mill-housen.

Brit.

/ˈmɪl haʊs/, U.S.

/ˈmɪl ˌ(h)aʊs/

Forms: see mill n.¹ and house n.¹ and int.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mill n.¹, house n.¹

Etymology: < mill n.¹ + house n.¹ Compare West Frisian molehûs, Dutch molenhuis, Middle Low German mȫlenhūs, Middle High German mülhūs (German Mühlenhaus), Danish møllehus.

A building in which milling or grinding is carried on; a building (esp. a dwelling house) adjoining a mill. In early use: †= mill n.¹ 1 (obsolete).

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation of grain > milling or grinding > [noun] > corn-mill > building

millOE

mill-housec1300

by-mill1456

grinding-house1598

c1300 Havelok (Laud) (1868) 1967 (MED) Summe grop tre and sum grop ston And driue hem ut..So dogges ut of milne-hous.

Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 337 Myllehowse, molendina.

a1513 W. Dunbar Flyting in Poems (1998) I. 208 Chittirlilling, ruch rilling, lik schilling in the milhous.

1575 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1878) 1st Ser. II. 479 The distructioun, douncasting and dimolissing of his myln hous, utheris houssis and biggingis.

1657 R. Ligon True Hist. Barbados 90 [Sugar-making] From the Mill-house to the boyling house.

1695 London Gaz. No. 3048/4 At Chichester..is a convenient Still-house ready fitted with Stills, Coppers, Hogpenns, Mill and Mill-house,..to be lett.

1766 Compl. Farmer at Flax It requires a less expensive mill-house [sc. for flax dressing].

1888 E. P. Warren & C. F. M. Cleverly Wanderings ‘Beetle’ 129 A bridge bearing four tumble-down mill-houses.

1932 P. MacDonald Rope to Spare xi. 156 Anyroad, sir, to cut a long story brief, I gets down to the mill-'ouse.

1990 Sci. Amer. Nov. 61/1 The simplest—the Norse wheel—is mounted horizontally on a vertical axis that passes through the millhouse floor to turn the millstone above.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mill-house
释义	mill-housen. Brit. /ˈmɪl haʊs/, U.S. /ˈmɪl ˌ(h)aʊs/ Forms: see mill n.¹ and house n.¹ and int. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mill n.¹, house n.¹ Etymology: < mill n.¹ + house n.¹ Compare West Frisian molehûs, Dutch molenhuis, Middle Low German mȫlenhūs, Middle High German mülhūs (German Mühlenhaus), Danish møllehus. A building in which milling or grinding is carried on; a building (esp. a dwelling house) adjoining a mill. In early use: †= mill n.¹ 1 (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation of grain > milling or grinding > [noun] > corn-mill > building millOE mill-housec1300 by-mill1456 grinding-house1598 c1300 Havelok (Laud) (1868) 1967 (MED) Summe grop tre and sum grop ston And driue hem ut..So dogges ut of milne-hous. Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 337 Myllehowse, molendina. a1513 W. Dunbar Flyting in Poems (1998) I. 208 Chittirlilling, ruch rilling, lik schilling in the milhous. 1575 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1878) 1st Ser. II. 479 The distructioun, douncasting and dimolissing of his myln hous, utheris houssis and biggingis. 1657 R. Ligon True Hist. Barbados 90 [Sugar-making] From the Mill-house to the boyling house. 1695 London Gaz. No. 3048/4 At Chichester..is a convenient Still-house ready fitted with Stills, Coppers, Hogpenns, Mill and Mill-house,..to be lett. 1766 Compl. Farmer at Flax It requires a less expensive mill-house [sc. for flax dressing]. 1888 E. P. Warren & C. F. M. Cleverly Wanderings ‘Beetle’ 129 A bridge bearing four tumble-down mill-houses. 1932 P. MacDonald Rope to Spare xi. 156 Anyroad, sir, to cut a long story brief, I gets down to the mill-'ouse. 1990 Sci. Amer. Nov. 61/1 The simplest—the Norse wheel—is mounted horizontally on a vertical axis that passes through the millhouse floor to turn the millstone above. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1300
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