plungeonn.

Brit.

/ˈplʌn(d)ʒ(ə)n/, U.S.

/ˈplən(d)ʒ(ə)n/

Forms: late Middle English plongeon, 1500s– plungeon, 1600s plungaon.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French plongeon.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman plungeon and Middle French plongeon a kind of diving bird (c1160 in Old French as plongon ; French plongeon ) < post-classical Latin plumbion- , plumbio (5th cent.), ultimately < classical Latin plumbum lead (see plumb n.¹), perhaps via an unattested post-classical Latin verb *plumbiare to dive; compare -oon suffix. Compare earlier plunge v.Sense 2 may represent a different word.

†1. A diving bird; spec. a cormorant. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > defined by habitat > [noun] > aquatic or swimming bird > diving bird

plungeon1480

diver?1518

short-wing1839

the world > animals > birds > order Pelecaniformes > [noun] > family Phalacrocoracidae > member of (cormorant)

cormorantc1320

plungeon1480

gormaw?a1513

scart1513

sea-coot1575

sea-crow1579

scrath16..

sea-raven1611

sea-drake1632

storta1661

scarf1668

diver1766

Isle of Wight parson1806

1480 W. Caxton tr. Ovid Metamorphoses xi. xxii Because he plongeth contynuelly in such manere, he is called Plongeon [Fr. plongon] or Dyvar.

1589 J. Rider Bibliotheca Scholastica 1704 A Plungeon: a kinde of water fowle with a long reddish bill, Phalacrocorax.

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 296 Among the Alps: where also the Plungeons [L. mergi] or bald Rauens be, which heretofore were thought proper and peculiar to the Baleare Islands.

1672 J. Josselyn New-Englands Rarities (1865) 47 Plungeons (a kind of water-fowl, with a long, reddish bill), puets, plovers, smethes, wilmotes.

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Plungeon or Diver, a sort of water~fowl.

1759 tr. M. Adanson Voy. Senegal 116 A naked steep rock..all white with the ordure, which plungeons, gulls, and other sea-fowls, leave behind them.

1873 R. Jamieson et al. Comm., Crit. & Explanatory, on Old & New Test. 130/2 Cormorant—rather the Plungeon; a sea-fowl.

1891 Fortn. Rev. Jan. 39 Its mirror-like surface has never been ruffled but by..the rapid movements of the solitary plungeon swimming about in search of his prey.

2. In south-west England: a ford across a rhine (rhine n.³). Now archaic and historical.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > means of travel > route or way > other means of passage or access > [noun] > place where something may be crossed > fordable place > ford > types of

plungeonc1685

steening1838

c1685 A. Paschall Let. in S. Heywood Vindic. Mr. Fox's Hist. (1811) p. xl The horse, which the Lord Grey led marched towards the upper Plungeon.

c1685 A. Paschall Let. in S. Heywood Vindic. Mr. Fox's Hist. (1811) p. xl Whether Sir Francis were there..or came to the Plungeon afterwards..we do not know.

1894 Ld. Wolseley Life Marlborough I. xxxix. 314 They [sc. the Somerset ‘rhines’] could only be crossed, even by single horsemen, at fords, called by the peasantry ‘plungeons’ or ‘steanings’.

1933 W. S. Churchill Marlborough I. xii. 216 Grey's cavalry would branch off and..cross the Bussex Rhine at one of the plungeons to the east of the royal camp.

1969 C. C. Trench Western Rising x. 209 He [sc. Feversham] ordered the reserve cavalry in the village..to cross the Bussex Rhine by the upper plungeon.

1998 F. Mount Jem (& Sam) viii. 351 The whole country was a maze of ditches and mires and plungeons and rines.

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

单词	plungeon
释义	plungeonn. Brit. /ˈplʌn(d)ʒ(ə)n/, U.S. /ˈplən(d)ʒ(ə)n/ Forms: late Middle English plongeon, 1500s– plungeon, 1600s plungaon. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French plongeon. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman plungeon and Middle French plongeon a kind of diving bird (c1160 in Old French as plongon ; French plongeon ) < post-classical Latin plumbion- , plumbio (5th cent.), ultimately < classical Latin plumbum lead (see plumb n.¹), perhaps via an unattested post-classical Latin verb plumbiare to dive; compare -oon suffix. Compare earlier plunge v.Sense 2 may represent a different word. †1. A diving bird; spec.* a cormorant. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > defined by habitat > [noun] > aquatic or swimming bird > diving bird plungeon1480 diver?1518 short-wing1839 the world > animals > birds > order Pelecaniformes > [noun] > family Phalacrocoracidae > member of (cormorant) cormorantc1320 plungeon1480 gormaw?a1513 scart1513 sea-coot1575 sea-crow1579 scrath16.. sea-raven1611 sea-drake1632 storta1661 scarf1668 diver1766 Isle of Wight parson1806 1480 W. Caxton tr. Ovid Metamorphoses xi. xxii Because he plongeth contynuelly in such manere, he is called Plongeon [Fr. plongon] or Dyvar. 1589 J. Rider Bibliotheca Scholastica 1704 A Plungeon: a kinde of water fowle with a long reddish bill, Phalacrocorax. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 296 Among the Alps: where also the Plungeons [L. mergi] or bald Rauens be, which heretofore were thought proper and peculiar to the Baleare Islands. 1672 J. Josselyn New-Englands Rarities (1865) 47 Plungeons (a kind of water-fowl, with a long, reddish bill), puets, plovers, smethes, wilmotes. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Plungeon or Diver, a sort of water~fowl. 1759 tr. M. Adanson Voy. Senegal 116 A naked steep rock..all white with the ordure, which plungeons, gulls, and other sea-fowls, leave behind them. 1873 R. Jamieson et al. Comm., Crit. & Explanatory, on Old & New Test. 130/2 Cormorant—rather the Plungeon; a sea-fowl. 1891 Fortn. Rev. Jan. 39 Its mirror-like surface has never been ruffled but by..the rapid movements of the solitary plungeon swimming about in search of his prey. 2. In south-west England: a ford across a rhine (rhine n.³). Now archaic and historical. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > route or way > other means of passage or access > [noun] > place where something may be crossed > fordable place > ford > types of plungeonc1685 steening1838 c1685 A. Paschall Let. in S. Heywood Vindic. Mr. Fox's Hist. (1811) p. xl The horse, which the Lord Grey led marched towards the upper Plungeon. c1685 A. Paschall Let. in S. Heywood Vindic. Mr. Fox's Hist. (1811) p. xl Whether Sir Francis were there..or came to the Plungeon afterwards..we do not know. 1894 Ld. Wolseley Life Marlborough I. xxxix. 314 They [sc. the Somerset ‘rhines’] could only be crossed, even by single horsemen, at fords, called by the peasantry ‘plungeons’ or ‘steanings’. 1933 W. S. Churchill Marlborough I. xii. 216 Grey's cavalry would branch off and..cross the Bussex Rhine at one of the plungeons to the east of the royal camp. 1969 C. C. Trench Western Rising x. 209 He [sc. Feversham] ordered the reserve cavalry in the village..to cross the Bussex Rhine by the upper plungeon. 1998 F. Mount Jem (& Sam) viii. 351 The whole country was a maze of ditches and mires and plungeons and rines. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1480
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