ossaturen.

Brit.

/ˈɒsətjʊə/,

/ˈɒsətʃə/, U.S.

/ˈɑsəˌtʃʊ(ə)r/,

/ˈɑsətʃər/

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French ossature.

Etymology: < French ossature (1801 in sense 1; 1803 in sense 2) < classical Latin oss- , os bone (see os n.¹) + French -ature -ature suffix, probably after musculature musculature n. Compare much earlier Italian ossatura skeleton (a1529; 1550 in figurative use).

Now rare.

1. Something resembling a skeleton; a framework or underlying structure. Also: a skeleton; the bones of the skeleton collectively (rare).

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > skeleton > [noun] > disposition of bones of

ossature1834

1834 Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 4 82 Lofty mountains..so far from being, as they have been termed, the frame-work, the skeleton, the ossature of the earth, which binds, strengthens, and sustains it.

1885 Truth 28 May 851/2 Frenchmen cannot bear to see her because her ossature is so mannish.

1930 D. B. W. Lewis Satire & Fiction 53 The ossature is my favourite part of a living animal organism, not its intestines.

1947 Philos. & Phenomenol. Res. 8 22 The kernel of Aristotle's teaching remained undisclosed..; the bases of his logical investigations did not attract attention, only the external ossature of his classification.

1995 Artforum Internat. 33 1 Whether in John's gauzy, masklike lamination, loosened from an ossature,..or in Telma's too-dense, too-defined stony substantiality, the bits add up not so much to a face but a heavily impregnated, heavily invested screen.

2. Architecture. The skeleton or framework that supports a structure, as the ribs of a vault, the beams of a roof, or the frame of a window.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > support > [noun] > that which supports > supporting framework

cradle1379

cratch1382

frame1388

brandreth1483

scaffold?1523

crate1526

bone1542

framework1578

anatomy1591

scaffoldage1609

brake1623

truss1654

skeletona1658

carcass1663

box frame1693

crib1693

scaffolding1789

staddlea1800

gantry1810

cradling1823

potence1832

ossaturea1878

tower1970

a1878 G. G. Scott Lect. Mediæval Archit. (1879) I. 64 The vaults govern the ossature of the monument.

a1878 G. G. Scott Lect. Mediæval Archit. (1879) I. 70 I then treated only the mechanical framework of the style—its mere ossature, to use M. Viollet le Duc's expression.

1911 L. Hourticq France 99 To decorate this somewhat puny ossature and drape this nudity, architects added a quantity of ornamental amenities.

1999 J. S. Curl Dict. Archit. (at cited word) Ossature. Skeleton of a building, such as a frame or the ribs of a ‘vault’.

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

单词	ossature
释义	ossaturen. Brit. /ˈɒsətjʊə/, /ˈɒsətʃə/, U.S. /ˈɑsəˌtʃʊ(ə)r/, /ˈɑsətʃər/ Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French ossature. Etymology: < French ossature (1801 in sense 1; 1803 in sense 2) < classical Latin oss- , os bone (see os n.¹) + French -ature -ature suffix, probably after musculature musculature n. Compare much earlier Italian ossatura skeleton (a1529; 1550 in figurative use). Now rare. 1. Something resembling a skeleton; a framework or underlying structure. Also: a skeleton; the bones of the skeleton collectively (rare). ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > skeleton > [noun] > disposition of bones of ossature1834 1834 Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 4 82 Lofty mountains..so far from being, as they have been termed, the frame-work, the skeleton, the ossature of the earth, which binds, strengthens, and sustains it. 1885 Truth 28 May 851/2 Frenchmen cannot bear to see her because her ossature is so mannish. 1930 D. B. W. Lewis Satire & Fiction 53 The ossature is my favourite part of a living animal organism, not its intestines. 1947 Philos. & Phenomenol. Res. 8 22 The kernel of Aristotle's teaching remained undisclosed..; the bases of his logical investigations did not attract attention, only the external ossature of his classification. 1995 Artforum Internat. 33 1 Whether in John's gauzy, masklike lamination, loosened from an ossature,..or in Telma's too-dense, too-defined stony substantiality, the bits add up not so much to a face but a heavily impregnated, heavily invested screen. 2. Architecture. The skeleton or framework that supports a structure, as the ribs of a vault, the beams of a roof, or the frame of a window. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > support > [noun] > that which supports > supporting framework cradle1379 cratch1382 frame1388 brandreth1483 scaffold?1523 crate1526 bone1542 framework1578 anatomy1591 scaffoldage1609 brake1623 truss1654 skeletona1658 carcass1663 box frame1693 crib1693 scaffolding1789 staddlea1800 gantry1810 cradling1823 potence1832 ossaturea1878 tower1970 a1878 G. G. Scott Lect. Mediæval Archit. (1879) I. 64 The vaults govern the ossature of the monument. a1878 G. G. Scott Lect. Mediæval Archit. (1879) I. 70 I then treated only the mechanical framework of the style—its mere ossature, to use M. Viollet le Duc's expression. 1911 L. Hourticq France 99 To decorate this somewhat puny ossature and drape this nudity, architects added a quantity of ornamental amenities. 1999 J. S. Curl Dict. Archit. (at cited word) Ossature. Skeleton of a building, such as a frame or the ribs of a ‘vault’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1834
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