molingn.

Brit.

/ˈməʊlɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈmoʊlɪŋ/

Forms: see mole n.³ and -ing suffix¹.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mole n.³, -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < mole n.³ + -ing suffix¹. Compare later mole v.²With sense 2 compare mole-draining n. (earlier in this sense).

1. The action of clearing land of molehills or moles; the catching or killing of moles.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > reclamation > [noun] > clearing land

ridding1347

grubbingc1440

stubbing1445

stockingc1460

assart1534

clotting1601

extirpation1607

shrubbing1611

moling1617

averruncation1656

twitching1799

underbrushing1838

clearance1851

screefing1919

reslashing1934

underscrubbing1935

swidden1955

1617 in E. C. Lodge Acct. Bk. Kentish Estate (1927) 5 To Goetley for mouling at 1^d ob: a moule.

a1800 S. Pegge Suppl. Grose's Provinc. Gloss. (1814) Moling, clearing the ground from mole-hills. York.

1886 R. E. G. Cole Gloss. Words S.-W. Lincs. (at cited word) They pay him £10 a-year for moling.

1889 Atlantic Monthly Nov. 635/2 These are the kind of men who have..taken all the six degrees necessary to a scout's full education, ‘foxing, snaking, moling, cooning, possuming, and, if need be, wolfing’.

2. Agriculture. The action or process of making mole drains.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > preparation of land or soil > ditching or drainage > [noun] > other types of drainage

gutteringc1420

strand1565

sewaging1610

thorough-draining1669

cuniculus1670

French drain1738

riggot?1746

bush-draining1748

surface drain1765

land-drain1767

pipe-draining1776

surface draining1777

fox1784

surface drainage1796

mole drain1804

soughing1808

acequia1811

well-draining1818

tile-draining1830

wedge-draining?1830

plug-draining1833

land-drainage1841

land-draining1841

mole-draining1842

trough gutter1856

mole-ditching1860

mole drainage1860

tile-drainagea1865

well point1867

karez1875

storm sewer1887

moling1943

tiling1943

storm drain1960

1943 J. W. Day Farming Adventure xii. 138 The land was drained by tiling and moling.

1960 Times 5 July (Agric. Suppl.) p. v/3 The pace of ditching and moling work under grant has diminished.

1988 J. A. R. Lockhart & A. J. L. Wiseman Introd. Crop Husbandry (ed. 6) ii. 38/1 Reasonably dry weather after moling will allow the surface of the mole to harden and so it should last longer.

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

单词	moling
释义	molingn. Brit. /ˈməʊlɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈmoʊlɪŋ/ Forms: see mole n.³ and -ing suffix¹. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mole n.³, -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < mole n.³ + -ing suffix¹. Compare later mole v.²With sense 2 compare mole-draining n. (earlier in this sense). 1. The action of clearing land of molehills or moles; the catching or killing of moles. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > reclamation > [noun] > clearing land ridding1347 grubbingc1440 stubbing1445 stockingc1460 assart1534 clotting1601 extirpation1607 shrubbing1611 moling1617 averruncation1656 twitching1799 underbrushing1838 clearance1851 screefing1919 reslashing1934 underscrubbing1935 swidden1955 1617 in E. C. Lodge Acct. Bk. Kentish Estate (1927) 5 To Goetley for mouling at 1^d ob: a moule. a1800 S. Pegge Suppl. Grose's Provinc. Gloss. (1814) Moling, clearing the ground from mole-hills. York. 1886 R. E. G. Cole Gloss. Words S.-W. Lincs. (at cited word) They pay him £10 a-year for moling. 1889 Atlantic Monthly Nov. 635/2 These are the kind of men who have..taken all the six degrees necessary to a scout's full education, ‘foxing, snaking, moling, cooning, possuming, and, if need be, wolfing’. 2. Agriculture. The action or process of making mole drains. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > preparation of land or soil > ditching or drainage > [noun] > other types of drainage gutteringc1420 strand1565 sewaging1610 thorough-draining1669 cuniculus1670 French drain1738 riggot?1746 bush-draining1748 surface drain1765 land-drain1767 pipe-draining1776 surface draining1777 fox1784 surface drainage1796 mole drain1804 soughing1808 acequia1811 well-draining1818 tile-draining1830 wedge-draining?1830 plug-draining1833 land-drainage1841 land-draining1841 mole-draining1842 trough gutter1856 mole-ditching1860 mole drainage1860 tile-drainagea1865 well point1867 karez1875 storm sewer1887 moling1943 tiling1943 storm drain1960 1943 J. W. Day Farming Adventure xii. 138 The land was drained by tiling and moling. 1960 Times 5 July (Agric. Suppl.) p. v/3 The pace of ditching and moling work under grant has diminished. 1988 J. A. R. Lockhart & A. J. L. Wiseman Introd. Crop Husbandry (ed. 6) ii. 38/1 Reasonably dry weather after moling will allow the surface of the mole to harden and so it should last longer. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1617
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