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单词 ablaqueate
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ablaqueatev.

Brit. /aˈblakwɪeɪt/, U.S. /æˈblækwiˌeɪt/
Forms: late Middle English ablaqueat (past participle), late Middle English ablaqueate (past participle), late Middle English ablaquyate, 1600s– ablaqueate.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin ablaqueāt-, ablaqueāre.
Etymology: < classical Latin ablaqueāt-, past participial stem (see -ate suffix3) of ablaqueāre to loosen and weed the soil at the roots of (trees) < ab- ab- prefix + laqueāre to entangle (see laqueat adj.).In Middle English past participial forms in -at, -ate after the Latin past participle.
Horticulture. Now historical and rare.
transitive. To loosen or remove the soil round the roots of (a tree, vine, etc.) so as to expose them to the sun and rain.
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the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > [verb (transitive)] > remove soil from roots
ablaqueate?1440
tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Duke Humfrey) (1896) iv. 91 (MED) Ablaquyate hem [L. ablaqueabitur] depe & make hem bare.
1677 E. Coles Eng. Dict. (new ed.) Ablaqueate, to uncover the roots of Trees.
1693 J. Evelyn tr. J. de La Quintinie Dict. in Compl. Gard'ner sig. Aiv To Bare the Roots of trees, or to Ablaqueate, is to dig away the Earth about them..to refresh them.
1745 tr. L. J. M. Columella Of Husbandry iv. iv A vine that is laid down flat..is afterwards liable to be wounded when it is ablaqueated.
1763 J. Mills New Syst. Pract. Husbandry IV. 339 The vines should be thus ablaqueated every winter, for the first five years.
1860 Horticulturalist 15 440 In olden times.., the operation of ablaqueating the vines was resorted to, which we find described in all the ancient works on agriculture.
1943 Agric. Hist. 17 69 When the vines were ablaquaeted [sic], each excavated area then served as a catch basin for the comparatively small drainage space above it.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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