podoscaphn.

Brit.

/ˈpɒdə(ʊ)skaf/, U.S.

/ˈpɑdəˌskæf/

Forms: 1800s podoscaphe, 1800s– podoscaph.

Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: podo- comb. form, Greek σκάϕος.

Etymology: < podo- comb. form + ancient Greek σκάϕος hull of a ship < the same base as σκάϕη boat (see scaf n.). Compare French podoscaphe (1865 or earlier).

Now historical and rare.

Originally: †a canoe-shaped float attached to the foot for moving on water (obsolete rare). Later: a small boat propelled by pedals (cf. pedalo n.).

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > mechanically propelled vessels > [noun] > propelled by treadles

podoscaph1858

pedal boat1910

pedalo1941

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel of specific construction or shape > vessels of primitive construction > [noun] > float attached to foot

podoscaph1858

1858 Chambers's Jrnl. 27 Nov. 349/2 Heer Ochsner of Rotterdam..astonished his countrymen by appearing on the Maas, wearing a podoscaph fifteen feet long on each foot, and holding a pole, flattened at one end as a paddle, in his hand.

1868 London Society Nov. 414 The latest novelty in the velocipede line is the podoscaphe or vélocipède-marin.

a1884 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Suppl. 698/2 Podoscaph, a foot boat; one in which canoe-shaped floats are attached to or support the feet.

1889 Pall Mall Gaz. 9 Sept. 6/3 It bears the peculiar name of podoscaph, and is a sort of tiny raft.

2002 Diogenes (Nexis) 22 Mar. 47 Another painter, Gustave Courbet, bore witness with..The Woman with the Podoscaph (1865), whose presence in the Ishizuka Museum in Tokyo has a particular significance.

Derivatives

ˈpodoscapher n. rare a person who uses a podoscaph.

ΚΠ

1858 Sci. Amer. 18 Dec. 118/3 M. Ochsner, of Rotterdam, will stand on record as the first ‘podoscapher’.

1889 Bucks County (Pa.) Gaz. 25 July M. Marx's podoscapher.., having started with twenty ducks, came home with them all inside him, which shows what a healthy pastime podoscaphy must be.

1907 N.E.D. at Podo- Podoscapher.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	podoscaph
释义	podoscaphn. Brit. /ˈpɒdə(ʊ)skaf/, U.S. /ˈpɑdəˌskæf/ Forms: 1800s podoscaphe, 1800s– podoscaph. Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: podo- comb. form, Greek σκάϕος. Etymology: < podo- comb. form + ancient Greek σκάϕος hull of a ship < the same base as σκάϕη boat (see scaf n.). Compare French podoscaphe (1865 or earlier). Now historical and rare. Originally: †a canoe-shaped float attached to the foot for moving on water (obsolete rare). Later: a small boat propelled by pedals (cf. pedalo n.). ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > mechanically propelled vessels > [noun] > propelled by treadles podoscaph1858 pedal boat1910 pedalo1941 society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel of specific construction or shape > vessels of primitive construction > [noun] > float attached to foot podoscaph1858 1858 Chambers's Jrnl. 27 Nov. 349/2 Heer Ochsner of Rotterdam..astonished his countrymen by appearing on the Maas, wearing a podoscaph fifteen feet long on each foot, and holding a pole, flattened at one end as a paddle, in his hand. 1868 London Society Nov. 414 The latest novelty in the velocipede line is the podoscaphe or vélocipède-marin. a1884 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Suppl. 698/2 Podoscaph, a foot boat; one in which canoe-shaped floats are attached to or support the feet. 1889 Pall Mall Gaz. 9 Sept. 6/3 It bears the peculiar name of podoscaph, and is a sort of tiny raft. 2002 Diogenes (Nexis) 22 Mar. 47 Another painter, Gustave Courbet, bore witness with..The Woman with the Podoscaph (1865), whose presence in the Ishizuka Museum in Tokyo has a particular significance. Derivatives ˈpodoscapher n. rare a person who uses a podoscaph. ΚΠ 1858 Sci. Amer. 18 Dec. 118/3 M. Ochsner, of Rotterdam, will stand on record as the first ‘podoscapher’. 1889 Bucks County (Pa.) Gaz. 25 July M. Marx's podoscapher.., having started with twenty ducks, came home with them all inside him, which shows what a healthy pastime podoscaphy must be. 1907 N.E.D. at Podo- Podoscapher. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1858
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