† pitch-offn.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pitch v.², off adv.

Etymology: < pitch v.² + off adv.

Obsolete. rare.

An incline; a degree of inclination.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > water > sea or ocean > region of sea or ocean > [noun] > sea bed > slope of

pitch-off1890

1890 Overland Monthly Oct. 348/2 Shortly we came to a steep and serpentine pitch-off, and there I came near to making a last wreck of myself and my little twelve-footed wandering home.

1895 J. D. Dana Man. Geol. (ed. 4) i. i. 20 At Keeling atoll,..Captain Fitzroy, R.N., found no bottom in 7200 feet at 2200 yards from the breakers—which gives a pitch-off exceeding 1 : 0·92.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

单词	pitch-off
释义	† pitch-offn. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pitch v.², off adv. Etymology: < pitch v.² + off adv. Obsolete. rare. An incline; a degree of inclination. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > sea or ocean > region of sea or ocean > [noun] > sea bed > slope of pitch-off1890 1890 Overland Monthly Oct. 348/2 Shortly we came to a steep and serpentine pitch-off, and there I came near to making a last wreck of myself and my little twelve-footed wandering home. 1895 J. D. Dana Man. Geol. (ed. 4) i. i. 20 At Keeling atoll,..Captain Fitzroy, R.N., found no bottom in 7200 feet at 2200 yards from the breakers—which gives a pitch-off exceeding 1 : 0·92. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1890
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