out at elbowsadv.adj.

Brit.

/ˌaʊtətˈɛlbəʊz/, U.S.

/ˌaʊdətˈɛlˌboʊz/

Forms: 1600s 1800s– out at elbow, 1600s– out at elbows.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: out adv., at prep., elbow n.

Etymology: < out adv. + at prep. + the plural of elbow n.

A. adv.

With one's coat worn out at the elbows; in bad condition.

ΚΠ

a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) ii. i. 58 He cannot [speak] Sir: he's out at Elbow .

1674 S. Vincent Young Gallant's Acad. 8 Those silly and ridiculous Fashions, which the Old dunstical world wore, even out at Elbows.

1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker I. 95 Sir Ulic Mackilligut..is said to be much out at elbows.

1825 M. M. Sherwood Lady of Manor (ed. 2) I. vi. 238 He was himself just now so terribly out at elbows, that he could not command a hundred pounds.

1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia II. viii. iv. 318 Several things known to be out at elbows in that Country.

1925 Amer. Mercury Mar. 339/1 It is obvious enough that Central Park is a bit out at elbow.

1992 A. Thorpe Ulverton iv. 93 You being out at elbows..means that you have lost your position.

B. adj. (attributive).

1. Having holes in the elbows of one's clothes; impoverished, seedy.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > poverty > [adjective] > poor > reduced to poverty

broken-fortuned1362

depauperatea1464

peeled?a1513

extenuate1533

withered1561

penured1570

low-ebbed1595

ruined1596

shredded1596

broken1597

beggared1609

impoverisheda1631

necessitated1646

pinched1672

crazy1700

reduced1715

straitened1716

crazed1732

poverty-struck?1750

poverty-stricken?1786

pauperized1807

poverty-smitten1819

distressed1844

out at elbows1885

poverished1900

wiped1977

1885 Times 28 May There is an out-at-elbows look about some quarters of Dublin.

1898 Argosy Oct. 481 Ten years more of this life is an likely as not to make an out at elbows adventuress of her.

1914 E. A. Powell End of Trail viii. 230 The flotsam and jetsam of all the earth:..unsuccessful merchants, out-at-elbows professional men, men of uneasy conscience, [etc.].

1992 B. Unsworth Sacred Hunger xxxiv. 366 Five guineas more obtained the services of two silent, out-at-elbow ruffians and a covered litter.

2. Of (the forelegs of) a dog: having the elbows pointing out to the sides of the body.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > dog > [adjective] > having specific type parts > having specific type legs

cow-hocked1827

tucked up1845

out at elbows1922

1922 F. T. Barton How to choose Dog 155 The elbows turn outwards from the chest wall, so plainly seen in the Bulldog, but in other dogs to be out at elbows is a serious fault.

1943 H. N. Beilby Staffordshire Bull Terrier vii. 34 A dog that is out of condition..is just as unsound as one which is out-at-elbow due to incorrect placement of the shoulder-blades.

1975 T. Gray Beagle (ed. 3) 196 Out at Elbow. Elbows turned away from the chest, uneven in appearance, loose.

1994 Dog World June 51/1 Chippendale front: Named after the Chippendale chair. Forelegs out at elbows, pasterns close and feet turned out.

Derivatives

out-at-ˈelbowed adj. rare

ΚΠ

1841 W. M. Thackeray Second Funeral Napoleon i Seedy out-at-elbowed coats.

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

单词	out at elbows
释义	out at elbowsadv.adj. Brit. /ˌaʊtətˈɛlbəʊz/, U.S. /ˌaʊdətˈɛlˌboʊz/ Forms: 1600s 1800s– out at elbow, 1600s– out at elbows. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: out adv., at prep., elbow n. Etymology: < out adv. + at prep. + the plural of elbow n. A. adv. With one's coat worn out at the elbows; in bad condition. ΚΠ a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) ii. i. 58 He cannot [speak] Sir: he's out at Elbow . View more context for this quotation 1674 S. Vincent Young Gallant's Acad. 8 Those silly and ridiculous Fashions, which the Old dunstical world wore, even out at Elbows. 1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker I. 95 Sir Ulic Mackilligut..is said to be much out at elbows. 1825 M. M. Sherwood Lady of Manor (ed. 2) I. vi. 238 He was himself just now so terribly out at elbows, that he could not command a hundred pounds. 1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia II. viii. iv. 318 Several things known to be out at elbows in that Country. 1925 Amer. Mercury Mar. 339/1 It is obvious enough that Central Park is a bit out at elbow. 1992 A. Thorpe Ulverton iv. 93 You being out at elbows..means that you have lost your position. B. adj. (attributive). 1. Having holes in the elbows of one's clothes; impoverished, seedy. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > poverty > [adjective] > poor > reduced to poverty broken-fortuned1362 depauperatea1464 peeled?a1513 extenuate1533 withered1561 penured1570 low-ebbed1595 ruined1596 shredded1596 broken1597 beggared1609 impoverisheda1631 necessitated1646 pinched1672 crazy1700 reduced1715 straitened1716 crazed1732 poverty-struck?1750 poverty-stricken?1786 pauperized1807 poverty-smitten1819 distressed1844 out at elbows1885 poverished1900 wiped1977 1885 Times 28 May There is an out-at-elbows look about some quarters of Dublin. 1898 Argosy Oct. 481 Ten years more of this life is an likely as not to make an out at elbows adventuress of her. 1914 E. A. Powell End of Trail viii. 230 The flotsam and jetsam of all the earth:..unsuccessful merchants, out-at-elbows professional men, men of uneasy conscience, [etc.]. 1992 B. Unsworth Sacred Hunger xxxiv. 366 Five guineas more obtained the services of two silent, out-at-elbow ruffians and a covered litter. 2. Of (the forelegs of) a dog: having the elbows pointing out to the sides of the body. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > dog > [adjective] > having specific type parts > having specific type legs cow-hocked1827 tucked up1845 out at elbows1922 1922 F. T. Barton How to choose Dog 155 The elbows turn outwards from the chest wall, so plainly seen in the Bulldog, but in other dogs to be out at elbows is a serious fault. 1943 H. N. Beilby Staffordshire Bull Terrier vii. 34 A dog that is out of condition..is just as unsound as one which is out-at-elbow due to incorrect placement of the shoulder-blades. 1975 T. Gray Beagle (ed. 3) 196 Out at Elbow. Elbows turned away from the chest, uneven in appearance, loose. 1994 Dog World June 51/1 Chippendale front: Named after the Chippendale chair. Forelegs out at elbows, pasterns close and feet turned out. Derivatives out-at-ˈelbowed adj. rare ΚΠ 1841 W. M. Thackeray Second Funeral Napoleon i Seedy out-at-elbowed coats. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.adj.a1616
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