单词 | pine-end |
释义 | pine-endn. Welsh English and English regional (western). A gable or gable end. Cf. pinion n.2 ΘΚΠ 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). < n.1753 |
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