open rangen.adj.

(in sense A.)Brit.

/ˌəʊp(ə)n ˈreɪn(d)ʒ/, U.S.

/ˈoʊp(ə)n ˈreɪndʒ/ (in sense B.)Brit.

/ˈəʊp(ə)n ˌreɪn(d)ʒ/, U.S.

/ˈoʊp(ə)n ˈreɪndʒ/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: open adj., range n.¹

Etymology: < open adj. + range n.¹

A. n.

North American. A large tract of grazing land without fences; land of this type.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > land > landscape > fertile land or place > land with vegetation > [noun] > grassland > range

range1640

buffalo-range1775

open range1853

bush-range1879

1853 New & Compl. Gazetteer of U.S.A. 940 The settler..finds..abundant pasturage for his stock in summer, on the open range.

1869 W. C. Watson Mil. & Civil Hist. County of Essex, N.Y. 401 The site [of the mine]..was an open range, and the particular locality a sandy knoll in a pasture.

1890 Stock Grower & Farmer 15 Mar. 6/3 The cow men of the open ranges will make money.

1905 Bull. Bureau of Forestry (Bull. U.S. Dept. Agric., Bureau Forestry, No. 62) 9 The great bulk of the western stockmen are definitely in favor of the Government control of the open range.

1947 Daily Ardmoreite (Ardmore, Okla.) 27 July 7/4 This was open range with no fencing the first time he came to this Indian Territory.

1993 Outdoor Canada Mar. 8/3 The ubiquitous ruffed grouse is a prize for gourmet cooks everywhere. From coast to coast, its home territory is edge cover, where open range and timber meet.

2000 U.S. News & World Rep. 20 Mar. 56/2 Other companies and individuals are, like Amazon, guilty of an unscrupulous land grab in the digital equivalent of the open range.

B. adj. Usually in form open-range.

1. North American. Of or relating to an open range.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > land > landscape > fertile land or place > land with vegetation > [adjective] > grassland

swarded1513

turfy1552

swarth1598

laundy1611

swarthy1613

turfed1628

swardy1639

scurfy1712

herbaged1727

lawny1744

turfen1778

greenswarded1797

open range1905

tall-grass1920

1905 Bull. Bureau of Forestry (Bull. U.S. Dept. Agric., Bureau Forestry, No. 62) 52 Under the open-range system the honest and law-abiding cattleman was at a great disadvantage.

1913 W. C. Barnes Grazing Grounds 116 The advent of the barbed wire fence probably did more to improve the condition of the open range stockman than any one thing that has come to him.

1962 W. Stegner Wolf Willow (1963) ii. ii. 45 Last survival of the open-range cattle industry, booby prize in a belated homestead rush, this country saved each stage of the Plains frontier long past its appointed time.

1985 Listener 10 Jan. 8/1 Post-Civil War eastern cities demand for beef encouraged open-range Texas ranchers to drive their herds north to the Kansas railheads.

2. = free range adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Phasianidae (pheasants, etc.) > genus Gallus (domestic fowl) > [adjective] > of eating habits of poultry

stubble-fed1882

open range1958

1958 Spectator 11 July 60/1 Occasionally they [sc. the chickens] have been a little flavourless, probably because these were not open-range birds.

1959 Times Lit. Suppl. 6 Nov. 639/1 After the..novels laid by American and western European novelists in their batteries or deep litter, it is pleasant to discover a Greek novel as tasty as an open range egg.

1996 J. Grenfell-Hill Growing up in Wales 50 We paid a farmer about five bob a year to keep chickens, open-range like, down in his field.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	open range
释义	open rangen.adj. (in sense A.)Brit. /ˌəʊp(ə)n ˈreɪn(d)ʒ/, U.S. /ˈoʊp(ə)n ˈreɪndʒ/ (in sense B.)Brit. /ˈəʊp(ə)n ˌreɪn(d)ʒ/, U.S. /ˈoʊp(ə)n ˈreɪndʒ/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: open adj., range n.¹ Etymology: < open adj. + range n.¹ A. n. North American. A large tract of grazing land without fences; land of this type. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > fertile land or place > land with vegetation > [noun] > grassland > range range1640 buffalo-range1775 open range1853 bush-range1879 1853 New & Compl. Gazetteer of U.S.A. 940 The settler..finds..abundant pasturage for his stock in summer, on the open range. 1869 W. C. Watson Mil. & Civil Hist. County of Essex, N.Y. 401 The site [of the mine]..was an open range, and the particular locality a sandy knoll in a pasture. 1890 Stock Grower & Farmer 15 Mar. 6/3 The cow men of the open ranges will make money. 1905 Bull. Bureau of Forestry (Bull. U.S. Dept. Agric., Bureau Forestry, No. 62) 9 The great bulk of the western stockmen are definitely in favor of the Government control of the open range. 1947 Daily Ardmoreite (Ardmore, Okla.) 27 July 7/4 This was open range with no fencing the first time he came to this Indian Territory. 1993 Outdoor Canada Mar. 8/3 The ubiquitous ruffed grouse is a prize for gourmet cooks everywhere. From coast to coast, its home territory is edge cover, where open range and timber meet. 2000 U.S. News & World Rep. 20 Mar. 56/2 Other companies and individuals are, like Amazon, guilty of an unscrupulous land grab in the digital equivalent of the open range. B. adj. Usually in form open-range. 1. North American. Of or relating to an open range. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > fertile land or place > land with vegetation > [adjective] > grassland swarded1513 turfy1552 swarth1598 laundy1611 swarthy1613 turfed1628 swardy1639 scurfy1712 herbaged1727 lawny1744 turfen1778 greenswarded1797 open range1905 tall-grass1920 1905 Bull. Bureau of Forestry (Bull. U.S. Dept. Agric., Bureau Forestry, No. 62) 52 Under the open-range system the honest and law-abiding cattleman was at a great disadvantage. 1913 W. C. Barnes Grazing Grounds 116 The advent of the barbed wire fence probably did more to improve the condition of the open range stockman than any one thing that has come to him. 1962 W. Stegner Wolf Willow (1963) ii. ii. 45 Last survival of the open-range cattle industry, booby prize in a belated homestead rush, this country saved each stage of the Plains frontier long past its appointed time. 1985 Listener 10 Jan. 8/1 Post-Civil War eastern cities demand for beef encouraged open-range Texas ranchers to drive their herds north to the Kansas railheads. 2. = free range adj. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Phasianidae (pheasants, etc.) > genus Gallus (domestic fowl) > [adjective] > of eating habits of poultry stubble-fed1882 open range1958 1958 Spectator 11 July 60/1 Occasionally they [sc. the chickens] have been a little flavourless, probably because these were not open-range birds. 1959 Times Lit. Suppl. 6 Nov. 639/1 After the..novels laid by American and western European novelists in their batteries or deep litter, it is pleasant to discover a Greek novel as tasty as an open range egg. 1996 J. Grenfell-Hill Growing up in Wales 50 We paid a farmer about five bob a year to keep chickens, open-range like, down in his field. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1853
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