meadowingn.

Brit.

/ˈmɛdəʊɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈmɛdəwɪŋ/

Forms: 1500s medoyng, 1500s– meadowing, 1600s meaddoing, 1600s meadowinge, 1600s meddowing, 1600s medowing.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: meadow n., -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < meadow n. + -ing suffix¹.The use in quot. 1560 at sense 1 could perhaps be explained alternatively as showing meadow n. + ing n., but the more widespread later uses argue against this.

1. Land used or suitable for the cultivation of grass.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > grassland > [noun] > meadow land

leasowc950

leasea1000

meadOE

meadowOE

meadowlandOE

mead ground1453

meadow ground1523

meading1560

meadowing1560

land-mead1577

1560 in J. P. Earwaker Lancs. & Cheshire Wills (1884) 23 I bequethe..to my welbeloved wyff..the medoyng whyche I occuped my self.

c1598 in T. Harwood Hist. Lichfield (1806) 385 ij closes and j piece of meadowing.

1616 in Montgomeryshire Coll. (1887) XXI. 177 Two seu'all p'cells of meadowinge.

1639 in New Plymouth Colony Rec. (1855) I. 110 Prouided he be allowed meddowing elswhere in lue thereof.

1732 Pennsylvania Gaz. 7 Aug. 4/1 (advt.) A very good Plantation..with plentiful Meadowing fit for the Scythe.

1844 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 5 i. 108 On leaving Dunham I observed some good meadowing.

1990 Farming Independent 10 July 12/3 Another indication of how disastrous hay-making has been is the drop off in demand for meadowing.

2. The action of devoting land to the production of grass, esp. for hay; the action of cultivating meadowland.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > cultivation of specific crops > [noun] > grass or hay

turfing1725

meadowing1733

returfing1874

regrassing1878

1733 Pennsylvania Gaz. 22 Mar. 2/2 (advt.) Several Tracts of good Land..and good Part fit for Meadowing.

1796 G. Washington Let. in Writings (1892) XIII. 259 I am altogether in the farming and meadowing line.

1894 Morning Post 3 Feb. 2/1 Less valuable land, worthless for the purpose of meadowing, would be left.

1918 Jrnl. Ecol. 6 124 These facts [sc. the partial disappearance of orchis pyramidalis] are curious. Perhaps they have to do with early meadowing of the rides and road sides?

1959 Jrnl. Ecol. 47 657 All stages in initial marsh development can be observed, from open tussock communities with subsequent amalgamation in still-advancing swards, to complete meadowing in older Spartina beds.

Compounds

†meadowing-ground, †meadowing pasture. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1612 J. Speed Theatre of Empire of Great Brit. i. xix. 37/1 Meadowing-pastures vpon both sides of the Riuer Came.

1675 in Early Rec. Town of Providence (Rhode Island) (1893) IV. 39 Ye two shares of ye meaddoing ground.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	meadowing
释义	meadowingn. Brit. /ˈmɛdəʊɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈmɛdəwɪŋ/ Forms: 1500s medoyng, 1500s– meadowing, 1600s meaddoing, 1600s meadowinge, 1600s meddowing, 1600s medowing. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: meadow n., -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < meadow n. + -ing suffix¹.The use in quot. 1560 at sense 1 could perhaps be explained alternatively as showing meadow n. + ing n., but the more widespread later uses argue against this. 1. Land used or suitable for the cultivation of grass. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > grassland > [noun] > meadow land leasowc950 leasea1000 meadOE meadowOE meadowlandOE mead ground1453 meadow ground1523 meading1560 meadowing1560 land-mead1577 1560 in J. P. Earwaker Lancs. & Cheshire Wills (1884) 23 I bequethe..to my welbeloved wyff..the medoyng whyche I occuped my self. c1598 in T. Harwood Hist. Lichfield (1806) 385 ij closes and j piece of meadowing. 1616 in Montgomeryshire Coll. (1887) XXI. 177 Two seu'all p'cells of meadowinge. 1639 in New Plymouth Colony Rec. (1855) I. 110 Prouided he be allowed meddowing elswhere in lue thereof. 1732 Pennsylvania Gaz. 7 Aug. 4/1 (advt.) A very good Plantation..with plentiful Meadowing fit for the Scythe. 1844 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 5 i. 108 On leaving Dunham I observed some good meadowing. 1990 Farming Independent 10 July 12/3 Another indication of how disastrous hay-making has been is the drop off in demand for meadowing. 2. The action of devoting land to the production of grass, esp. for hay; the action of cultivating meadowland. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > cultivation of specific crops > [noun] > grass or hay turfing1725 meadowing1733 returfing1874 regrassing1878 1733 Pennsylvania Gaz. 22 Mar. 2/2 (advt.) Several Tracts of good Land..and good Part fit for Meadowing. 1796 G. Washington Let. in Writings (1892) XIII. 259 I am altogether in the farming and meadowing line. 1894 Morning Post 3 Feb. 2/1 Less valuable land, worthless for the purpose of meadowing, would be left. 1918 Jrnl. Ecol. 6 124 These facts [sc. the partial disappearance of orchis pyramidalis] are curious. Perhaps they have to do with early meadowing of the rides and road sides? 1959 Jrnl. Ecol. 47 657 All stages in initial marsh development can be observed, from open tussock communities with subsequent amalgamation in still-advancing swards, to complete meadowing in older Spartina beds. Compounds †meadowing-ground, †meadowing pasture. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1612 J. Speed Theatre of Empire of Great Brit. i. xix. 37/1 Meadowing-pastures vpon both sides of the Riuer Came. 1675 in Early Rec. Town of Providence (Rhode Island) (1893) IV. 39 Ye two shares of ye meaddoing ground. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1560
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