单词 | pattle-tree |
释义 | pattle-treen. Scottish (Orkney and Shetland). 1. The shaft or handle of a pattle; (also) the pattle itself. Sc. National Dict. at pattle n. records this sense as still in use in Orkney and Shetland in 1965. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > tools and implements > ploughing equipment > [noun] > plough-staff > part of spud1613 pattle-tree1814 pattle shaft1871 1814 J. Shirreff Gen. View Agric. Orkney v. 52 The plough generally used is thus described..P, the pattle or pettle-tree; Q, a staple of iron for placing the end of pattle-tree into, [etc.]. 1868 D. Gorrie Summers & Winters in Orkneys (1871) viii. 298 Using a pattle-tree to clear away clods. 1911 J. Omond Orkney 80 Years Ago 19/2 There was a pattel tree stuck into a hole in the block, which served either as an extra stilt or was used to strike the horses. 1988 G. Lamb Orkney Wordbk. Pattle,..a small long handled spade for cleaning a plough (also known as a pattle-tree). 2. Shetland. A notched wooden stick for removing a hook from the throat of a fish. rare. ΚΠ 1912 J. Jakobsen Etymol. Ordbog Norrøne Sprog Shetland Patl-tree, pattel-tree [cylindrical piece of wood with a notch in the lower end which is put into the mouth of a fish in order to extract the hook when it has been swallowed too far down]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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