benchingn.

Brit.

/ˈbɛn(t)ʃɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈbɛn(t)ʃɪŋ/

Forms: see bench n. and -ing suffix¹.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: bench n., -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < bench n. + -ing suffix¹.In sense 1 perhaps originally an error for or reinterpretation of bending n.¹, perhaps by association with bench n. 2 and bank n.¹ With benching-in at sense 3a compare to bench in at bench v.¹ 4b.

†1. Perhaps: a banked side track. Obsolete.See note in etymology.

ΚΠ

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xix. cxxix. 1382 Diuerticulum is a benchinge [emended in ed. to benthinge; a1425 Morgan benchynge; L. digressio] bysides þe wey.

a. The action or practice of equipping a church or other building, a room, etc., with benches. Cf. bench v.¹ 1b.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > [noun] > of a house > furnishing > with specific item

benchinga1468

chairing1797

a1468 in Antiquaries Jrnl. (1998) 78 277 The sayd Nicholas schal fynde hewyng, sawyng, carpentrye, doryng, wyndowyng, plancheryng, speryng and benchyng of the parlour and of the halle.

1577 H. Hannam Treasurers' Accts. Mar. f. 5^v in J. Webb Town Finances Elizabethan Ipswich (1996) 53 Item, payde to John Dabeney for makinge of the new dore stalle for the counsaile chamber, for removing of the portalle, for benchyn bi the same.

1790 J. Byng Diary 9 June in Torrington Diaries (1935) II. 170 The church wants new benching, most grievously.

1860 Derby Mercury 22 Aug. 5/1 The re-pewing or benching of the chancel has long been thought desirable on the grounds of utility and appearance.

1890 G. F. Beaumont Hist. Coggeshall 36 There remained to be done the benching of the nave and nave aisles.

2013 Framfare (Framlingham, Suffolk) Feb. 5 As the benching of the church proceeded, surplus chairs were dispersed, with 50 going to Ipswich.

b. A range or set of benches.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > [noun] > sufficient space or room > for sitting > on seats or benches

benching1571

bench room1601

seating1880

seatage1889

1571 Aldeburgh Rec. in Notes & Queries (1920) 4 Sept. 185/1 For Lx foote of Benchinge in ye towne haule.

1676 Accts. Office Wks. (P.R.O.: Work 5/27) f. 93 Layeing y^e floore ouer y^e pitt at y^e Theater for y^e Dancing at y^e Queenes Birth Day, putting vp 110 foo^t: of Benching for degrees With foo^t Steps to them.

1726 B. Langley Pract. Geom. applied to Useful Arts iii. iv. 119 There be divers sorts of work measured by running measure,..such as cornices in general,..guttering,..skirting boards,..benching, shelving, &c.

1866 W. D. Howells Venetian Life xx. 335 The benching that passes round the shop.

1893 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 21 Jan. 140/1 The benching, which may be moved about from show to show, is not disinfected.

1929 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 20 July 117/2 The benching and many other items of equipment in the laboratories..have been standardized.

1988 Theatre Ireland 14 18/2 Autolycus jumping directly into a packed audience..and reaching the top of the steeply raked benching.

2006 Jrnl. Soc. Archit. Historians 65 58/1 It shows the walls with surrounding benching on three sides.

†a. With reference to a building or structure: the action or fact of receding in terraces or steps, as in a pyramid; a terrace of this type. Also occasionally as benching-in. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1716 H. Prideaux Old & New Test. Connected (ed. 2) I. ii. 99 The whole ascent to it [sc. the Tower of Babel] was by the benching in drawn in a sloping line from the bottom to the top eight times round it.

1730 A. Bedford Script. Chronol. v. iv. 568/2 The Side of the Mount rose about 61 Feet, and bench'd in... So that at every such Benching there was a Walk round, from whence a Prospect of the Country might be seen.

1787 tr. C. E. Savary Lett. on Egypt (ed. 2) I. xviii. 237 The aperture by which they effected this was the well I have mentioned,..which occupies a part of the bottom of the benching, rising two feet in the wall.

1832 E. Robinson Calmet's Dict. Holy Bible (rev. ed.) 50/1 The ascent..landed upon the upper benching-in, near the hearth, or top of the altar.

1908 B. Cunningham Treat. Princ. & Pract. Harbour Engin. viii. 189 The best form of pierhead is that which presents an upright front to the sea on all sides, without benching or recesses of any description.

b. A terrace cut into a slope, hillside, etc., esp. as part of engineering or mining works. Also: the action or process of cutting terraces into the ground, esp. (in opencast mining) to use as platforms for extracting coal, ore, etc. (see bench n. 10a).

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > ledge or terrace > [noun]

shelvea1701

ledge1732

terrace1753

bench1791

lynchet1797

shelf1807

benching1809

offset1856

cultivation terrace1863

terracing1863

mantelshelf1897

cultivation-bank1913

mantelpiece1920

terracette1922

berm1931

1809 Farmer's Mag. Dec. 454 This road is carried along a benching on the side of the hill; and the earth which now remains to be removed will be carried across the Canal.

1846 G. D. Dempsey Railways 45 The rock above is sloped at ¼ to 1, a benching of 9 feet wide being left on its upper surface.

1868 H. D. Rogers Geol. Pennsylvania II. 1010 Where the seam is thick, the subterranean quarrying proceeds by benching, or cutting the coal in steps.

1891 Canals & Irrigation in Foreign Countries :U.S. House of Representatives Executive Document 45 (51st Congr., 2nd Sess.) i. 218 A benching of 4 feet wide must be made at the level of top bank on the off side of the canal.

1916 Engin. News 29 June 1219 (caption) The benching of rock cliffs to prevent slides on track.

1967 Surface Mining & our Environm. (U.S. Dept. Interior) 34/2 ‘Rim-cutting’ and ‘benching’ are terms that are sometimes used locally to identify workbenches, or ledges, prepared for contour or auger mining operations.

2005 H. L. Nichols & D. A. Day Moving Earth (ed. 5) 10.34 Benching may be done from the top down, or from top and bottom.

†c. benching-up n. Coal Mining Obsolete the action or process of working on top of the seam of coal that is being extracted.

ΚΠ

1848 London Mining Jrnl. Gloss. in Jrnl. Franklin Inst. 45 461 Benching-up—Holing above the measure, and then breaking up the lower part.

1881 Trans. Amer. Inst. Mining Engineers 1880–1 9 107 Benching-up, Newc[astle]. Working on the top of coal.

a. The action or practice of putting a dog (or other animal) on a show bench for exhibition. Cf. bench v.¹ 3c. Frequently attributive.

ΚΠ

1873 Sheffield & Rotherham Independent 3 Oct. 4/2 Feeding and benching [of smaller classes of dogs] receives every attention.

1893 Forest & Stream (N.Y.) 29 June 570/2 Remarks regarding the irregular benching of dogs at our shows.

1920 Dog Fancier Aug. 24/2 All arrangements were capital for benching.., yet many of the most important exhibitors did not bench their dogs.

1996 J. A. Helgren Himalayan Cats 99/2 Sanitize the benching cage with disinfectant before putting the cat inside.

2016 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 17 Feb. b8/3 Madison..returned afterward to the benching area..where dogs stay before and after they have been shown.

b. Sport (chiefly North American). The removal of a player from a game; (also) the exclusion of a player from a team or squad for a particular contest or period of play. Cf. bench v.¹ 3d.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > types of play, actions, or postures > [noun] > actions

exchange1604

measuring cast1647

winner1811

glovework1822

piledriver1858

cockshot1861

legwork1868

footwork1871

winning stroke1884

teamwork1885

benching1904

three-sixty1927

wrong-footing1928

power play1932

major1951

sharpshooting1976

1904 Daily Rev. (Decatur, Illinois) 11 June 3/1 (heading) Three features to 2 to 0 game. One was the benching of McFarland for protesting.

1953 N.Y. Times 17 May s2/4 The benching of Hodges may restore Billy Cox to the line-up.

1992 Sports Illustr. 16 Nov. 44/2 The first benching, during a wild-card playoff two years ago, sent Cunningham sulking to the sideline.

2015 D. Borges Rebound viii. 74 It wasn't a benching... It's not about who's starting, it's about who's taking care of their minutes.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	benching
释义	benchingn. Brit. /ˈbɛn(t)ʃɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈbɛn(t)ʃɪŋ/ Forms: see bench n. and -ing suffix¹. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: bench n., -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < bench n. + -ing suffix¹.In sense 1 perhaps originally an error for or reinterpretation of bending n.¹, perhaps by association with bench n. 2 and bank n.¹ With benching-in at sense 3a compare to bench in at bench v.¹ 4b. †1. Perhaps: a banked side track. Obsolete.See note in etymology. ΚΠ a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xix. cxxix. 1382 Diuerticulum is a benchinge [emended in ed. to benthinge; a1425 Morgan benchynge; L. digressio] bysides þe wey. 2. a. The action or practice of equipping a church or other building, a room, etc., with benches. Cf. bench v.¹ 1b. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > [noun] > of a house > furnishing > with specific item benchinga1468 chairing1797 a1468 in Antiquaries Jrnl. (1998) 78 277 The sayd Nicholas schal fynde hewyng, sawyng, carpentrye, doryng, wyndowyng, plancheryng, speryng and benchyng of the parlour and of the halle. 1577 H. Hannam Treasurers' Accts. Mar. f. 5^v in J. Webb Town Finances Elizabethan Ipswich (1996) 53 Item, payde to John Dabeney for makinge of the new dore stalle for the counsaile chamber, for removing of the portalle, for benchyn bi the same. 1790 J. Byng Diary 9 June in Torrington Diaries (1935) II. 170 The church wants new benching, most grievously. 1860 Derby Mercury 22 Aug. 5/1 The re-pewing or benching of the chancel has long been thought desirable on the grounds of utility and appearance. 1890 G. F. Beaumont Hist. Coggeshall 36 There remained to be done the benching of the nave and nave aisles. 2013 Framfare (Framlingham, Suffolk) Feb. 5 As the benching of the church proceeded, surplus chairs were dispersed, with 50 going to Ipswich. b. A range or set of benches. ΘΚΠ the world > space > [noun] > sufficient space or room > for sitting > on seats or benches benching1571 bench room1601 seating1880 seatage1889 1571 Aldeburgh Rec. in Notes & Queries (1920) 4 Sept. 185/1 For Lx foote of Benchinge in ye towne haule. 1676 Accts. Office Wks. (P.R.O.: Work 5/27) f. 93 Layeing y^e floore ouer y^e pitt at y^e Theater for y^e Dancing at y^e Queenes Birth Day, putting vp 110 foo^t: of Benching for degrees With foo^t Steps to them. 1726 B. Langley Pract. Geom. applied to Useful Arts iii. iv. 119 There be divers sorts of work measured by running measure,..such as cornices in general,..guttering,..skirting boards,..benching, shelving, &c. 1866 W. D. Howells Venetian Life xx. 335 The benching that passes round the shop. 1893 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 21 Jan. 140/1 The benching, which may be moved about from show to show, is not disinfected. 1929 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 20 July 117/2 The benching and many other items of equipment in the laboratories..have been standardized. 1988 Theatre Ireland 14 18/2 Autolycus jumping directly into a packed audience..and reaching the top of the steeply raked benching. 2006 Jrnl. Soc. Archit. Historians 65 58/1 It shows the walls with surrounding benching on three sides. 3. †a. With reference to a building or structure: the action or fact of receding in terraces or steps, as in a pyramid; a terrace of this type. Also occasionally as benching-in. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1716 H. Prideaux Old & New Test. Connected (ed. 2) I. ii. 99 The whole ascent to it [sc. the Tower of Babel] was by the benching in drawn in a sloping line from the bottom to the top eight times round it. 1730 A. Bedford Script. Chronol. v. iv. 568/2 The Side of the Mount rose about 61 Feet, and bench'd in... So that at every such Benching there was a Walk round, from whence a Prospect of the Country might be seen. 1787 tr. C. E. Savary Lett. on Egypt (ed. 2) I. xviii. 237 The aperture by which they effected this was the well I have mentioned,..which occupies a part of the bottom of the benching, rising two feet in the wall. 1832 E. Robinson Calmet's Dict. Holy Bible (rev. ed.) 50/1 The ascent..landed upon the upper benching-in, near the hearth, or top of the altar. 1908 B. Cunningham Treat. Princ. & Pract. Harbour Engin. viii. 189 The best form of pierhead is that which presents an upright front to the sea on all sides, without benching or recesses of any description. b. A terrace cut into a slope, hillside, etc., esp. as part of engineering or mining works. Also: the action or process of cutting terraces into the ground, esp. (in opencast mining) to use as platforms for extracting coal, ore, etc. (see bench n. 10a). ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > ledge or terrace > [noun] shelvea1701 ledge1732 terrace1753 bench1791 lynchet1797 shelf1807 benching1809 offset1856 cultivation terrace1863 terracing1863 mantelshelf1897 cultivation-bank1913 mantelpiece1920 terracette1922 berm1931 1809 Farmer's Mag. Dec. 454 This road is carried along a benching on the side of the hill; and the earth which now remains to be removed will be carried across the Canal. 1846 G. D. Dempsey Railways 45 The rock above is sloped at ¼ to 1, a benching of 9 feet wide being left on its upper surface. 1868 H. D. Rogers Geol. Pennsylvania II. 1010 Where the seam is thick, the subterranean quarrying proceeds by benching, or cutting the coal in steps. 1891 Canals & Irrigation in Foreign Countries :U.S. House of Representatives Executive Document 45 (51st Congr., 2nd Sess.) i. 218 A benching of 4 feet wide must be made at the level of top bank on the off side of the canal. 1916 Engin. News 29 June 1219 (caption) The benching of rock cliffs to prevent slides on track. 1967 Surface Mining & our Environm. (U.S. Dept. Interior) 34/2 ‘Rim-cutting’ and ‘benching’ are terms that are sometimes used locally to identify workbenches, or ledges, prepared for contour or auger mining operations. 2005 H. L. Nichols & D. A. Day Moving Earth (ed. 5) 10.34 Benching may be done from the top down, or from top and bottom. †c. benching-up n. Coal Mining Obsolete the action or process of working on top of the seam of coal that is being extracted. ΚΠ 1848 London Mining Jrnl. Gloss. in Jrnl. Franklin Inst. 45 461 Benching-up—Holing above the measure, and then breaking up the lower part. 1881 Trans. Amer. Inst. Mining Engineers 1880–1 9 107 Benching-up, Newc[astle]. Working on the top of coal. 4. a. The action or practice of putting a dog (or other animal) on a show bench for exhibition. Cf. bench v.¹ 3c. Frequently attributive. ΚΠ 1873 Sheffield & Rotherham Independent 3 Oct. 4/2 Feeding and benching [of smaller classes of dogs] receives every attention. 1893 Forest & Stream (N.Y.) 29 June 570/2 Remarks regarding the irregular benching of dogs at our shows. 1920 Dog Fancier Aug. 24/2 All arrangements were capital for benching.., yet many of the most important exhibitors did not bench their dogs. 1996 J. A. Helgren Himalayan Cats 99/2 Sanitize the benching cage with disinfectant before putting the cat inside. 2016 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 17 Feb. b8/3 Madison..returned afterward to the benching area..where dogs stay before and after they have been shown. b. Sport (chiefly North American). The removal of a player from a game; (also) the exclusion of a player from a team or squad for a particular contest or period of play. Cf. bench v.¹ 3d. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of play, actions, or postures > [noun] > actions exchange1604 measuring cast1647 winner1811 glovework1822 piledriver1858 cockshot1861 legwork1868 footwork1871 winning stroke1884 teamwork1885 benching1904 three-sixty1927 wrong-footing1928 power play1932 major1951 sharpshooting1976 1904 Daily Rev. (Decatur, Illinois) 11 June 3/1 (heading) Three features to 2 to 0 game. One was the benching of McFarland for protesting. 1953 N.Y. Times 17 May s2/4 The benching of Hodges may restore Billy Cox to the line-up. 1992 Sports Illustr. 16 Nov. 44/2 The first benching, during a wild-card playoff two years ago, sent Cunningham sulking to the sideline. 2015 D. Borges Rebound viii. 74 It wasn't a benching... It's not about who's starting, it's about who's taking care of their minutes. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1398
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