单词 | plainstones |
释义 | plainstonesn. Scottish. Flagstones; the flagged pavement or sidewalk of a street; (also) any open, flagged area in a town or city. ΘΚΠ 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). < n.1611 |
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