prairen.

Brit.

/prɛː/, U.S.

/prɛ(ə)r/

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

Etymology: < French praire (1873) < Occitan prèire , praire , specific use of prèire , praire priest (c1070 as preire ), ultimately < post-classical Latin presbyter presbyter n.Compare the following earlier example apparently showing an error for French praires doubles in an English context:1878 P. L. Simmonds Comm. Products Sea i. xii. 147 The ‘paires doubles’ [sic] (Venus verrucosa) or clams of the Mediterranean..are never as delicate in flavour as when freshly caught.

Either of two clams, the European clam, Venus verrucosa, and the North American hardshell clam, Mercenaria (formerly Venus) mercenaria (which has been introduced to parts of Europe).Chiefly in French contexts, as an item of food.

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the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > seafood > [noun] > shell-fish or mollusc > other edible molluscs

musseleOE

palour1589

ormer1637

mutton-fish1830

pipia1837

abalone1850

moule1867

toheroa1873

steamer clam1909

praire1929

1929 A. E. Housman Let. 27 Feb. (1971) 278 In the interesting menu of a Paris restaurant..there are praires. These may be among the shell-fish which I have eaten at Marseilles, but I do not remember them.

1960 E. David French Provinc. Cooking 141 We..cannot obtain the various kinds of exquisite little clams, the praires, the palourdes and the clovisses which one gets in France.

1971 M. McCarthy Birds of Amer. 128 Sometimes I just have a dozen praires (which are cheaper than oysters)..for lunch.

2002 LA Weekly (Nexis) 8 Nov. 56 For variation, we split an order of praires, a thick-shelled, toothsome, good-sized, big-flavored clam.

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

单词	praire
释义	prairen. Brit. /prɛː/, U.S. /prɛ(ə)r/ Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French praire. Etymology: < French praire (1873) < Occitan prèire , praire , specific use of prèire , praire priest (c1070 as preire ), ultimately < post-classical Latin presbyter presbyter n.Compare the following earlier example apparently showing an error for French praires doubles in an English context:1878 P. L. Simmonds Comm. Products Sea i. xii. 147 The ‘paires doubles’ [sic] (Venus verrucosa) or clams of the Mediterranean..are never as delicate in flavour as when freshly caught. Either of two clams, the European clam, Venus verrucosa, and the North American hardshell clam, Mercenaria (formerly Venus) mercenaria (which has been introduced to parts of Europe).Chiefly in French contexts, as an item of food. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > seafood > [noun] > shell-fish or mollusc > other edible molluscs musseleOE palour1589 ormer1637 mutton-fish1830 pipia1837 abalone1850 moule1867 toheroa1873 steamer clam1909 praire1929 1929 A. E. Housman Let. 27 Feb. (1971) 278 In the interesting menu of a Paris restaurant..there are praires. These may be among the shell-fish which I have eaten at Marseilles, but I do not remember them. 1960 E. David French Provinc. Cooking 141 We..cannot obtain the various kinds of exquisite little clams, the praires, the palourdes and the clovisses which one gets in France. 1971 M. McCarthy Birds of Amer. 128 Sometimes I just have a dozen praires (which are cheaper than oysters)..for lunch. 2002 LA Weekly (Nexis) 8 Nov. 56 For variation, we split an order of praires, a thick-shelled, toothsome, good-sized, big-flavored clam. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1929
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