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单词 plainstones
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plainstonesn.

Brit. /ˈpleɪnstəʊnz/, U.S. /ˈpleɪnˌstoʊnz/, Scottish English /ˈplenstonz/
Forms: pre-1700 plainestones, pre-1700 planestanis, pre-1700 playnestones, pre-1700 1700s plainstons, pre-1700 1700s–1800s plainstanes, pre-1700 1700s– plainstones, pre-1700 1800s– planestanes, 1800s plainstenes, 1800s plenstanes. N.E.D. (1907) also records a form of the second element 1700s -stenes.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: plain adj.2, stone n.
Etymology: < plain adj.2 + the plural of stone n. Compare flagstone n.
Scottish.
Flagstones; the flagged pavement or sidewalk of a street; (also) any open, flagged area in a town or city.
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society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > paving and road-building > [noun] > paving > types of paved work
pavementa1300
pavagec1376
paving1448
paithmentc1480
plainstones1611
pitching1693
pitchwork1758
pebble paving1819
pave1835
slabbing1893
concrete1911
crazy paving1923
society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > path or place for walking > [noun] > foot(-)path > by side of street or road
plainstones1611
flanker1682
side pavement1685
footwalk1701
sideway1738
sidewalk1739
pavement1743
banquette1772
footpath1776
trottoir1789
walkway1792
parapet1795
causeway1796
flag-way1800
flags1801
pave1835
flagstone1840
flagging1851
walk1913
pedway1965
1611 in D. Masson Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1889) 1st Ser. IX. 149 She..sayd that she fand this cocalane..upoun Williame Foullaris planestanes.
1694 in A. W. C. Hallen Acct. Bk. J. Foulis (1894) 163 For 1 unce radish..from Mrs Bruce at the old plainstanes.
1706 Session Papers in Sc. National Dict. (1968) VII. at Plain What is alledged against the Bailie, was at the Plain Stones.
1716 in R. Scott-Moncrieff Househ. Bk. Lady Grisell Baillie 48 For laying the plain stons before the door.
1738 W. Maitland Hist. Edinb. (1753) 336 None of the Chair-bearers go within the Pales, or on the Plain-stones, (at the Sides of the Streets), with their Chairs.
a1774 R. Fergusson Poems (1785) 173 The spacious street and plainstanes Were never kend to crack but anes.
c1817 J. Hogg Tales & Sketches VI. 42 One page said he saw her step aside on the plain stones, speaking to an elderly woman.
1837 Laird of Logan 109 An uncommon clatter amang the Corks of the Causeyside as weel as upon the plain-stanes at the Corse.
1856 S. T. Dobell Eng. in Time of War 83 A mirkier wash that splashed and clapped The plain-stones.
1881 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Apr. 524 He met them promenading on the plainstanes.
1919 Kelso Chron. 14 Feb. 2 ‘Wattie, my mannie,’ admonished the mother, ‘dinna make sae muckle noise on the planestanes.’
1931 J. Buchan Blanket of Dark x. 192 I leave you by the Burford road, and..meet you on the Oxford plainstones.
1994 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 3 Mar. 14 When another shop name goes down a stank in the plainstones, it calls for a brief gaze into its window, perhaps with a small tear in the eye.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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