plainwardadj.adv.
/ˈpleɪnwəd/, U.S. /ˈpleɪnˌwərd/ A. adj.
Directed or situated towards a plain.
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1848 J. D. Hooker Let. 13 Oct. in C. Darwin Corr. (1988) IV. 173 On the plainward bases the mica schists are..full of garnets.
1854 J. D. Hooker Himalayan Jrnls. I. 402 Its plain-ward flanks are very steep.
1876 L. Morris Epic of Hades ii In Thessaly, upon the plain-ward spurs Of fair Olympus, take the path which winds Through the close vale.
1896 B. H. Baden-Powell Indian Village Community ii. 41 These passes..are in a double series: first crossing the highest, or farther rampart, and then crossing a second or plainward line of mountain crests before reaching the level country.
1960 Trans. Inst. Brit. Geographers 28 258 The plainward lie of the Siwalik shingles does not seem to have been discussed by either author.
B. adv.
Towards or in the direction of a plain.
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the world > the earth > land > landscape > level land > [adverb]
plainward1862
1862 C. S. Calverley Verses & Transl. 95 As pours the Anio plainward, When rains have swollen the dykes.
1878 Atlantic Monthly Feb. 163 White, bewildered torrents fall..With an outcry musical From the ridges, plainward all.
1898 J. McDougall Pathfinding on Plain & Prairie xii. 120 Mark and I..started out bright and early one morning, and following a hunting trail, travelled fast plainward for the whole day.
1903 B. Carman Poems II. 59 And when the winds of twilight Flute up the ides of June, Where Kaaterskill goes plainward Under a virgin moon.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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