单词 | outroom |
释义 | outroomn. An outlying or adjoining room; an outbuilding or outhouse. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > outhouse(s) > [noun] little houseOE outhouse1301 housingc1384 house of officec1405 officesa1422 easement?a1425 shed1457 outhousing1583 outbuilding1600 outroom1602 outoffice1630 office-house1632 out-hut1856 shedding1883 nushnik1945 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > room > types of room by situation > [noun] > outlying room outchamberc1475 by-room1598 outroom1602 by-chamber1853 1602 B. Jonson Poetaster ii. i. sig. C2v Lay them..in some out Roome, or corner of the dining Chamber. View more context for this quotation 1642 T. Fuller Holy State ii. vii. 74 If our Artist lodgeth her in the out-rooms of his soul for a night or two. 1668 J. Dryden Sr Martin Mar-all iii. 31 In an out-room upon a Trunk. 1716 J. Perry State of Russia 67 They usually make also an Out-Room or Shed at the Entrance of these Caves to break off the Cold, to chop Wood in, and lay things out of the way. 1739 P. Aubin Count de Vinevil v. 25 He had decked his little Cell as well as he could, having in one Corner of the Out-Room laid a Bed of Rushes for the Boy and him to lye on. 1825 S. T. Coleridge Let. 15 Apr. (1971) V. 427 The rubbish of the fallen out-rooms have buttressed the walls of those that remain. 1865 A. D. Whitney Gayworthys ii. 21 Gersham..ran up and down the out-room staircase. 1929 J. de F. Shelton Salt-box House xii. 88 The floors were..sprinkled with white sea sand, that on the ‘out-rooms’ being swept lightly in fanciful patterns by brooms. 1955 Buchan Observer 20 Sept. in Sc. National Dict. VI. 514/1 A well built stone and lime dwelling..with a single independent room attached (called the ‘oot-room’). 1971 Islander (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 22 Aug. 5/2 He has a basement and an outroom full of bottles waiting to receive attention. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1602 |
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