt.) Used trailers, floats, lowboys, cattle and van trailers. Adams White Truck Co. 1956 H. Lasly Turn Tigers Loose xii. 103 Loring signaled the driver of the tractor with the long ‘low-boy’ attached to back his trailer up to the tail of the aircraft. 1978 Detroit Free Press 16 Apr. f11 (advt.) Trailers:..Nelson Tri-axle 40-ton lowboy (1956); Fruehauf 25-ton tandem lowboy. 1995 E. Arthur Antarctic Navigation 189 Thaw was detailed to help the FS operators winch the Cats up onto big lowboys. 2003 New Yorker 17 Feb. 157/1 A lowboy, it had eighteen axles and a hundred and twenty-eight tires. B. adj. 1. Originally U.S. Designating a piece of furniture that is a lowboy (sense A. 2); resembling a lowboy. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > [adjective] > types of furniture generally standing1444 plush1615 Queen Elizabeth1673 occasional1749 Adametic1774 French-polished1836 upholstered1837 Adamish1838 Chippendale1855 Queen Anne1863 knock-down1875 Wellington chest1880 Adamesque1881 Sheraton1883 Hepplewhite1897 quaint1897 bombé1904 lowboy1915 Jacobean1918 overstuffed1922 spool1928 Williamsburg1931 thermed1952 stackable1958 Scandinavian1959 wall-to-wall1959 Populuxe1986 1915 Amer. Art News 20 Mar. 3/3 Three other objects were..recently purchased by the Museum, highboy and lowboy cabinets from Phila. and a secretary from Rhode Island. 1934 Washington Post 16 Sept. r2/2 In it is a maple suite, including a small bed, a lowboy chest of drawers and a chair. 1957 El Paso (Texas) Herald-Post 15 Feb. 23/3 (advt.) Lowboy bookcase... Charming value for books, what-nots. 1992 PC Mag. 30 June 216/3 The PowerFrame is a very serviceable machine that vaguely resembles a lowboy refrigerator. 2008 M. Haig Possession of Mr. Cave 167 I put him to work on a lowboy cabinet, repairing the drawer rails and runners. 2. U.S. Designating a trailer having a low frame without sides, used esp. for transporting very tall or heavy loads. Also of a truck: pulling a trailer of this type. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > transport of goods in a vehicle > [adjective] > by trailer lowboy1941 1941 Boston Globe 22 June (Editorial & News Feature section) 3/4 Each blade was loaded on a ‘low boy trailer’ having 16 wheels in back and a huge tractor in front. 1956 Pop. Mech. Feb. 134/2 It was a big moving job,..and was finally accomplished by bringing a giant lowboy truck trailer alongside the ancient locomotive. 1966 Hearne (Texas) Democrat 21 July 1/3 Woodson said the engine was moved onto a lowboy truck from the flat car by sliding it sideways with the aid of two winch trucks. 1971 M. Tak Truck Talk 42 The gooseneck on a lowboy trailer is removable on certain models to make it easier to load the trailer. 1998 S. Yost Antique Tractor Bible 45 If you can't call in a favor or barter for the haul, your next bet is to hire a rollback, or a trucker with a lowboy trailer. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1707
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