moleheadn.

Brit.

/ˈməʊlhɛd/, U.S.

/ˈmoʊlˌ(h)ɛd/

Forms: see mole n.² and head n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mole n.², head n.¹

Etymology: < mole n.² + head n.¹

Now rare.

The seaward end of a mole (mole n.² 2). Cf. pier head n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > flood or flooding > structures protecting from water or flooding > [noun] > mole or pier > seaward end of

molehead1585

pier head1647

1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie i. vi. 4 b All the people..runne to the mole head to see vs enter into the port.

1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie i. vii. 6 b We saw al along the mollehead the people with the souldiers.

1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. Contin. 1536/2 The pierre was not finished by 350 foot so far as the foundation thereof (which he called the Molehead) was laid.

1673 J. Narbrough Jrnl. 6 Feb. in R. C. Anderson Jrnls. & Narr. Third Dutch War (1946) 255 The spired high tower..bore of me S.W.½S., my distance 2 miles from the Mole-head.

c1710 in J. K. Laughton Mem. Relating to Ld. Torrington (1889) 141 To the southward of the mould head.

1802 Eng. Encycl. VIII. 431/1 Ports—formed by throwing a strong mound..across the harbour's mouth to some island or rock—called mole-heads.

1836 F. Marryat Mr. Midshipman Easy III. vii. 142 Was he to be thrown over the molehead to the fishes?

1868 R. F. Burton Lett. from Paraguay 16 Aug. 153 Loungers..gather in groups at the mole-head.

1919 H. Trench Napoleon ii. iii. 53 Not one map here of the English shore is worth a rush. Take the rock-ledges just awash off Folkestone, the Molehead, Cockledge; the Boulder Bank off Rye—unmarked.

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

单词	molehead
释义	moleheadn. Brit. /ˈməʊlhɛd/, U.S. /ˈmoʊlˌ(h)ɛd/ Forms: see mole n.² and head n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mole n.², head n.¹ Etymology: < mole n.² + head n.¹ Now rare. The seaward end of a mole (mole n.² 2). Cf. pier head n. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > flood or flooding > structures protecting from water or flooding > [noun] > mole or pier > seaward end of molehead1585 pier head1647 1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie i. vi. 4 b All the people..runne to the mole head to see vs enter into the port. 1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie i. vii. 6 b We saw al along the mollehead the people with the souldiers. 1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. Contin. 1536/2 The pierre was not finished by 350 foot so far as the foundation thereof (which he called the Molehead) was laid. 1673 J. Narbrough Jrnl. 6 Feb. in R. C. Anderson Jrnls. & Narr. Third Dutch War (1946) 255 The spired high tower..bore of me S.W.½S., my distance 2 miles from the Mole-head. c1710 in J. K. Laughton Mem. Relating to Ld. Torrington (1889) 141 To the southward of the mould head. 1802 Eng. Encycl. VIII. 431/1 Ports—formed by throwing a strong mound..across the harbour's mouth to some island or rock—called mole-heads. 1836 F. Marryat Mr. Midshipman Easy III. vii. 142 Was he to be thrown over the molehead to the fishes? 1868 R. F. Burton Lett. from Paraguay 16 Aug. 153 Loungers..gather in groups at the mole-head. 1919 H. Trench Napoleon ii. iii. 53 Not one map here of the English shore is worth a rush. Take the rock-ledges just awash off Folkestone, the Molehead, Cockledge; the Boulder Bank off Rye—unmarked. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1585
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