piecingn.

Brit.

/ˈpiːsɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈpisɪŋ/

Forms: Middle English pecyng, Middle English pesinge, Middle English pesynge, 1500s pecing, 1500s pecinge, 1500s peecynge, 1500s pesing, 1500s– piecing, 1600s peecing, 1600s 1800s pieceing; also Scottish pre-1700 peisyng.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: piece n., -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < piece n. + -ing suffix¹. Compare later piece v.

a. The action of joining pieces together; the action of repairing or patching something; an instance of this. Also: the fact of being patched or repaired. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > industry > manufacturing processes > mending or repairing > [noun] > with a patch

clouting1382

piecing1395

vampeying1416

patching1445

vamping1599

patchwork1712

the world > relative properties > wholeness > completeness > [noun] > completing by joining pieces

piecing1545

1395 in H. T. Riley Memorials London (1868) 540 (MED) [In mending old boots and shoes..clouting and] pecyng, [and] ryvetting.

c1475 (c1399) Mum & Sothsegger (Cambr. Ll.4.14) (1936) iii. 168 (MED) Þei for the pesinge paieth..duble.

1545 R. Ascham Toxophilus ii. f. 14^v Peecynge of a shafte with brasell and holie..is to make y^e ende compasse heauy.

1581–2 in W. Cramond Rec. Elgin (1903) I. 165 For the peisyng of tua pair of schankis to George Grant..xij d.

1656 Disc. Auxiliary Beauty 44 Such patching and piecing of the body, makes far more grosse alterations, & substantiall changes of nature.

a1680 S. Butler Genuine Remains (1759) II. 303 Rhime is like Lace, that serves excellently well to hide the Piecing and Coarsness of a bad Stuff.

1770 P. Luckombe Conc. Hist. Printing 281 Piecing of Rules is often attended with considerable trouble.

1835 A. Ure Philos. Manuf. 312 The pieceing is soon over, as the carriage does not stop an instant at the frame.

1884 Athenæum 1 Nov. 562/3 An infinite piecing of minute facts.

1913 L. T. Hobhouse Devel. & Purpose vii. 106 Calculation is at bottom a putting together, a piecing and re-piecing of the thought-elements so provided.

1990 Quilter's Newslet. Mag. June 40 I developed this method of machine piecing that makes the set-in corners easier to deal with.

b. With adverbs, in piecing-together, piecing-up.

ΚΠ

1564 J. Rastell Confut. Serm. M. Iuell f. 63^v By licentious vnderstanding of the Scriptures, and by cutting, hewing and pecing together of the veritie.

1649 Bp. J. Hall Resol. & Decisions iv. ii. 399 The peecing up of these domestique breaches betwixt husband and wife.

1653 W. Denny Pelecanicidium iii. xi. 257 Which is the nature of love..to inlarge all good offices for the piecing together, or continuing of Amity.

1730 J. Somers True Secret Hist. Lives & Reigns Kings & Queens Eng. (ed. 2) I. 330 So that all hands help'd to the piecing up this New Favourite.

1799 T. Reynolds in A. Antoninus Iter Britanniarum Pref. p. xi Had figures never been invented, we had been eased of a great deal of trouble, that piecing up of distances, and chronologies do now give us.

1836 J. Baillie Match i. iv. 407 The piecing up of all the rags and remnants of that poor garment, my patrimony.

1870 C. Dickens Edwin Drood xvi. 124 Whether his volunteering to tell these two fragments of truth..would not be tantamount to a piecing together of falsehood in the place of truth.

1926 P. Gardner New Chapters in Greek Art ii. 30 The piecing together was done with so little skill and conscientiousness that statues submitted to the process came out quite changed in character.

1996 T. Moore Re-enchantment Everyday Life 84 We..can simply see the journey into home as one that takes a lifetime of experiment and piecing together.

2. concrete. A joining piece; a patch. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > [noun] > that wherein or whereby things are joined

juncturea1382

joiningc1384

gemew?a1400

joint14..

spondyle1650

piecing1688

1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. viii. 354/1 A Tressel, which Joyners and Carpenters use to lay large and great pieces of Timber upon, when they have occasion to cut them into Tenants, or for other kinds of peecings.

1745 E. Haywood Female Spectator IV. 45 This also was the Cause of that Variety of Colours which we often see in the same Shell, but always ranged between these Ridges, or Piecings, as one may call them.

1894 F. Thompson Anthem of Earth in Merry Eng. Nov. 22 Thou not cast'st us new..But foist'st us off With hasty tarnished piecings negligent.

1929 Needlecraft Apr. 25/1 The present vogue for two-piece dresses, or those made with many piecings and seams.

2002 Children's Business (Nexis) 1 Sept. 14 Outerwear makers doctor up the denim with mesh and sweatshirt fleece piecings.

Compounds

† piecing lead n. Printing Obsolete a lead that is joined to another, used to separate lines when a wide measure of type is used.

ΚΠ

1866 Memorial presented to Master Printers in E. Howe London Compositor (1947) x. 271 With respect to Piecing Leads..it could never have been contemplated that a Compositor would have to lift and adjust two..pieces, to fill his space line.

1888 C. T. Jacobi Printers' Vocab. 100 Piecing leads, in wide measures of type the leads required are usually pieced.

† piecing thread n. Obsolete thread used for repairing cloth.

ΚΠ

1545 Rates Custome House sig. ciij Pesing threde the dossen pound. xii.s. iiii.d.

1640 Tables Rates & Duties in J. Entick New Hist. London (1766) II. 170 Whited brown or pieceing thread.

1792 D. Steel New & Compl. Tables Net Duties Payable 83 Whited Brown, or Piecing Thread, the dozen pounds.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	piecing
释义	piecingn. Brit. /ˈpiːsɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈpisɪŋ/ Forms: Middle English pecyng, Middle English pesinge, Middle English pesynge, 1500s pecing, 1500s pecinge, 1500s peecynge, 1500s pesing, 1500s– piecing, 1600s peecing, 1600s 1800s pieceing; also Scottish pre-1700 peisyng. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: piece n., -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < piece n. + -ing suffix¹. Compare later piece v. 1. a. The action of joining pieces together; the action of repairing or patching something; an instance of this. Also: the fact of being patched or repaired. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > manufacturing processes > mending or repairing > [noun] > with a patch clouting1382 piecing1395 vampeying1416 patching1445 vamping1599 patchwork1712 the world > relative properties > wholeness > completeness > [noun] > completing by joining pieces piecing1545 1395 in H. T. Riley Memorials London (1868) 540 (MED) [In mending old boots and shoes..clouting and] pecyng, [and] ryvetting. c1475 (c1399) Mum & Sothsegger (Cambr. Ll.4.14) (1936) iii. 168 (MED) Þei for the pesinge paieth..duble. 1545 R. Ascham Toxophilus ii. f. 14^v Peecynge of a shafte with brasell and holie..is to make y^e ende compasse heauy. 1581–2 in W. Cramond Rec. Elgin (1903) I. 165 For the peisyng of tua pair of schankis to George Grant..xij d. 1656 Disc. Auxiliary Beauty 44 Such patching and piecing of the body, makes far more grosse alterations, & substantiall changes of nature. a1680 S. Butler Genuine Remains (1759) II. 303 Rhime is like Lace, that serves excellently well to hide the Piecing and Coarsness of a bad Stuff. 1770 P. Luckombe Conc. Hist. Printing 281 Piecing of Rules is often attended with considerable trouble. 1835 A. Ure Philos. Manuf. 312 The pieceing is soon over, as the carriage does not stop an instant at the frame. 1884 Athenæum 1 Nov. 562/3 An infinite piecing of minute facts. 1913 L. T. Hobhouse Devel. & Purpose vii. 106 Calculation is at bottom a putting together, a piecing and re-piecing of the thought-elements so provided. 1990 Quilter's Newslet. Mag. June 40 I developed this method of machine piecing that makes the set-in corners easier to deal with. b. With adverbs, in piecing-together, piecing-up. ΚΠ 1564 J. Rastell Confut. Serm. M. Iuell f. 63^v By licentious vnderstanding of the Scriptures, and by cutting, hewing and pecing together of the veritie. 1649 Bp. J. Hall Resol. & Decisions iv. ii. 399 The peecing up of these domestique breaches betwixt husband and wife. 1653 W. Denny Pelecanicidium iii. xi. 257 Which is the nature of love..to inlarge all good offices for the piecing together, or continuing of Amity. 1730 J. Somers True Secret Hist. Lives & Reigns Kings & Queens Eng. (ed. 2) I. 330 So that all hands help'd to the piecing up this New Favourite. 1799 T. Reynolds in A. Antoninus Iter Britanniarum Pref. p. xi Had figures never been invented, we had been eased of a great deal of trouble, that piecing up of distances, and chronologies do now give us. 1836 J. Baillie Match i. iv. 407 The piecing up of all the rags and remnants of that poor garment, my patrimony. 1870 C. Dickens Edwin Drood xvi. 124 Whether his volunteering to tell these two fragments of truth..would not be tantamount to a piecing together of falsehood in the place of truth. 1926 P. Gardner New Chapters in Greek Art ii. 30 The piecing together was done with so little skill and conscientiousness that statues submitted to the process came out quite changed in character. 1996 T. Moore Re-enchantment Everyday Life 84 We..can simply see the journey into home as one that takes a lifetime of experiment and piecing together. 2. concrete. A joining piece; a patch. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > [noun] > that wherein or whereby things are joined juncturea1382 joiningc1384 gemew?a1400 joint14.. spondyle1650 piecing1688 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. viii. 354/1 A Tressel, which Joyners and Carpenters use to lay large and great pieces of Timber upon, when they have occasion to cut them into Tenants, or for other kinds of peecings. 1745 E. Haywood Female Spectator IV. 45 This also was the Cause of that Variety of Colours which we often see in the same Shell, but always ranged between these Ridges, or Piecings, as one may call them. 1894 F. Thompson Anthem of Earth in Merry Eng. Nov. 22 Thou not cast'st us new..But foist'st us off With hasty tarnished piecings negligent. 1929 Needlecraft Apr. 25/1 The present vogue for two-piece dresses, or those made with many piecings and seams. 2002 Children's Business (Nexis) 1 Sept. 14 Outerwear makers doctor up the denim with mesh and sweatshirt fleece piecings. Compounds † piecing lead n. Printing Obsolete a lead that is joined to another, used to separate lines when a wide measure of type is used. ΚΠ 1866 Memorial presented to Master Printers in E. Howe London Compositor (1947) x. 271 With respect to Piecing Leads..it could never have been contemplated that a Compositor would have to lift and adjust two..pieces, to fill his space line. 1888 C. T. Jacobi Printers' Vocab. 100 Piecing leads, in wide measures of type the leads required are usually pieced. † piecing thread n. Obsolete thread used for repairing cloth. ΚΠ 1545 Rates Custome House sig. ciij Pesing threde the dossen pound. xii.s. iiii.d. 1640 Tables Rates & Duties in J. Entick New Hist. London (1766) II. 170 Whited brown or pieceing thread. 1792 D. Steel New & Compl. Tables Net Duties Payable 83 Whited Brown, or Piecing Thread, the dozen pounds. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1395
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