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单词 pine-end
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pine-endn.

Brit. /ˈpʌɪnɛnd/, U.S. /ˈpaɪnˌɛnd/, Welsh English /ˈpainːɛnd/
Forms: 1800s– pine-end, 1800s– pwine-end.
Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymons: pinion n.1, Welsh piniwn.
Etymology: Alteration of either pinion n.1 or its Welsh equivalent piniwn (c1400, from Middle English or perhaps Anglo-Norman), with second element after end n. (compare gable end n.). Compare later pinion-end n.
Welsh English and English regional (western).
A gable or gable end. Cf. pinion n.2
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > wall of building > [noun] > end wall > with triangular top
gablec1390
gable endc1390
pike wall1440
pine-end1753
pinion-end1825
1753 T. Richards Antiquæ Linguæ Britannicæ Thes. [Welsh] Pinniwn, a partition-wall..the pine end of a house.
1794 J. Walters Eng.-Welsh Dict. Pine-end [of a house] pinniwn. See the Gable-end, &c.
1825 J. Jennings Observ. Dial. W. Eng. 61 Pwine-end, Pwinin-end, the sharp-pointed end of a house, where the wall rises perpendicularly from the foundation.
1843 Times 5 Aug. 5/6 Henry Morgan drew off the board containing the terms of the gate from the pine-end of the house.
1869 R. D. Blackmore Lorna Doone II. ix. 108 The house was of one storey only,..with pine-ends standing forth the stone.
1951 H. M. Tucker Gower Gleanings 8 The pine end of a stall bordering the highway.
1990 Planet 82 Aug. 41 The shed and loft were at the pine-end of the house with shutter window overlooking the farm-yard.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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