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单词 paddock-pipe
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paddock-pipen.

Brit. /ˈpadəkpʌɪp/, U.S. /ˈpædəkˌpaɪp/, Scottish English /ˈpadəkpʌip/
Forms:

α. See paddock n.1 and pipe n.1

β. Scottish 1900s– paddock's pipe.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: paddock n.1, pipe n.1
Etymology: < paddock n.1 + pipe n.1 In β. forms < the genitive of paddock n.1 + pipe n.1
Now Scottish and English regional (northern).
With singular or plural agreement. Either of two kinds of plant with a cylindrical, often hollow stem, growing especially in wet or marshy places, a horsetail (genus Equisetum, esp. E. fluviatile and E. palustre), and a mare's tail, Hippuris vulgaris.
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the world > plants > particular plants > ferns > [noun] > horse-tail and allies
padpipe?a1300
paddock-pipec1300
holy-water strinklec1440
shavegrassc1450
shavewortc1450
horsetail1538
shaving-grass1538
cat's tail1552
toad-pipe1578
pewterwort1597
horse-willow1611
prêle1661
shave-weed1691
water horsetail1710
horse-pipe1785
rush1804
shave-rush1821
equisetum1830
pipeweed1837
scouring rush1845
mud horsetail1855
jointweed1879
bottlebrush1883
the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > aquatic, marsh, and sea-shore plants > [noun] > mare's tail
padpipe?a1300
paddock-pipec1300
mare's tail?a1425
female horsetail1597
paddo-pipe1650
c1300 in T. Hunt Plant Names Medieval Eng. (1989) 74 [Cauda Pulli] padokpipe.
a1646 D. Wedderburn Vocabula (1685) 18 Equisetum, a paddock-pipe.
1777 J. Lightfoot Flora Scotica II. 648 [Equisetum palustre] Marsh Horse-tail. Anglis. Paddock-pipe. Scotis.
1794 W. Hutchinson Hist. Cumberland I. App. 39 Hippuris vulgaris.—In old Eden, in the parish of Aldingham; and at Low-Gelt-bridge.., Paddock-Pipe in Cumberland.
1824 Wernerian Soc. Mem. 5 428 It also contains in abundance the roots of paddock-pipes (the Equisetum).
1876 J. Nicholson Kilwuddie (ed. 3) 123 I'll pu' the puddock pipe, An' fresh young ferns.
1940 R. Gibbings Sweet Thames run Softly ix. 64 In the north of England, and in certain parts of Scotland, they are known as paddock-pipes or paddie-pipes.
1996 R. Mabey Flora Britannica 451/1 Equisetum fluviatile has been called paddock's pipes in the north-east and faerie's spindles in Shetland.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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