acre-staffn.

Brit.

/ˈeɪkəstɑːf/,

/ˈeɪkəstaf/, U.S.

/ˈeɪkərˌstæf/

Inflections: Plural acre-staffs, acre-staves.

Forms: see acre n. and staff n.¹; also 1600s arker-staffe.

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

Etymology: < acre n. + staff n.¹

Now historical.

A plough staff.

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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

c1300 All Souls (Laud) l. 182 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 425 (MED) Euer-ech with swuch-manere wepne ase huy uyseden here a-liue, plouȝ-Man with his Aker-staf.

c1350 Nominale (Cambr. Ee.4.20) in Trans. Philol. Soc. (1906) 26* Mallet et mundiloun, Betul and akirstaf.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Curette, a plough-staffe, or Aker-staffe (wherewith the cutter is cleansed).

1616 G. Markham tr. C. Estienne et al. Maison Rustique (rev. ed.) v. v. 532 The arker-staffe [sic] to cleanse the plow when it shall be loaden with earth or other vild matter.

1650 T. Fuller Pisgah-sight of Palestine ii. viii. 174 Let none turn their flailes, aker-staves, sheep-hooks, shuttles, needles, into swords, till first with Gedeon they have a warrant from God.

1784 R. Robinson Let. 26 May in G. Dyer Mem. Robert Robinson (1796) xiv. 210 Examined the shoulders, heels, traces, chaff, and corn of eight horses going to plough—mended the acre staff—cut some thongs, whip-corded the boys' plough whips.

1866 J. E. T. Rogers Hist. Agric. & Prices I. xxi. 539 The ploughman was provided with a pole shod with a flat iron, and called in later times an akerstaff.

1936 T. Hennell Change in Farm (ed. 2) vi. 60 In the eastern counties an acre-staff or a nine-foot gad was sometimes used to check accurately the breadth of the stitches, or land between the ridges.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	acre-staff
释义	acre-staffn. Brit. /ˈeɪkəstɑːf/, /ˈeɪkəstaf/, U.S. /ˈeɪkərˌstæf/ Inflections: Plural acre-staffs, acre-staves. Forms: see acre n. and staff n.¹; also 1600s arker-staffe. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: acre n., staff n.¹ Etymology: < acre n. + staff n.¹ Now historical. A plough staff. 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 c1300 All Souls (Laud) l. 182 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 425 (MED) Euer-ech with swuch-manere wepne ase huy uyseden here a-liue, plouȝ-Man with his Aker-staf. c1350 Nominale (Cambr. Ee.4.20) in Trans. Philol. Soc. (1906) 26* Mallet et mundiloun, Betul and akirstaf. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Curette, a plough-staffe, or Aker-staffe (wherewith the cutter is cleansed). 1616 G. Markham tr. C. Estienne et al. Maison Rustique (rev. ed.) v. v. 532 The arker-staffe [sic] to cleanse the plow when it shall be loaden with earth or other vild matter. 1650 T. Fuller Pisgah-sight of Palestine ii. viii. 174 Let none turn their flailes, aker-staves, sheep-hooks, shuttles, needles, into swords, till first with Gedeon they have a warrant from God. 1784 R. Robinson Let. 26 May in G. Dyer Mem. Robert Robinson (1796) xiv. 210 Examined the shoulders, heels, traces, chaff, and corn of eight horses going to plough—mended the acre staff—cut some thongs, whip-corded the boys' plough whips. 1866 J. E. T. Rogers Hist. Agric. & Prices I. xxi. 539 The ploughman was provided with a pole shod with a flat iron, and called in later times an akerstaff. 1936 T. Hennell Change in Farm (ed. 2) vi. 60 In the eastern counties an acre-staff or a nine-foot gad was sometimes used to check accurately the breadth of the stitches, or land between the ridges. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.c1300
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