prooint.

Brit.

/pruː/, U.S.

/pru/, Scottish English

/pru/, Irish English

/pruː/

Forms: 1900s– proo; Scottish pre-1700 prow, 1800s pbroo, 1800s phrroo, 1800s pprroo, 1800s prroo, 1800s pru, 1800s pruh, 1800s pruie, 1800s ptroo, 1800s ptru, 1800s ptrua, 1800s ptrue, 1800s tproo, 1800s– proo, 1900s– prui; English regional 1600s proo; English regional (Yorkshire) 1800s prou, 1800s– prow; Irish English (northern) 1900s– pra, 1900s– proo, 1900s– pru.

Origin: Apparently an imitative or expressive formation.

Etymology: Apparently imitative. With use as a command to a horse to stop or stand still compare German brr, †burr, Icelandic prr, Danish prr, pru, pruhh, ptro, ptru, etc., Swedish pro, prro, proh, ptro, etc., French brrr, all in the same sense. With use as a call to a cow or calf compare also Scottish Gaelic pruidh, in the same sense (of uncertain origin, perhaps < English).Compare also various extended forms attested in Scots from the 19th cent. onwards, e.g. proochy, pruitchie, prutchee, ptruchie, ptrueai, ptrumai, prush, with which perhaps compare Scottish Gaelic regional (Mull) pruidh seo, pruis-o (compare seo here), (Arran) pruisidh, pruis, (Argyll, Badenoch) pruidh-dhé, (Argyll, Perthshire, Sutherland) pruidh-é, etc.; see further Sc. National Dict. at that entry.

Scottish, English regional (Yorkshire), and Irish English (northern).

Used as a call to a cow or calf, or to command a horse to stop, stand still, etc.

ΚΠ

1678 J. Ray Coll. Eng. Prov. (ed. 2) 79 Proo naunt your mare puts. i.e. pushes.

1694 in J. Robertson Select. Reg. Presbytery of Lanark (1839) 118 She heard the beasts make din, and he cryed prow to one of them.

1806 R. Jamieson Pop. Ballads II. xxx. 362 Pbroo, pbroo! my bonny cow; (Pbroo, hawkie! ho, hawkie!).

1809 R. Kerr Gen. View Agric. County of Berwick 503 To their horses, carters employed hap and wind in ordering them to either side, now mostly high-wo and jee; and in calling to stop used the incommunicable sound of prroo, now wo, or woy.

1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian viii, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. IV. 170 [To cow] Pruh, my leddy—pruh, my woman.

1824 J. Mactaggart Sc. Gallovidian Encycl. Proo, cry, at horses when they are wanted to stand still, or, at least, not to gallop.

1844 A. Smart in D. Robertson Songs for Nursery 6/1 Moo, moo, proochy lady! Proo, Hawkie, proo, Hawkie!

1897 Amer. Anthropologist 10 97 In Scotland one hears the terms prrutchy and pruh.

1933 I. Macpherson Land of our Fathers xii. 95 Her strong voice swept from the river-meadows, through the quiet house, calling, ‘Proo-yae! Proo-yae!’

1996 C. I. Macafee Conc. Ulster Dict. 263/1 Proo, pru,..a call to a horse to stop..a call to a cow or calf.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	proo
释义	prooint. Brit. /pruː/, U.S. /pru/, Scottish English /pru/, Irish English /pruː/ Forms: 1900s– proo; Scottish pre-1700 prow, 1800s pbroo, 1800s phrroo, 1800s pprroo, 1800s prroo, 1800s pru, 1800s pruh, 1800s pruie, 1800s ptroo, 1800s ptru, 1800s ptrua, 1800s ptrue, 1800s tproo, 1800s– proo, 1900s– prui; English regional 1600s proo; English regional (Yorkshire) 1800s prou, 1800s– prow; Irish English (northern) 1900s– pra, 1900s– proo, 1900s– pru. Origin: Apparently an imitative or expressive formation. Etymology: Apparently imitative. With use as a command to a horse to stop or stand still compare German brr, †burr, Icelandic prr, Danish prr, pru, pruhh, ptro, ptru, etc., Swedish pro, prro, proh, ptro, etc., French brrr, all in the same sense. With use as a call to a cow or calf compare also Scottish Gaelic pruidh, in the same sense (of uncertain origin, perhaps < English).Compare also various extended forms attested in Scots from the 19th cent. onwards, e.g. proochy, pruitchie, prutchee, ptruchie, ptrueai, ptrumai, prush, with which perhaps compare Scottish Gaelic regional (Mull) pruidh seo, pruis-o (compare seo here), (Arran) pruisidh, pruis, (Argyll, Badenoch) pruidh-dhé, (Argyll, Perthshire, Sutherland) pruidh-é, etc.; see further Sc. National Dict. at that entry. Scottish, English regional (Yorkshire), and Irish English (northern). Used as a call to a cow or calf, or to command a horse to stop, stand still, etc. ΚΠ 1678 J. Ray Coll. Eng. Prov. (ed. 2) 79 Proo naunt your mare puts. i.e. pushes. 1694 in J. Robertson Select. Reg. Presbytery of Lanark (1839) 118 She heard the beasts make din, and he cryed prow to one of them. 1806 R. Jamieson Pop. Ballads II. xxx. 362 Pbroo, pbroo! my bonny cow; (Pbroo, hawkie! ho, hawkie!). 1809 R. Kerr Gen. View Agric. County of Berwick 503 To their horses, carters employed hap and wind in ordering them to either side, now mostly high-wo and jee; and in calling to stop used the incommunicable sound of prroo, now wo, or woy. 1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian viii, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. IV. 170 [To cow] Pruh, my leddy—pruh, my woman. 1824 J. Mactaggart Sc. Gallovidian Encycl. Proo, cry, at horses when they are wanted to stand still, or, at least, not to gallop. 1844 A. Smart in D. Robertson Songs for Nursery 6/1 Moo, moo, proochy lady! Proo, Hawkie, proo, Hawkie! 1897 Amer. Anthropologist 10 97 In Scotland one hears the terms prrutchy and pruh. 1933 I. Macpherson Land of our Fathers xii. 95 Her strong voice swept from the river-meadows, through the quiet house, calling, ‘Proo-yae! Proo-yae!’ 1996 C. I. Macafee Conc. Ulster Dict. 263/1 Proo, pru,..a call to a horse to stop..a call to a cow or calf. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < int.1678
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