α. late Middle English– benched.
β. Middle English y-benched (in a late copy), late Middle English i-benchede.
单词 | benched |
释义 | benchedadj.α. late Middle English– benched. β. Middle English y-benched (in a late copy), late Middle English i-benchede. 1. a. Of a room, courtyard, ship, galley, etc.: furnished with benches. Also with about, round.Also with modifying first element, as many-benched. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > seat > bench > [adjective] > furnished with benches bencheda1413 a1413 (c1385) G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (Pierpont Morgan) (1881) ii. l. 822 This gardeyn was large..with bowes blosmy and grene And benched newe. c1430 (c1395) G. Chaucer Legend Good Women (Cambr. Gg.4.27) (1879) Prol. l. 98 A lytyl erber..I-benchede newe with turwis. 1575 J. Turler Traueiler ii. xi. 155 It is full of Seates, and all benched about, although in some places the seates bee couered with earthe and ouergrowne with bushes. c1600 (?c1395) Pierce Ploughman's Crede (Trin. Cambr. R.3.15) (1873) l. 205 An halle..Wiþ brode bordes aboute y-benched wel clene. 1650 J. Lightfoot Temple xxxiii. 185 The benched place called..Dukan. 1727 J. Lewis Hist. & Antiq. Abbey & Church of Favresham ii. iv. 53 A closet for the Master, under which is a large paved place open to the front and benched, for the sport and diversion of the Children. 1753 W. Duncan tr. Aulus Hirtius Comm. African War lv, in tr. Caesar Commentaries 308 Varus..burnt all the Transports that were out at Sea, and took without opposition two five-benched Gallies. 1790 T. Wilkinson Mem. Own Life I. 180 The only seat in the green-room was, as usual, benched round, and immoveable. 1856 H. C. Adams Greek Exercises ii. 9 In the stern of the dark-benched vessel..I gaze-on the wine-coloured sea. 1860 Morning Chron. 13 Aug. 6/2 The whole [church] is benched, and the aisle is matted. 1917 tr. Homer in Classical Weekly 17 Dec. 74 One who, sitting in his many-benched ship..is mindful of his cargo. 1991 Amer. Anthropologist 93 902 Wall niches and narrow ledges are found in some benched rooms. 2011 Hesperia 80 168 It was discovered in the semicircular benched chamber of the South Stoa. b. Of a slope, hillside, etc.: having naturally occurring benches or terraces (see bench n. 10c); (also, of a slope or other piece of ground) that has been cut into benches or terraces, esp. as part of engineering or mining works (see bench n. 10a). ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > ledge or terrace > [adjective] > having ledges or terraces ledgy1779 benched1858 ledged1898 1858 H. D. Rogers Geol. Pennsylvania II. 917 The surface will be uneven, and will form a sloping plain, and their edges [sc.of individual strata] will produce only slanting and more or less faintly-benched hill-sides. 1890 Minutes Proc. Inst. Civil Engineers 101 133 Any mud was cut away in long benched slopes, and dry materials substituted. 1956 D. L. Linton Sheffield 29 Separating deep valleys with benched sides. 2010 L. D. Wesley Geotechnical Engin. in Residual Soils viii. 186 If the slope is cut without benches but with the same average inclination as the benched slope..the stability would be the same. 2. Seated or placed on a bench; spec. North American Sport (of a player) removed from a game or prevented from taking part in it; (hence) removed from active participation; dismissed. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > posture > action or fact of sitting > [adjective] > in or as in a specific place sofaed1789 tabled1789 armchaired1837 benched1873 1873 R. Broughton Nancy III. 72 I sit benched among the old women. 1911 W. Haynes Airedale v. 76 The confirmed fancier fairly loves the barking roar of the benched dogs. 1960 N. Johnson Let. 7 Feb. (1981) 182 Now that I'm benched I can write and thank you for the Carl Reiner record. 1977 R. B. Lyttle Soccer Fever ii. 204 The benched players may be unhappy, but maybe not so unhappy if we win. 2010 ABA Jrnl. Oct. 16 Benched Coaches Shooting Back... More college coaches aren't letting their dismissals become the last goal. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.a1413 |
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