bamboon.

/bamˈbuː/

Forms: 1500s bambus, 1500s–1600s bambo (? -os), 1600s pambou, bambou, bambouse, bambow, 1600s–1700s bamboe, 1600s–1800s bambu, 1700s– bamboo.

Etymology: Original source doubtful: now in Malay (Central Sumatra), Sundanese, and Javanese (West and Central Java) bambu; but some consider it an introduced word there, and take the original to be Kannada bănbŭ or banwu. The original word in the Concan, in 16th cent., was represented by the Portuguese as mambu, still found after 1600. Compare Dutch bamboes (= -ūs), German bambus, French bambou, Italian bambu, Spanish bambu, Portuguese bambu, modern Latin bambūsa; the forms bambus, -bous, -bouse, come through Dutch, which seems to have been the European language in which the word first appeared with initial b; the final s in Dutch, etc. is not explained.

a. A genus of giant-grasses (genus Bambusa), numerous species of which are common throughout the tropics. Also the stem of any of these used as a stick, or as material.

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society > occupation and work > equipment > tool > types of tools generally > [noun] > in form of bar, pole, rod, etc.

stingc725

stakec893

sowelc900

tree971

rungOE

shaftc1000

staffc1000

stockc1000

poleOE

spritOE

luga1250

lever1297

stanga1300

perchc1300

raftc1330

sheltbeam1336

stower1371

palea1382

spar1388

spire1392

perk1396

ragged staff1397

peela1400

slot1399

plantc1400

heck-stower1401

sparkin1408

cammockc1425

sallow stakec1440

spoke1467

perk treec1480

yard1480

bode1483

spit1485

bolm1513

gada1535

ruttock1542

stob1550

blade1558

wattle1570

bamboo1598

loggat1600

barling1611

sparret1632

picket1687

tringle1706

sprund1736

lug-pole1773

polting lug1789

baton1801

stuckin1809

rack-pin1821

picket-pin1844

I-iron1874

pricker1875

stag1881

podger1888

window pole1888

verge1897

sallow pole1898

lat1899

swizzle-stick1962

society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > plants, grasses, or reeds > [noun] > bamboo

bamboo1598

bamboo cane1685

bamboo reed1737

the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > non-British grasses > [noun] > tropical > bamboo and allies

cane1398

Indian cane1578

bamboo1598

mambu1598

cane-brake1770

cane grass1827

switch cane1845

metake1896

bamboo-grass1909

1563 G. de Orta Coloquios dos Simples f. 194 Aquellas canas daquella arvore chamam os Indios, onde nasce, mambu. (The canes of that tree the Indians where it grows call mambu.)]

1598 W. Phillip tr. J. H. van Linschoten Disc. Voy. E. & W. Indies i. xxx. 56/1 A thicke reede, as big as a mans legge, which is called Bambus.

1599 R. Fitch in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (new ed.) II. i. 258 The houses are made of Canes which they call Bambos.

1662 B. Gerbier Brief Disc. Princ. Building 3 Bambouses, as they call the Poles to which they tye a Woollen Hammac to lye in.

1671 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 6 3010 Very artificial boats..made of large Canes, called Bambu.

1681 R. Knox Hist. Relation Ceylon 36 The ends of the Bambou..are largely tipped with silver.

1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot Trav. into Levant iii. i. xxxi. 54 The pambous that serve for palanquins.

1699 L. Wafer New Voy. & Descr. Isthmus Amer. 97 Bamboes grow here but too plentifully.

1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson iii. v. 341 Mast, yard, boom, and outriggers, are all made of bamboo.

1824 R. Heber Jrnl. 3 Aug. in Narr. Journey Upper Provinces India (1828) I. ix. 186 Beneath the bamboo's arched bough.

1872 D. Oliver Lessons Elem. Bot. (new ed.) ii. 281 The light, hollow, jointed stems of the Bamboo.

1884 Athenæum 26 Apr. 539/1 The palms and bambusas of a sub-tropical garden.]

b. Cane-coloured porcelain biscuit, invented by Wedgwood. Also bamboo ware.

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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > clay compositions > baked clay > pottery or ceramics > [noun] > porcelain > English porcelain > by Wedgwood

Egyptian black1784

bamboo1787

jasper1825

jasper-pottery1825

basalt1832

jasper-ware1863

mortar ware1865

1787 J. Wedgwood in L. Jewitt Wedgwoods (1865) 310 Bamboo, or cane-coloured bisqué porcelain, of the same nature with the porcelain No. 3 [i.e. a fine white biscuit ware].

1865 L. Jewitt Wedgwoods 410 An open basket of bamboo.

1904 W. Burton Hist. Eng. Earthenware 162 The simple patterns of lines and foliage in blue and green enamel which he [sc. Elijah Mayer] used on his bamboo wares.

Compounds

C1. General attributive.

bamboo cane n.

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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > plants, grasses, or reeds > [noun] > bamboo

bamboo1598

bamboo cane1685

bamboo reed1737

1685 London Gaz. No. 2099/4 A small Bambow Cane, with a black Head.

1737 G. Smith Curious Relations I. iii. 390 A Bamboe Cane, which was about 18 or 20 Foot long.

bamboo reed n.

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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > plants, grasses, or reeds > [noun] > bamboo

bamboo1598

bamboo cane1685

bamboo reed1737

1737 G. Smith Curious Relations I. i. 66 Twisted together with Bambo's Reeds.

b. Esp. when used as a material.

bamboo-basket n.

bamboo-book n.

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society > communication > book > kind of book > book of specific form or colour > [noun] > made of specific material

block-book1738

parchmentarian1808

skin book1820

bamboo-book1877

1877 J. E. Carpenter tr. C. P. Tiele Outl. Hist. Relig. 36 The Bamboo-books supply many details about him.

bamboo-cane n.

bamboo flute n.

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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > wind instrument > woodwind instruments > [noun] > flute > other flutes

doucetc1450

flute-douce1676

tibia1705

zufolo1724

ney1756

monaulos1776

flûte-à-bec1797

lotus flute1826

bamboo flute1862

dizi1874

shakuhachi1893

quena1909

tonette1958

1862 H. Mayhew & J. Binny Criminal Prisons of London 62 The player on the bamboo-flute.

bamboo rattan n.

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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > club or stick > [noun] > cane or switch

sallow twigc1440

ferule-rod1528

ferule1559

ferula1579

cane1590

ferular1594

saplinga1712

jemmy1753

bamboo rattan1796

sallow switch1802

lathi1850

1796 J. G. Stedman Narr. Exped. Surinam I. ix. 201 Another followed behind with a bamboo-rattan.

c. Parasynthetic.

bamboo-coloured adj.

bamboo-walled adj.

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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > building of specific construction > [adjective]

wandedc1593

brick-built1596

rock-built1596

mud-walled1607

sedgy1624

sodden1639

nogged1688

frame1760

logged1784

stucco1786

weatherboarded1794

piled1795

thick-walled1820

clapboarded1835

board-built1837

pebble-dashed1839

puncheoned1843

timber-framed1843

betimbered1847

pile-built1851

massy1855

bamboo-walled1858

portable1860

half-timber1874

stone-faced1874

Red River frame1879

ashlared1881

granolithic1881

brick-end1883

converted1888

steel frame1898

board-and-bat1902

traviated1902

steel-framed1906

prefabricated1921

prefab1937

multiwall1940

pre-engineered1955

curtain-walled1959

pre-fabbed1959

timber-frame1967

system-built1968

flat-pack1982

1858 W. Ellis Three Visits Madagascar iv. 108 Low cane or bamboo-walled cottages.

C2.

bamboo-coolie n. one that carries loads suspended on bamboos.

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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > other manual or industrial workers > [noun] > porter > types of

wine-porter1580

street porter1606

tackle-house porter1606

tackle-porter1607

sealed porter1631

ticket-porter1646

tub-woman1660

keep-door1682

Suisse1763

bamboo-coolie1800

hop-porter1812

plyer1826

night porter1841

fellowship1864

hall-porter1883

mobber1892

redcap1903

badgeman1904

bummaree1954

1800 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1837) I. 79 Carriage for the tents [will not be required] excepting a few bamboo coolies.

bamboo curtain n. [after iron curtain n.; compare chick n.²] a political and economic ‘curtain’ or barrier between territories under the control of the Communist régime in China and non-Communist countries; also transferred.

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the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > [noun] > one who or that which hinders > a hindrance, impediment, or obstacle > to spiritual or social union or intercourse > specific

iron curtain1877

bamboo curtain1949

Zion Curtain1969

1949 Time 14 Mar. 55 The Communist bosses of Peiping dropped a bamboo curtain, cutting off Peiping from the world.

1955 Sc. Jrnl. Theol. 8 422 ‘One Body in Christ’ is written by a man who stands on the Reformed side of the theological bamboo curtain.

1957 Listener 6 June 903/2 We can't keep 400,000,000 people behind an economic bamboo curtain for ever.

bamboo fern n. a fern, Coniogramme japonica, native to Japan.

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the world > plants > particular plants > ferns > [noun] > other ferns

mountain parsley1578

female fern1597

rock parsley1597

spleenwort1597

marsh fern1686

prickly fern1764

parsley fern1777

sensitive fern1780

lady fern1783

stone-brake1796

mountain fern1800

rock brake1802

walking leaf1811

todea1813

shield-fern1814

Woodsia1815

mangemange1817

cinnamon fern1818

climbing fern1818

bladder-fern1828

king fern1829

filmy fern1830

ostrich fern1833

New York fern1843

mokimoki1844

rhizocarp1852

film-fern1855

nardoo1860

gymnogram1861

holly-fern1861

limestone-polypody1861

elk-horn1865

Gleichenia1865

lizard's herb1866

cliff brake1867

kidney fern1867

Christmas fern1873

Prince of Wales feathers1873

Christmas shield fern1878

buckler-fern1882

crape-fern1882

stag-horn1882

ladder fern1884

oleander fern1884

stag fern1884

resam1889

lip-fern1890

coral-fern1898

bamboo fern1930

pteroid1949

fern-gale-

1930 L. H. Bailey & E. Z. Bailey Hortus 170/2 Coniogramme..japonica (Gymnogramma japonica). Bamboo-Fern..Japan, Formosa.

bamboo-fish n. South African the sea-fish Sarpa salpa (family Sparidæ); also called (striped) karanteen n.

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the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > family Sparidae (sea-breams) > [noun] > sarpa salpa (striped karanteen)

karanteen1905

bamboo-fish1913

stink-fish1913

strepie1913

stripey1964

1913 W. W. Thompson Sea Fisheries Cape Colony ii. 61 The pretty little bamboo-fish of the Cape is also known as stink-fish, and is the mooi nooitje of Hermanus and Struys Bay, the streepje of the Knysna and the silver karanteen of Natal.

1930 C. L. Biden Sea-angling Fishes of Cape 62 Mackerel, mullet, sardine, and bamboo-fish (Natal karanteen) are the best lures.

bamboo-grass n. bamboo, or a grass that resembles it.

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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > non-British grasses > [noun] > tropical > bamboo and allies

cane1398

Indian cane1578

bamboo1598

mambu1598

cane-brake1770

cane grass1827

switch cane1845

metake1896

bamboo-grass1909

1909 Cent. Dict. Suppl. Bamboo-grass.

1920 Blackwood's Mag. June 822/1 Coarse bamboo-grass began to fringe the banks.

bamboo joint n. an internode of bamboo (with its nodes) cut and fashioned into a vessel for carrying water, cooking rice, etc.

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society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > vessel > [noun] > vessels of other specific materials

hornc1000

marblec1300

stonea1450

bamboo joint1924

1924 M. L. Milne Home of Eastern Clan iii. 47 Water is carried in large bamboo joints. These are pierced near the top, a string is passed through the holes, and the joints are hung on one end of a pole, which rests on the shoulders.

bamboo palm n. (see quot. 1891).

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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > palm trees > [noun] > raffia palms

pardon-tree1705

rofia1729

raphia palm1830

jupati1856

bamboo palm1866

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > yielding intoxicating drink > [noun] > palm-wine plants

toddy tree1630

sagwire1681

wine-palm1681

pardon-tree1705

tomboa1712

eta palm1769

nipa1779

toddy palm1810

itaa1832

jaggery palm1859

ki1860

bamboo palm1866

1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 960/1 R[aphia] vinifera, the Bamboo Palm... The Africans..make very pliable cloth and neat baskets of the undeveloped leaves.

1891 Bull. Misc. Information (Royal Gardens, Kew) Jan. 3 The ‘Bamboo’ palm, or Raphia vinifera, is perhaps the commonest tree in the swamps [of Lagos].

bamboo partridge n. of North China, Bambusicola thoracica.

bamboo rat n. a rodent belonging to the genus Rhizomys, found in Malacca.

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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Rodentia or rodent > superfamily Myomorpha (mouse, rat, vole, or hamster) > [noun] > family Muridae > other types of mouse or rat

rock rat1781

Otomys1834

rabbit rat1837

deer-mouse1840

bamboo rat1881

muskrat1884

sigmodont1884

grasshopper mouse1888

veld rat1905

striped mouse1932

Sprague-Dawley1951

1881 Cassell's Encycl. Dict. I. ii Bamboo-rat, a rodent mammal belonging to Gray's genus Rhizomys.

1914 Brit. Mus.: Return 135 in Parl. Papers (H.C. 186) LXXI. 193 An Ashy Bamboo Rat (Rhizomys canescens) from the Shan States.

bamboo shoot n. a young, edible shoot of the bamboo.

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the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > vegetables > leaf vegetables > [noun] > bamboo shoot

bamboo shoot1889

the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > non-British grasses > [noun] > tropical > bamboo and allies > shoot of

bamboo shoot1889

1889 R. Kipling From Sea to Sea (1899) I. xi. 303 After the bamboo-shoots came..white beans in sweet sauce.

1940 A. L. Simon Conc. Encycl. Gastron. II. 55/2 1 small tin bamboo shoots.

bamboo ware n. (see b above).

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bamboo English n. depreciative a term applied to any of various English-based pidgins originating in Southeast Asia.

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1924 Washington Post 30 Dec. 4/3 The clearing-out of American school teachers..is rapidly reducing the tongue taught in the provinces to ‘bamboo English’.

1968 W. J. Samarin in J. A. Fishman Readings Sociol. of Lang. 671 The ease with which Korean Bamboo English developed leads one to imagine the inevitability of pidgins in the world.

1988 Amer. Speech 63 144 Todd uses examples from Norman's articles to describe Bamboo English.

2006 C. R. Yano Crowning Nice Girl 253 These mostly English-language songs, typically written and originally performed by GIs stationed in Japan, employed..sprinklings of what was dubbed ‘Bamboo English’.

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bamboo forest n.

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1828 H. Havelock Mem. Three Campaigns i. 64 Amidst the bamboo forests of Ava.

1937 Discovery Apr. 99/2 The bamboo forests north of Lake Tanganyika.

1992 Cambr. Encycl. Human Evol. (1994) ii. viii. 77/2 There are no horizontal branches available to species such as the gentle lemurs..living in bamboo forests, and they must be able to leap between vertical supports.

2012 Indian Express (Nexis) 24 June Hidden by a towering bamboo forest and creepers..lies the village of Haoreibi Mayai Leikai.

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bamboo tube

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1736 R. Brookes tr. J.-B. Du Halde et al. Gen. Hist. China IV. 28 Let him take a Bamboo Tube between his Teeth, and he will find a great quantity of Phlegm come away from his Mouth in an instant.

1853 Southern Literary Messenger Dec. 750/2 The fires in the furnaces were made to burn briskly by blowing through a bamboo tube.

1898 Jrnl. Chem. Soc. 74 i. 284 Paracurara..is imported in bamboo tubes.

1994 Guardian 26 July ii. 6/3 Playing the valiha, a long bamboo tube strung with shark fishing wire that sounds like an aggressive harpsichord.

2004 D. Dalton Rough Guide Philippines 294 The Hanunuo,..use an ancient indigenous script consisting of 48 characters, which they carve onto bamboo tubes.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	bamboo
释义	bamboon. /bamˈbuː/ Forms: 1500s bambus, 1500s–1600s bambo (? -os), 1600s pambou, bambou, bambouse, bambow, 1600s–1700s bamboe, 1600s–1800s bambu, 1700s– bamboo. Etymology: Original source doubtful: now in Malay (Central Sumatra), Sundanese, and Javanese (West and Central Java) bambu; but some consider it an introduced word there, and take the original to be Kannada bănbŭ or banwu. The original word in the Concan, in 16th cent., was represented by the Portuguese as mambu, still found after 1600. Compare Dutch bamboes (= -ūs), German bambus, French bambou, Italian bambu, Spanish bambu, Portuguese bambu, modern Latin bambūsa; the forms bambus, -bous, -bouse, come through Dutch, which seems to have been the European language in which the word first appeared with initial b; the final s in Dutch, etc. is not explained. a. A genus of giant-grasses (genus Bambusa), numerous species of which are common throughout the tropics. Also the stem of any of these used as a stick, or as material. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > tool > types of tools generally > [noun] > in form of bar, pole, rod, etc. stingc725 stakec893 sowelc900 tree971 rungOE shaftc1000 staffc1000 stockc1000 poleOE spritOE luga1250 lever1297 stanga1300 perchc1300 raftc1330 sheltbeam1336 stower1371 palea1382 spar1388 spire1392 perk1396 ragged staff1397 peela1400 slot1399 plantc1400 heck-stower1401 sparkin1408 cammockc1425 sallow stakec1440 spoke1467 perk treec1480 yard1480 bode1483 spit1485 bolm1513 gada1535 ruttock1542 stob1550 blade1558 wattle1570 bamboo1598 loggat1600 barling1611 sparret1632 picket1687 tringle1706 sprund1736 lug-pole1773 polting lug1789 baton1801 stuckin1809 rack-pin1821 picket-pin1844 I-iron1874 pricker1875 stag1881 podger1888 window pole1888 verge1897 sallow pole1898 lat1899 swizzle-stick1962 society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > plants, grasses, or reeds > [noun] > bamboo bamboo1598 bamboo cane1685 bamboo reed1737 the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > non-British grasses > [noun] > tropical > bamboo and allies cane1398 Indian cane1578 bamboo1598 mambu1598 cane-brake1770 cane grass1827 switch cane1845 metake1896 bamboo-grass1909 1563 G. de Orta Coloquios dos Simples f. 194 Aquellas canas daquella arvore chamam os Indios, onde nasce, mambu. (The canes of that tree the Indians where it grows call mambu.)] 1598 W. Phillip tr. J. H. van Linschoten Disc. Voy. E. & W. Indies i. xxx. 56/1 A thicke reede, as big as a mans legge, which is called Bambus. 1599 R. Fitch in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (new ed.) II. i. 258 The houses are made of Canes which they call Bambos. 1662 B. Gerbier Brief Disc. Princ. Building 3 Bambouses, as they call the Poles to which they tye a Woollen Hammac to lye in. 1671 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 6 3010 Very artificial boats..made of large Canes, called Bambu. 1681 R. Knox Hist. Relation Ceylon 36 The ends of the Bambou..are largely tipped with silver. 1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot Trav. into Levant iii. i. xxxi. 54 The pambous that serve for palanquins. 1699 L. Wafer New Voy. & Descr. Isthmus Amer. 97 Bamboes grow here but too plentifully. 1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson iii. v. 341 Mast, yard, boom, and outriggers, are all made of bamboo. 1824 R. Heber Jrnl. 3 Aug. in Narr. Journey Upper Provinces India (1828) I. ix. 186 Beneath the bamboo's arched bough. 1872 D. Oliver Lessons Elem. Bot. (new ed.) ii. 281 The light, hollow, jointed stems of the Bamboo. 1884 Athenæum 26 Apr. 539/1 The palms and bambusas of a sub-tropical garden.] b. Cane-coloured porcelain biscuit, invented by Wedgwood. Also bamboo ware. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > clay compositions > baked clay > pottery or ceramics > [noun] > porcelain > English porcelain > by Wedgwood Egyptian black1784 bamboo1787 jasper1825 jasper-pottery1825 basalt1832 jasper-ware1863 mortar ware1865 1787 J. Wedgwood in L. Jewitt Wedgwoods (1865) 310 Bamboo, or cane-coloured bisqué porcelain, of the same nature with the porcelain No. 3 [i.e. a fine white biscuit ware]. 1865 L. Jewitt Wedgwoods 410 An open basket of bamboo. 1904 W. Burton Hist. Eng. Earthenware 162 The simple patterns of lines and foliage in blue and green enamel which he [sc. Elijah Mayer] used on his bamboo wares. Compounds C1. General attributive. a. bamboo cane n. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > plants, grasses, or reeds > [noun] > bamboo bamboo1598 bamboo cane1685 bamboo reed1737 1685 London Gaz. No. 2099/4 A small Bambow Cane, with a black Head. 1737 G. Smith Curious Relations I. iii. 390 A Bamboe Cane, which was about 18 or 20 Foot long. bamboo reed n. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > plants, grasses, or reeds > [noun] > bamboo bamboo1598 bamboo cane1685 bamboo reed1737 1737 G. Smith Curious Relations I. i. 66 Twisted together with Bambo's Reeds. b. Esp. when used as a material. bamboo-basket n. bamboo-book n. ΘΚΠ society > communication > book > kind of book > book of specific form or colour > [noun] > made of specific material block-book1738 parchmentarian1808 skin book1820 bamboo-book1877 1877 J. E. Carpenter tr. C. P. Tiele Outl. Hist. Relig. 36 The Bamboo-books supply many details about him. bamboo-cane n. bamboo flute n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > wind instrument > woodwind instruments > [noun] > flute > other flutes doucetc1450 flute-douce1676 tibia1705 zufolo1724 ney1756 monaulos1776 flûte-à-bec1797 lotus flute1826 bamboo flute1862 dizi1874 shakuhachi1893 quena1909 tonette1958 1862 H. Mayhew & J. Binny Criminal Prisons of London 62 The player on the bamboo-flute. bamboo rattan n. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > club or stick > [noun] > cane or switch sallow twigc1440 ferule-rod1528 ferule1559 ferula1579 cane1590 ferular1594 saplinga1712 jemmy1753 bamboo rattan1796 sallow switch1802 lathi1850 1796 J. G. Stedman Narr. Exped. Surinam I. ix. 201 Another followed behind with a bamboo-rattan. c. Parasynthetic. bamboo-coloured adj. bamboo-walled adj. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > building of specific construction > [adjective] wandedc1593 brick-built1596 rock-built1596 mud-walled1607 sedgy1624 sodden1639 nogged1688 frame1760 logged1784 stucco1786 weatherboarded1794 piled1795 thick-walled1820 clapboarded1835 board-built1837 pebble-dashed1839 puncheoned1843 timber-framed1843 betimbered1847 pile-built1851 massy1855 bamboo-walled1858 portable1860 half-timber1874 stone-faced1874 Red River frame1879 ashlared1881 granolithic1881 brick-end1883 converted1888 steel frame1898 board-and-bat1902 traviated1902 steel-framed1906 prefabricated1921 prefab1937 multiwall1940 pre-engineered1955 curtain-walled1959 pre-fabbed1959 timber-frame1967 system-built1968 flat-pack1982 1858 W. Ellis Three Visits Madagascar iv. 108 Low cane or bamboo-walled cottages. C2. bamboo-coolie n. one that carries loads suspended on bamboos. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > other manual or industrial workers > [noun] > porter > types of wine-porter1580 street porter1606 tackle-house porter1606 tackle-porter1607 sealed porter1631 ticket-porter1646 tub-woman1660 keep-door1682 Suisse1763 bamboo-coolie1800 hop-porter1812 plyer1826 night porter1841 fellowship1864 hall-porter1883 mobber1892 redcap1903 badgeman1904 bummaree1954 1800 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1837) I. 79 Carriage for the tents [will not be required] excepting a few bamboo coolies. bamboo curtain n. [after iron curtain n.; compare chick n.²] a political and economic ‘curtain’ or barrier between territories under the control of the Communist régime in China and non-Communist countries; also transferred. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > [noun] > one who or that which hinders > a hindrance, impediment, or obstacle > to spiritual or social union or intercourse > specific iron curtain1877 bamboo curtain1949 Zion Curtain1969 1949 Time 14 Mar. 55 The Communist bosses of Peiping dropped a bamboo curtain, cutting off Peiping from the world. 1955 Sc. Jrnl. Theol. 8 422 ‘One Body in Christ’ is written by a man who stands on the Reformed side of the theological bamboo curtain. 1957 Listener 6 June 903/2 We can't keep 400,000,000 people behind an economic bamboo curtain for ever. bamboo fern n. a fern, Coniogramme japonica, native to Japan. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > ferns > [noun] > other ferns mountain parsley1578 female fern1597 rock parsley1597 spleenwort1597 marsh fern1686 prickly fern1764 parsley fern1777 sensitive fern1780 lady fern1783 stone-brake1796 mountain fern1800 rock brake1802 walking leaf1811 todea1813 shield-fern1814 Woodsia1815 mangemange1817 cinnamon fern1818 climbing fern1818 bladder-fern1828 king fern1829 filmy fern1830 ostrich fern1833 New York fern1843 mokimoki1844 rhizocarp1852 film-fern1855 nardoo1860 gymnogram1861 holly-fern1861 limestone-polypody1861 elk-horn1865 Gleichenia1865 lizard's herb1866 cliff brake1867 kidney fern1867 Christmas fern1873 Prince of Wales feathers1873 Christmas shield fern1878 buckler-fern1882 crape-fern1882 stag-horn1882 ladder fern1884 oleander fern1884 stag fern1884 resam1889 lip-fern1890 coral-fern1898 bamboo fern1930 pteroid1949 fern-gale- 1930 L. H. Bailey & E. Z. Bailey Hortus 170/2 Coniogramme..japonica (Gymnogramma japonica). Bamboo-Fern..Japan, Formosa. bamboo-fish n. South African the sea-fish Sarpa salpa (family Sparidæ); also called (striped) karanteen n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > family Sparidae (sea-breams) > [noun] > sarpa salpa (striped karanteen) karanteen1905 bamboo-fish1913 stink-fish1913 strepie1913 stripey1964 1913 W. W. Thompson Sea Fisheries Cape Colony ii. 61 The pretty little bamboo-fish of the Cape is also known as stink-fish, and is the mooi nooitje of Hermanus and Struys Bay, the streepje of the Knysna and the silver karanteen of Natal. 1930 C. L. Biden Sea-angling Fishes of Cape 62 Mackerel, mullet, sardine, and bamboo-fish (Natal karanteen) are the best lures. bamboo-grass n. bamboo, or a grass that resembles it. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > non-British grasses > [noun] > tropical > bamboo and allies cane1398 Indian cane1578 bamboo1598 mambu1598 cane-brake1770 cane grass1827 switch cane1845 metake1896 bamboo-grass1909 1909 Cent. Dict. Suppl. Bamboo-grass. 1920 Blackwood's Mag. June 822/1 Coarse bamboo-grass began to fringe the banks. bamboo joint n. an internode of bamboo (with its nodes) cut and fashioned into a vessel for carrying water, cooking rice, etc. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > vessel > [noun] > vessels of other specific materials hornc1000 marblec1300 stonea1450 bamboo joint1924 1924 M. L. Milne Home of Eastern Clan iii. 47 Water is carried in large bamboo joints. These are pierced near the top, a string is passed through the holes, and the joints are hung on one end of a pole, which rests on the shoulders. bamboo palm n. (see quot. 1891). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > palm trees > [noun] > raffia palms pardon-tree1705 rofia1729 raphia palm1830 jupati1856 bamboo palm1866 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > yielding intoxicating drink > [noun] > palm-wine plants toddy tree1630 sagwire1681 wine-palm1681 pardon-tree1705 tomboa1712 eta palm1769 nipa1779 toddy palm1810 itaa1832 jaggery palm1859 ki1860 bamboo palm1866 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 960/1 R[aphia] vinifera, the Bamboo Palm... The Africans..make very pliable cloth and neat baskets of the undeveloped leaves. 1891 Bull. Misc. Information (Royal Gardens, Kew) Jan. 3 The ‘Bamboo’ palm, or Raphia vinifera, is perhaps the commonest tree in the swamps [of Lagos]. bamboo partridge n. of North China, Bambusicola thoracica. bamboo rat n. a rodent belonging to the genus Rhizomys, found in Malacca. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Rodentia or rodent > superfamily Myomorpha (mouse, rat, vole, or hamster) > [noun] > family Muridae > other types of mouse or rat rock rat1781 Otomys1834 rabbit rat1837 deer-mouse1840 bamboo rat1881 muskrat1884 sigmodont1884 grasshopper mouse1888 veld rat1905 striped mouse1932 Sprague-Dawley1951 1881 Cassell's Encycl. Dict. I. ii Bamboo-rat, a rodent mammal belonging to Gray's genus Rhizomys. 1914 Brit. Mus.: Return 135 in Parl. Papers (H.C. 186) LXXI. 193 An Ashy Bamboo Rat (Rhizomys canescens) from the Shan States. bamboo shoot n. a young, edible shoot of the bamboo. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > vegetables > leaf vegetables > [noun] > bamboo shoot bamboo shoot1889 the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > non-British grasses > [noun] > tropical > bamboo and allies > shoot of bamboo shoot1889 1889 R. Kipling From Sea to Sea (1899) I. xi. 303 After the bamboo-shoots came..white beans in sweet sauce. 1940 A. L. Simon Conc. Encycl. Gastron. II. 55/2 1 small tin bamboo shoots. bamboo ware n. (see b above). Draft additions September 2013 bamboo English n. depreciative a term applied to any of various English-based pidgins originating in Southeast Asia. ΚΠ 1924 Washington Post 30 Dec. 4/3 The clearing-out of American school teachers..is rapidly reducing the tongue taught in the provinces to ‘bamboo English’. 1968 W. J. Samarin in J. A. Fishman Readings Sociol. of Lang. 671 The ease with which Korean Bamboo English developed leads one to imagine the inevitability of pidgins in the world. 1988 Amer. Speech 63 144 Todd uses examples from Norman's articles to describe Bamboo English. 2006 C. R. Yano Crowning Nice Girl 253 These mostly English-language songs, typically written and originally performed by GIs stationed in Japan, employed..sprinklings of what was dubbed ‘Bamboo English’. Draft additions September 2013 bamboo forest n. ΚΠ 1828 H. Havelock Mem. Three Campaigns i. 64 Amidst the bamboo forests of Ava. 1937 Discovery Apr. 99/2 The bamboo forests north of Lake Tanganyika. 1992 Cambr. Encycl. Human Evol. (1994) ii. viii. 77/2 There are no horizontal branches available to species such as the gentle lemurs..living in bamboo forests, and they must be able to leap between vertical supports. 2012 Indian Express (Nexis) 24 June Hidden by a towering bamboo forest and creepers..lies the village of Haoreibi Mayai Leikai. Draft additions September 2013 bamboo tube ΚΠ 1736 R. Brookes tr. J.-B. Du Halde et al. Gen. Hist. China IV. 28 Let him take a Bamboo Tube between his Teeth, and he will find a great quantity of Phlegm come away from his Mouth in an instant. 1853 Southern Literary Messenger Dec. 750/2 The fires in the furnaces were made to burn briskly by blowing through a bamboo tube. 1898 Jrnl. Chem. Soc. 74 i. 284 Paracurara..is imported in bamboo tubes. 1994 Guardian 26 July ii. 6/3 Playing the valiha, a long bamboo tube strung with shark fishing wire that sounds like an aggressive harpsichord. 2004 D. Dalton Rough Guide Philippines 294 The Hanunuo,..use an ancient indigenous script consisting of 48 characters, which they carve onto bamboo tubes. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online March 2022). bamboov. Etymology: < bamboo n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: bamˈboo. 1. transitive. To beat or ‘cane’ with a bamboo. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > administer corporal punishment [verb (transitive)] > with cane, birch, or switch yerda1225 baleys1377 whisk1530 jerk1550 wanda1585 switch?1611 canea1667 bamboo1816 birch1830 1816 ‘Quiz’ Grand Master viii. 213 Or else they wou'd Get most confoundedly bamboo'd. a1845 Syd. Smith quoted in Non-conf. V. 266 Wellington bamboos his followers, and Peel bamboozles them. 2. transitive. To furnish with bamboo or bamboo laths. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > building or providing with specific parts > build or provide with specific parts [verb (transitive)] > roof > provide with bamboo (laths) bamboo1925 1925 Blackwood's Mag. Apr. 537/2 The roof was bambooed and ready to be thatched. Derivatives bamˈbooing n. ΚΠ 1818 J. McLeod Narr. Voy. Alceste (1820) ii. 42 One [Chinese] pickpocket..received a very severe bambooing. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.1598v.1816
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