party walln.

Brit.

/ˌpɑːtɪ ˈwɔːl/, U.S.

/ˈpɑrdi ˌwɔl/,

/ˈpɑrdi ˌwɑl/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: party adj., wall n.¹

Etymology: < party adj. + wall n.¹

A shared wall between two separately owned buildings or pieces of land. Also figurative.Until 1926 the primary meaning was ‘a wall of which the two adjoining owners are tenants in common’. Since the 1925 Law of Property Act, a party wall has had been regarded in British law as a wall divided longitudinally into two halves, each half belonging to one of the adjoining owners, but over which both owners have shared rights and duties in regard to maintenance, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > condition or fact of being interjacent > [noun] > that which is interjacent > and separates two things > a partition > structure separating buildings or land

party arch1666

party fence-wall1666

party structure1666

party wall1674

1674 T. Blount Glossographia (ed. 4) Toothing, the working in of Bricks in a party-wall.

?1677 S. Primatt City & Covntry Purchaser & Builder 93 The Builder is to receive of his next Neighbor, if they have the benefit of all his Party-walls and Peer-stones, sixty five pounds and ten~pence.

1742 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 42 29 As a man shut up in one room, will hear and understand what is said in another, notwithstanding the interposition of a party-wall.

1792 N.-Y. Directory 192 If built of brick or stone with party walls carried 12 inches above the roofs, [etc.].

1809 M. G. Lewis Venoni ii. 50 It was from the Abbess of the Ursulines, whose chapel is only separated from ours by a party-wall.

1855 Act 18 & 19 Victoria c. 122 §3 ‘Party wall’ shall apply to every wall used or built in order to be used as a separation of any building from any other building, with a view to the same being occupied by different persons.

1870 J. H. Newman Ess. Gram. Assent i. v. 95 Not as if there were in fact, or could be, any line of demarcation or party-wall between these modes of assent.

1907 Daily Mail 18 Jan. 6/6 England acts in Siam only as the attorney of India. She never settles with us anything but party-wall questions.

1957 R. Hoggart Uses of Literacy (1958) ii. 34 They may be able to ‘hear everything going on’ through the thin party-wall.

2001 Pract. Householder Aug. 28/2 Impact noise can be transmitted through party walls in lots of ways.

Derivatives

ˈparty-walled adj. having a party wall.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > condition or fact of being interjacent > [adjective] > of the nature of a partition or dividing > having (a) partition(s) > specific

party-walled1679

1679 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. ix. 151 Our Party-walled Houses in London.

1885–9 J. Ruskin Præterita (1949) i. x. 163 That the head of the Firm should live in the half of a party-walled house, beyond the suburb of Camberwell, was a degradation and disgrace to everybody connected with the business!

1959 Antiquity 33 27 Gloomy little bungalows, thin-walled, party-walled, one-roomed, barely furnished.

2002 New Straits Times (Malaysia) (Nexis) 10 Aug. 14 Our reformed architects fast-tracked thousands of party-walled units from Alor Setar to Johor Baru.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	party wall
释义	party walln. Brit. /ˌpɑːtɪ ˈwɔːl/, U.S. /ˈpɑrdi ˌwɔl/, /ˈpɑrdi ˌwɑl/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: party adj., wall n.¹ Etymology: < party adj. + wall n.¹ A shared wall between two separately owned buildings or pieces of land. Also figurative.Until 1926 the primary meaning was ‘a wall of which the two adjoining owners are tenants in common’. Since the 1925 Law of Property Act, a party wall has had been regarded in British law as a wall divided longitudinally into two halves, each half belonging to one of the adjoining owners, but over which both owners have shared rights and duties in regard to maintenance, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition or fact of being interjacent > [noun] > that which is interjacent > and separates two things > a partition > structure separating buildings or land party arch1666 party fence-wall1666 party structure1666 party wall1674 1674 T. Blount Glossographia (ed. 4) Toothing, the working in of Bricks in a party-wall. ?1677 S. Primatt City & Covntry Purchaser & Builder 93 The Builder is to receive of his next Neighbor, if they have the benefit of all his Party-walls and Peer-stones, sixty five pounds and ten~pence. 1742 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 42 29 As a man shut up in one room, will hear and understand what is said in another, notwithstanding the interposition of a party-wall. 1792 N.-Y. Directory 192 If built of brick or stone with party walls carried 12 inches above the roofs, [etc.]. 1809 M. G. Lewis Venoni ii. 50 It was from the Abbess of the Ursulines, whose chapel is only separated from ours by a party-wall. 1855 Act 18 & 19 Victoria c. 122 §3 ‘Party wall’ shall apply to every wall used or built in order to be used as a separation of any building from any other building, with a view to the same being occupied by different persons. 1870 J. H. Newman Ess. Gram. Assent i. v. 95 Not as if there were in fact, or could be, any line of demarcation or party-wall between these modes of assent. 1907 Daily Mail 18 Jan. 6/6 England acts in Siam only as the attorney of India. She never settles with us anything but party-wall questions. 1957 R. Hoggart Uses of Literacy (1958) ii. 34 They may be able to ‘hear everything going on’ through the thin party-wall. 2001 Pract. Householder Aug. 28/2 Impact noise can be transmitted through party walls in lots of ways. Derivatives ˈparty-walled adj. having a party wall. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition or fact of being interjacent > [adjective] > of the nature of a partition or dividing > having (a) partition(s) > specific party-walled1679 1679 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. ix. 151 Our Party-walled Houses in London. 1885–9 J. Ruskin Præterita (1949) i. x. 163 That the head of the Firm should live in the half of a party-walled house, beyond the suburb of Camberwell, was a degradation and disgrace to everybody connected with the business! 1959 Antiquity 33 27 Gloomy little bungalows, thin-walled, party-walled, one-roomed, barely furnished. 2002 New Straits Times (Malaysia) (Nexis) 10 Aug. 14 Our reformed architects fast-tracked thousands of party-walled units from Alor Setar to Johor Baru. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1674
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