back-frontn.

Etymology: back adj. 1, back- comb. form 1b(b).

The rear boundary line or elevation of a building.

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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > [noun] > back

rear front1700

back-frontc1702

backage1887

c1702 C. Fiennes Diary (1888) 293 The back Front goes out into a garden or Court.

1726 G. Leoni tr. L. B. Alberti Architecture I. 39/2 From the middle of the Fore-front of the Work I draw a Line quite thro' to the Back-front.

1738 Defoe's Tour Great Brit. (ed. 2) I. 124 On the Back-Front of the House there is a noble Range of Stoves, for tender Exotic Plants.

1800 Hull Advertiser 28 June 3/4 The workmen employed in modernising the backfront of the house.

1805 T. Thornton Sporting Tour through France (1806) II. 104 A Sporting palace... The back-front is decorated with a profusion of horns of stags, deer.

1907 Westm. Gaz. 29 Nov. 12/1 Downing built ‘four plain square brick mansions’ on it with ‘back-fronts’ to St. James's Park.

in extended use.1790 Loiterer 16 Jan. No. 51. p. 8 The Lady seemed, when I saw only the back-front, a fine young woman.1900 R. Kipling in Times 15 Mar. 8/1 The home Government..maintain intimate relations with all sides, with the front, and the far more important ‘back-front’ which begins at Pretoria.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

> as lemmas

back-front

back-front n.

Brit.

/ˈbakfrʌnt/

U.S.

/ˈbækˌfrənt/

the ground in an etching or engraving.

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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > printmaking > engraving > [noun] > ground

ground1728

back-front1752

1752 tr. E. F. Gersaint Catal. Etchings Rembrandt 59 The Back-front or Ground is generally foul.

extracted from back-comb. form

back-front

6. Architecture. ‘Any side or face of a building, but more commonly used to denote the entrance side’ (Gwilt); occasionally collective in singular, and plural = ‘the four sides’ (of a mansion). Also back-front, rear front n. 2.

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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > [noun] > front or face

front1365

face1591

faciate1648

façade1656

frontsidea1699

frontage1861

1365 in W. H. D. Longstaffe & J. Booth Halmota Prioratus Dunelmensis (1889) 41 Non fecit clausuram tenementi sui de le front.

1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Ezek. xl. 9 He metide..the frount therof in two cubitis.

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 181/1 Frownt, or frunt of a churche, or oþer howsys.

1624 H. Wotton Elements Archit. in Reliquiæ Wottonianæ (1672) 16 And the contrary fault of low distended Fronts, is as unseemly.

1700 Moxon's Mech. Exercises: Bricklayers-wks. 26 A Building, which is 25 Feet, both in the Front and Reer Front.

1772 J. Adams tr. A. de Ulloa Voy. S. Amer. (ed. 3) II. 32 The fronts being of stone.

1803 Gazetteer Scotl. at Dundee The Town-house, an elegant structure, with a handsome front.

1841 W. Spalding Italy & Ital. Islands III. 150 Monastic cloisters with their dark length of front.

1841 W. Spalding Italy & Ital. Islands III. 166 One of the back-fronts of the old palace.

1888 J. W. Burgon Lives Twelve Good Men II. xii. 355 The garden front was most inconveniently embowered..in forest trees.

1893 W. P. Courtney in Academy 13 May 413/1 The fronts of the mansion were decorated with statues by skilled sculptors.

extracted from frontn.adj.

n.c1702

as lemmas

单词	back-front
释义	back-frontn. Etymology: back adj. 1, back- comb. form 1b(b). The rear boundary line or elevation of a building. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > [noun] > back rear front1700 back-frontc1702 backage1887 c1702 C. Fiennes Diary (1888) 293 The back Front goes out into a garden or Court. 1726 G. Leoni tr. L. B. Alberti Architecture I. 39/2 From the middle of the Fore-front of the Work I draw a Line quite thro' to the Back-front. 1738 Defoe's Tour Great Brit. (ed. 2) I. 124 On the Back-Front of the House there is a noble Range of Stoves, for tender Exotic Plants. 1800 Hull Advertiser 28 June 3/4 The workmen employed in modernising the backfront of the house. 1805 T. Thornton Sporting Tour through France (1806) II. 104 A Sporting palace... The back-front is decorated with a profusion of horns of stags, deer. 1907 Westm. Gaz. 29 Nov. 12/1 Downing built ‘four plain square brick mansions’ on it with ‘back-fronts’ to St. James's Park. in extended use.1790 Loiterer 16 Jan. No. 51. p. 8 The Lady seemed, when I saw only the back-front, a fine young woman.1900 R. Kipling in Times 15 Mar. 8/1 The home Government..maintain intimate relations with all sides, with the front, and the far more important ‘back-front’ which begins at Pretoria. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online September 2021). > as lemmas back-front back-front n. Brit. /ˈbakfrʌnt/ , U.S. /ˈbækˌfrənt/ the ground in an etching or engraving. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > printmaking > engraving > [noun] > ground ground1728 back-front1752 1752 tr. E. F. Gersaint Catal. Etchings Rembrandt 59 The Back-front or Ground is generally foul. extracted from back-comb. form back-front 6. Architecture. ‘Any side or face of a building, but more commonly used to denote the entrance side’ (Gwilt); occasionally collective in singular, and plural = ‘the four sides’ (of a mansion). Also back-front, rear front n. 2. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > [noun] > front or face front1365 face1591 faciate1648 façade1656 frontsidea1699 frontage1861 1365 in W. H. D. Longstaffe & J. Booth Halmota Prioratus Dunelmensis (1889) 41 Non fecit clausuram tenementi sui de le front. 1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Ezek. xl. 9 He metide..the frount therof in two cubitis. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 181/1 Frownt, or frunt of a churche, or oþer howsys. 1624 H. Wotton Elements Archit. in Reliquiæ Wottonianæ (1672) 16 And the contrary fault of low distended Fronts, is as unseemly. 1700 Moxon's Mech. Exercises: Bricklayers-wks. 26 A Building, which is 25 Feet, both in the Front and Reer Front. 1772 J. Adams tr. A. de Ulloa Voy. S. Amer. (ed. 3) II. 32 The fronts being of stone. 1803 Gazetteer Scotl. at Dundee The Town-house, an elegant structure, with a handsome front. 1841 W. Spalding Italy & Ital. Islands III. 150 Monastic cloisters with their dark length of front. 1841 W. Spalding Italy & Ital. Islands III. 166 One of the back-fronts of the old palace. 1888 J. W. Burgon Lives Twelve Good Men II. xii. 355 The garden front was most inconveniently embowered..in forest trees. 1893 W. P. Courtney in Academy 13 May 413/1 The fronts of the mansion were decorated with statues by skilled sculptors. extracted from frontn.adj. < n.c1702 as lemmas
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