plough staffplow staffn.

Brit.

/ˈplaʊ stɑːf/, U.S.

/ˈplaʊ ˌstæf/, Scottish English

/ˈplʌʊ ˌstaf/

Forms: see plough n.¹ and staff n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: plough n.¹, staff n.¹

Etymology: < plough n.¹ + staff n.¹ Compare early modern Danish plogstav, plogstave (Danish plogstav).

Now chiefly Scottish and English regional (northern).

A staff, ending in a small spade or shovel, used to clear earth, roots, weeds, etc., from the coulter and mouldboard of a plough.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > tools and implements > ploughing equipment > [noun] > plough-staff

acre-staffc1300

plough staffc1325

plough-batc1400

plough-potec1400

pattle1404

plough pattle1404

paddle1407

paddle-staff1583

pad-staff1650

sull-paddle1669

spade-staff1706

plough-spade1712

plough cleaner1850

wad-staff1856

wad-stick1889

c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) 2198 Ȝe beþ men bet iteiȝt to ssofle & to spade, To cartstaf & to ploustaf.

a1400 Gloss. W. de Bibbesworth (Corpus Cambr.) (1929) 922 (MED) Ploustaf [v.rr. sulstaf, a kirstafe; glossing AFr. moundilloun (a1325 Cambr.)].

?c1475 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 15562) f. 97^v A Plugh staffe, scudium.

1510 J. Stanbridge Vocabula (?1560) sig. Di^v Rula, a plough staffe.

1573 T. Tusser Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry (new ed.) f. 15 A plow betle, ploughstaff, to furder the plough, great clod to a sunder, that breaketh so rough.

1618 G. Chapman tr. Hesiod Georgicks ii. 23 When first thou enterst foot to plow thy land, And on thy plow-staffes top hast laid thy hand.

1639 tr. J. A. Comenius Porta Linguarum Reserata (new ed.) xxxii. §391 As he layeth it up into rigs, with the one hand hee holdeth the plough-handle.., with the other the plough-staffe.

1667 O. Heywood Autobiogr., Diaries, Anecd. & Event Bks. (1883) III. 100 He took up the plow-staff and knockt him down.

1740 W. Somervile Hobbinol ii. 53 High o'er his Head His pond'rous Plough-Staff in both Hands he rais'd.

1791 J. Learmont Poems Pastoral 214 The pleugh-staff or whittle wield Mair bang than ever.

1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm I. 425 Fig. 89 represents the plough-staff, another and a necessary article of the movable furniture of the plough.

1892 R. Murray Hawick Songs 17 Hei tuik his muckle plow-staff than, And cam' and swabbled mei.

1978 A. Fenton Northern Isles xxxviii. 311 An essential piece of equipment was the pattle or plough staff. It served to clean surplus earth off the plough, and also acted as a second stilt.

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

单词	plough staff
释义	plough staffplow staffn. Brit. /ˈplaʊ stɑːf/, U.S. /ˈplaʊ ˌstæf/, Scottish English /ˈplʌʊ ˌstaf/ Forms: see plough n.¹ and staff n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: plough n.¹, staff n.¹ Etymology: < plough n.¹ + staff n.¹ Compare early modern Danish plogstav, plogstave (Danish plogstav). Now chiefly Scottish and English regional (northern). A staff, ending in a small spade or shovel, used to clear earth, roots, weeds, etc., from the coulter and mouldboard of a plough. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > tools and implements > ploughing equipment > [noun] > plough-staff acre-staffc1300 plough staffc1325 plough-batc1400 plough-potec1400 pattle1404 plough pattle1404 paddle1407 paddle-staff1583 pad-staff1650 sull-paddle1669 spade-staff1706 plough-spade1712 plough cleaner1850 wad-staff1856 wad-stick1889 c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) 2198 Ȝe beþ men bet iteiȝt to ssofle & to spade, To cartstaf & to ploustaf. a1400 Gloss. W. de Bibbesworth (Corpus Cambr.) (1929) 922 (MED) Ploustaf [v.rr. sulstaf, a kirstafe; glossing AFr. moundilloun (a1325 Cambr.)]. ?c1475 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 15562) f. 97^v A Plugh staffe, scudium. 1510 J. Stanbridge Vocabula (?1560) sig. Di^v Rula, a plough staffe. 1573 T. Tusser Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry (new ed.) f. 15 A plow betle, ploughstaff, to furder the plough, great clod to a sunder, that breaketh so rough. 1618 G. Chapman tr. Hesiod Georgicks ii. 23 When first thou enterst foot to plow thy land, And on thy plow-staffes top hast laid thy hand. 1639 tr. J. A. Comenius Porta Linguarum Reserata (new ed.) xxxii. §391 As he layeth it up into rigs, with the one hand hee holdeth the plough-handle.., with the other the plough-staffe. 1667 O. Heywood Autobiogr., Diaries, Anecd. & Event Bks. (1883) III. 100 He took up the plow-staff and knockt him down. 1740 W. Somervile Hobbinol ii. 53 High o'er his Head His pond'rous Plough-Staff in both Hands he rais'd. 1791 J. Learmont Poems Pastoral 214 The pleugh-staff or whittle wield Mair bang than ever. 1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm I. 425 Fig. 89 represents the plough-staff, another and a necessary article of the movable furniture of the plough. 1892 R. Murray Hawick Songs 17 Hei tuik his muckle plow-staff than, And cam' and swabbled mei. 1978 A. Fenton Northern Isles xxxviii. 311 An essential piece of equipment was the pattle or plough staff. It served to clean surplus earth off the plough, and also acted as a second stilt. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1325
随便看	get along with you get an eyeball on get an eyeful get an eyeful of get an iggri on get an opinion of counsel get angels get any get anything on get anything on a person get anywhere get around get at get at avail get at it get at or hear the straight get at the bottom of get away get away from it all get away with get away with it get away with murder get away with you get back get back at