nook-shottenadj.

Brit.

/ˈnʊkˌʃɒtn/, U.S.

/ˈnʊkˌʃɑtn/

Forms: see nook n. and shotten adj.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: nook n., shotten adj.

Etymology: < nook n. + shotten adj.

Now chiefly English regional.

Having many corners, angles, or projections; having an irregular form.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > angularity > [adjective] > running out into angles or corners

nook-shottena1616

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) iii. v. 14 A slobbry and a durtie Farme In that nooke-shotten Ile of Albion.

1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 385/2 Querke, is a nook shoten Pane, or any Pane whose sides and top run out of a square form.

1789 J. Williams Nat. Hist. Mineral Kingdom II. iii. 243 The ‘nook-shotten’ figure of the earth.

a1800 S. Pegge Anecd. Eng. Lang. (1814) 391 Nook-shotten, spoken of a wall in a bevil, and not at right angles with another wall.

1894 Cent. Mag. July 420/1 Those were busy days for the ship off that nook-shotten coast.

1962 D. Walcott In Green Night 20 Albion, too, was once A colony like ours..Nook-shotten, rook o'er blown, deranged By foaming channels.

1985 K. Howarth Sounds Gradely Nook-shotten, four-sided object of which the corners are not at ninety degrees, causing it to be crooked and out of shape.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	nook-shotten
释义	nook-shottenadj. Brit. /ˈnʊkˌʃɒtn/, U.S. /ˈnʊkˌʃɑtn/ Forms: see nook n. and shotten adj. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: nook n., shotten adj. Etymology: < nook n. + shotten adj. Now chiefly English regional. Having many corners, angles, or projections; having an irregular form. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > angularity > [adjective] > running out into angles or corners nook-shottena1616 a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) iii. v. 14 A slobbry and a durtie Farme In that nooke-shotten Ile of Albion. View more context for this quotation 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 385/2 Querke, is a nook shoten Pane, or any Pane whose sides and top run out of a square form. 1789 J. Williams Nat. Hist. Mineral Kingdom II. iii. 243 The ‘nook-shotten’ figure of the earth. a1800 S. Pegge Anecd. Eng. Lang. (1814) 391 Nook-shotten, spoken of a wall in a bevil, and not at right angles with another wall. 1894 Cent. Mag. July 420/1 Those were busy days for the ship off that nook-shotten coast. 1962 D. Walcott In Green Night 20 Albion, too, was once A colony like ours..Nook-shotten, rook o'er blown, deranged By foaming channels. 1985 K. Howarth Sounds Gradely Nook-shotten, four-sided object of which the corners are not at ninety degrees, causing it to be crooked and out of shape. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.a1616
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