mainsn.

Brit.

/meɪnz/, U.S.

/meɪnz/, Scottish English

/menz/

Forms:

α. Middle English–1500s mayns, Middle English–1600s maynes, 1500s maynis, 1800s– mains; Scottish pre-1700 mainis, pre-1700 mainnes, pre-1700 mainnis, pre-1700 mainse, pre-1700 maiynis, pre-1700 maneis, pre-1700 manes, pre-1700 manez, pre-1700 manis, pre-1700 mannis, pre-1700 manse, pre-1700 manys, pre-1700 manzies, pre-1700 mayneis, pre-1700 maynez, pre-1700 maynis, pre-1700 maynnis, pre-1700 mayns, pre-1700 maynys, pre-1700 meaneis, pre-1700 meanis, pre-1700 1700s maines, pre-1700 1700s maynes, pre-1700 1700s– mains.

β. Scottish pre-1700 mainsis, pre-1700 mainssis, pre-1700 manses, pre-1700 maynsis.

Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: demesne n. 3

Etymology: Shortened < the plural of demesne n. 3 (compare variant forms listed s.v.); see also main adj.¹ For formation compare maine n.¹In its α form, the word has been treated both as a plural and as a singular noun. The β. forms (all plural) show early analysis of the word as singular with the addition of an analogical plural ending. Attested also in place and field names, earliest in:1387 in A. M. Armstrong et al. Place-names Cumberland (1952) III. 69 Maynes.

Now Scottish and English regional (northern). With plural or (frequently) singular agreement.

1. A farm attached to a mansion house, formerly cultivated by or for the proprietor; a home farm; †demesne lands (obsolete).Now chiefly in the names of farms, esp. in Scotland, and in place names derived from them.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > farm > [noun] > demesne or home farm

mainsc1398

barton1587

berewick1809

demesne1844

c1398 in C. Innes Liber S. Marie de Calchou (1846) II. 411 Cum quadam particula terre de le maynis.

1428 in C. Innes Liber Sancte Marie de Melros (1837) 521 The west maynis,..in that maynis.

c1440 Sir Degrevant (Thornton) (1949) 69 (MED) Þare was sessid in his hande..Many ploughes in þe maynes.

1480 in W. Fraser Douglas Bk. (1885) III. 112 The castell and chemis of Auchlek vitht the hail manis of the samen.

1507 in M. Livingstone Reg. Secreti Sigilli Regum Scotorum (1908) I. 220/1 The Kingis manys of Dunbar.

1533 in State Papers Henry VIII (1836) IV. 633 Wher we brynt theis townes that is to wite, Sesfurth..Sesfurth Mayns, Mows Mayns..Cavertone Mayns [etc.].

1573–4 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1878) 1st Ser. II. 320 The landis mains and cornis of Sanct Thomas Chapell.

1589 in W. Greenwell Wills & Inventories Registry Durham (1860) II. 164 I geue to Mathew Forster,..Edderstoun east hall, and the maynis thairoff.

1597 J. Skene De Verborum Significatione Manerivm,..ane mainnes, or domaine landes,..Because they ar laboured and inhabited be the Lorde, and proprietar of the samin.

1606 in Quarter Sessions Rec. (N. Riding Rec. Soc.) (1884) I. 48 John Dodsworth of Massam Maynes.

1627 Rep. Parishes Scotl. (1835) 4 The mainsis off Bonkill.

a1712 G. Martine Reliquiæ Divi Andreae (1797) vi. 67 The baronie..of Kirklistoun, maynes, kirk lands and mylne thereof.

a1714 Earl of Cromarty Hist. Family Mackenzie in W. Fraser Earls of Cromartie (1876) II. 474 He..choised Kinellan..for his abod..and Braan for a maines.

1734 J. Spottiswood Hope's Observ. Law Scotl. 124 Maynes,..the Lands adjacent to the Mansion-house, which were ordinarily laboured by the Proprietor's Servants, for the Use and Maintenance of the Family.

1774 Weekly Mag. 13 Oct. 79 We maun..till and harrow his mains..cast and carry his peats..and this stops nothing of our rents.

1814 W. Scott Waverley I. xv. 221 That the baillie should send his own three milk cows down to the Mains for the use of the Baron's family.

1825 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words Mains, a farm, or certain fields, attached to a mansion house.

1850 H. Miller Scenes & Legends N. Scotl. (ed. 2) xxvii. 398 He was employed..at the Mains of Invergordon.

1864 Jrnl. Agric. Oct. 515 There was a good deal of land on that estate which had been for a long time in cultivation, particularly about the ‘mains’ farms.

1932 ‘L. G. Gibbon’ Sunset Song 19 The Mains..had been the Castle home farm in the long past times.

1990 A. Boyle Ayrshire Heritage (BNC) 70 His paternal grandfather farmed Craigie Mains, Symington.

2. Scottish. The outbuildings of a farm, as distinct from the farmhouse; spec. the quarters occupied by the farm workers.

ΚΠ

1708 in C. A. Malcolm Minutes Justices of Peace Lanarkshire (1931) 18 But if he be a tasker in mains, wher he getts constant thresheing all the winter tyme, then he is to work and serve in all necessar husband work.

1734 Sir J. Grant Let. 14 June in W. Fraser Chiefs of Grant (1883) II. 427 The dyckers are building the division in the mains that goes by the barns.

1769 Defoe's Tour Great Brit. (ed. 7) IV. 72 Every Nobleman's House [in Scotland] hath what they call the Mains, where their Land-labourers, Grooms, and every Body belonging to the Stable and Poultry, reside.

1819 Edinb. Evening Courant 19 July 1 Long Newton contains about 600 Scots acres... There is a dwelling-house and mains lately built on the farm, with a water thrashing machine.

1895 P. H. Hunter James Inwick 215 I gaed ootby, an' took a bit turn roun' the mains.

1933 E. S. Haldane Scotl. of our Fathers 295 With the developments of the new century [sc. the 19th] the barns were separated from the house..the improved farms became what were called farmers' Mains.

1962 in Sc. National Dict. (1965) (at cited word) Mains,..The outbuildings of a farm, as distinct from the farmhouse; specif. that part of them occupied as the sleeping quarters of the farm servants.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mains
释义	mainsn. Brit. /meɪnz/, U.S. /meɪnz/, Scottish English /menz/ Forms: α. Middle English–1500s mayns, Middle English–1600s maynes, 1500s maynis, 1800s– mains; Scottish pre-1700 mainis, pre-1700 mainnes, pre-1700 mainnis, pre-1700 mainse, pre-1700 maiynis, pre-1700 maneis, pre-1700 manes, pre-1700 manez, pre-1700 manis, pre-1700 mannis, pre-1700 manse, pre-1700 manys, pre-1700 manzies, pre-1700 mayneis, pre-1700 maynez, pre-1700 maynis, pre-1700 maynnis, pre-1700 mayns, pre-1700 maynys, pre-1700 meaneis, pre-1700 meanis, pre-1700 1700s maines, pre-1700 1700s maynes, pre-1700 1700s– mains. β. Scottish pre-1700 mainsis, pre-1700 mainssis, pre-1700 manses, pre-1700 maynsis. Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: demesne n. 3 Etymology: Shortened < the plural of demesne n. 3 (compare variant forms listed s.v.); see also main adj.¹ For formation compare maine n.¹In its α form, the word has been treated both as a plural and as a singular noun. The β. forms (all plural) show early analysis of the word as singular with the addition of an analogical plural ending. Attested also in place and field names, earliest in:1387 in A. M. Armstrong et al. Place-names Cumberland (1952) III. 69 Maynes. Now Scottish and English regional (northern). With plural or (frequently) singular agreement. 1. A farm attached to a mansion house, formerly cultivated by or for the proprietor; a home farm; †demesne lands (obsolete).Now chiefly in the names of farms, esp. in Scotland, and in place names derived from them. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > farm > [noun] > demesne or home farm mainsc1398 barton1587 berewick1809 demesne1844 c1398 in C. Innes Liber S. Marie de Calchou (1846) II. 411 Cum quadam particula terre de le maynis. 1428 in C. Innes Liber Sancte Marie de Melros (1837) 521 The west maynis,..in that maynis. c1440 Sir Degrevant (Thornton) (1949) 69 (MED) Þare was sessid in his hande..Many ploughes in þe maynes. 1480 in W. Fraser Douglas Bk. (1885) III. 112 The castell and chemis of Auchlek vitht the hail manis of the samen. 1507 in M. Livingstone Reg. Secreti Sigilli Regum Scotorum (1908) I. 220/1 The Kingis manys of Dunbar. 1533 in State Papers Henry VIII (1836) IV. 633 Wher we brynt theis townes that is to wite, Sesfurth..Sesfurth Mayns, Mows Mayns..Cavertone Mayns [etc.]. 1573–4 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1878) 1st Ser. II. 320 The landis mains and cornis of Sanct Thomas Chapell. 1589 in W. Greenwell Wills & Inventories Registry Durham (1860) II. 164 I geue to Mathew Forster,..Edderstoun east hall, and the maynis thairoff. 1597 J. Skene De Verborum Significatione Manerivm,..ane mainnes, or domaine landes,..Because they ar laboured and inhabited be the Lorde, and proprietar of the samin. 1606 in Quarter Sessions Rec. (N. Riding Rec. Soc.) (1884) I. 48 John Dodsworth of Massam Maynes. 1627 Rep. Parishes Scotl. (1835) 4 The mainsis off Bonkill. a1712 G. Martine Reliquiæ Divi Andreae (1797) vi. 67 The baronie..of Kirklistoun, maynes, kirk lands and mylne thereof. a1714 Earl of Cromarty Hist. Family Mackenzie in W. Fraser Earls of Cromartie (1876) II. 474 He..choised Kinellan..for his abod..and Braan for a maines. 1734 J. Spottiswood Hope's Observ. Law Scotl. 124 Maynes,..the Lands adjacent to the Mansion-house, which were ordinarily laboured by the Proprietor's Servants, for the Use and Maintenance of the Family. 1774 Weekly Mag. 13 Oct. 79 We maun..till and harrow his mains..cast and carry his peats..and this stops nothing of our rents. 1814 W. Scott Waverley I. xv. 221 That the baillie should send his own three milk cows down to the Mains for the use of the Baron's family. View more context for this quotation 1825 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words Mains, a farm, or certain fields, attached to a mansion house. 1850 H. Miller Scenes & Legends N. Scotl. (ed. 2) xxvii. 398 He was employed..at the Mains of Invergordon. 1864 Jrnl. Agric. Oct. 515 There was a good deal of land on that estate which had been for a long time in cultivation, particularly about the ‘mains’ farms. 1932 ‘L. G. Gibbon’ Sunset Song 19 The Mains..had been the Castle home farm in the long past times. 1990 A. Boyle Ayrshire Heritage (BNC) 70 His paternal grandfather farmed Craigie Mains, Symington. 2. Scottish. The outbuildings of a farm, as distinct from the farmhouse; spec. the quarters occupied by the farm workers. ΚΠ 1708 in C. A. Malcolm Minutes Justices of Peace Lanarkshire (1931) 18 But if he be a tasker in mains, wher he getts constant thresheing all the winter tyme, then he is to work and serve in all necessar husband work. 1734 Sir J. Grant Let. 14 June in W. Fraser Chiefs of Grant (1883) II. 427 The dyckers are building the division in the mains that goes by the barns. 1769 Defoe's Tour Great Brit. (ed. 7) IV. 72 Every Nobleman's House [in Scotland] hath what they call the Mains, where their Land-labourers, Grooms, and every Body belonging to the Stable and Poultry, reside. 1819 Edinb. Evening Courant 19 July 1 Long Newton contains about 600 Scots acres... There is a dwelling-house and mains lately built on the farm, with a water thrashing machine. 1895 P. H. Hunter James Inwick 215 I gaed ootby, an' took a bit turn roun' the mains. 1933 E. S. Haldane Scotl. of our Fathers 295 With the developments of the new century [sc. the 19th] the barns were separated from the house..the improved farms became what were called farmers' Mains. 1962 in Sc. National Dict. (1965) (at cited word) Mains,..The outbuildings of a farm, as distinct from the farmhouse; specif. that part of them occupied as the sleeping quarters of the farm servants. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1398
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