| 单词 | moss-room |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmoss-room moss-room n. Scottish and English regional (northern) (now historical) any of the plots of land (usually long and narrow) on a peatbog allotted to tenants of the area for the purpose of digging their own peats. ΚΠ 1525 Wigtown Burgh Court Rec. f. 161 v Anent ane mois rowme of the Kyngis mois. 1579 in Lancs. & Cheshire Wills (1861) (Chetham Soc.) 94 I geve to my wieff sufficient turbarie uppon my mosse rowme at Shadowe Mosse. 1611 in C. S. Davies Hist. Macclesfield (1961) ii. 99 New Moss Rooms as They Lie Together. 1726 Ayr Presbytery Reg. MS 20 July 276 Mr Thomas Hunter gave in a petition to the presbytry craving they would please to appoint a Commitee for designing a mosse-room for peats to him & his successors according to Law. 1810 W. Marshall Rev. Rep. to Board Agric. from Western Dept. Eng. 111 Each farm, where there was a peatmoss in the township, had its moss-room allotted to it. 1886 R. Holland Gloss. Words County of Chester II. 231 Each person was restricted to width, but might work towards the centre of the moss as far as he liked; consequently the Moss-rooms in time became long, narrow strips. < as lemmas |
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