ranshacklev.

Brit.

/ˈranʃak(ə)l/, U.S.

/ˈrænˌʃæk(ə)l/, Scottish English

/ranˈʃak(ə)l/

Forms:

α. 1600s ransacle, 1600s ransakle, 1600s (1800s– English regional (Yorkshire)) ransackle.

β. Now chiefly English regional (northern) 1700s ramshakle, 1800s ramsheckle, 1800s– ramshackle, 1800s– ranshackle; Scottish 1800s ramshaikel, 1800s ranshakle, 1800s– ranshekel, 1900s– ramshackle, 1900s– ramshaikle, 1900s– ranshackle.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: ransack v., -le suffix.

Etymology: < ransack v. + -le suffix. Compare later ramshackle v.With the form history compare ramshackled adj. (and subsequently also ramshackle adj.) and discussion at that entry. Perhaps compare also shackle v.²

Now rare, Scottish, and English regional (northern).

transitive. = ransack v. (in various senses).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > robbery > rob [verb (transitive)] > search with a view to robbing

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1605 S. Rowley When you see Me sig. K2 We have ransakled your winesellers since you went into France.

a1637 B. Jonson Masque of Gypsies 77* in tr. Horace Art of Poetry (1640) They sprung my purse and all I had about me..and ransackled me of every peny.

a1651 C. Love Dejected Soules Cure (1657) xiv. 179 A godly man loves that word that most ransackles his conscience.

1792 T. Holcroft Anna St. Ives I. xvi. 189 Am I to be ramshaklt out of the super nakullums in spite o' my teeth?

a1802 Jamie Telfer iv, in F. J. Child Eng. & Sc. Pop. Ballads (1890) IV. vii. 6/1 They..ranshakled the house right weel.

1837 Wilson's Hist. Tales Borders IV. 267 Ranshakle the house, bring me the parchment rights, and I'll have a fire bleezing bonnilie.

c1870 in G. Watson Roxburghshire Word-bk. (1923) 258 He pat the kye oot ti sallivoogue till the hens ramshaikelt the cribs.

1904 Eng. Dial. Dict. V. 29/1 Whees ramshackled a' thor, an' thraan the things tops-a-torvy?

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	ranshackle
释义	ranshacklev. Brit. /ˈranʃak(ə)l/, U.S. /ˈrænˌʃæk(ə)l/, Scottish English /ranˈʃak(ə)l/ Forms: α. 1600s ransacle, 1600s ransakle, 1600s (1800s– English regional (Yorkshire)) ransackle. β. Now chiefly English regional (northern) 1700s ramshakle, 1800s ramsheckle, 1800s– ramshackle, 1800s– ranshackle; Scottish 1800s ramshaikel, 1800s ranshakle, 1800s– ranshekel, 1900s– ramshackle, 1900s– ramshaikle, 1900s– ranshackle. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: ransack v., -le suffix. Etymology: < ransack v. + -le suffix. Compare later ramshackle v.With the form history compare ramshackled adj. (and subsequently also ramshackle adj.) and discussion at that entry. Perhaps compare also shackle v.² Now rare, Scottish, and English regional (northern). transitive. = ransack v. (in various senses). ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > robbery > rob [verb (transitive)] > search with a view to robbing ransacka1325 mousec1580 ranshackle1605 to turn over1859 ramshack1893 rat1906 1605 S. Rowley When you see Me sig. K2 We have ransakled your winesellers since you went into France. a1637 B. Jonson Masque of Gypsies 77* in tr. Horace Art of Poetry (1640) They sprung my purse and all I had about me..and ransackled me of every peny. a1651 C. Love Dejected Soules Cure (1657) xiv. 179 A godly man loves that word that most ransackles his conscience. 1792 T. Holcroft Anna St. Ives I. xvi. 189 Am I to be ramshaklt out of the super nakullums in spite o' my teeth? a1802 Jamie Telfer iv, in F. J. Child Eng. & Sc. Pop. Ballads (1890) IV. vii. 6/1 They..ranshakled the house right weel. 1837 Wilson's Hist. Tales Borders IV. 267 Ranshakle the house, bring me the parchment rights, and I'll have a fire bleezing bonnilie. c1870 in G. Watson Roxburghshire Word-bk. (1923) 258 He pat the kye oot ti sallivoogue till the hens ramshaikelt the cribs. 1904 Eng. Dial. Dict. V. 29/1 Whees ramshackled a' thor, an' thraan the things tops-a-torvy? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1605
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