raupon.

Brit.

/ˈraʊpəʊ/, U.S.

/ˈraʊpoʊ/, New Zealand English

/ˈrʌupo/,

/ˈræupʌu/

Forms: 1800s rapeoo, 1800s ra-poo, 1800s rapou, 1800s rappoo, 1800s raupu, 1800s repo, 1800s roupo, 1800s– rapa, 1800s– rapoo, 1800s– raupo, 1900s– rapo, 1900s– rapu.

Origin: A borrowing from Maori. Etymon: Maori raupō.

Etymology: < Maori raupō.

New Zealand.

A kind of reedmace (bulrush), Typha orientalis (family Typhaceae), formerly used by Maori as a building material, for thatch, etc. Frequently attributive. Also in elliptical use (now historical): a hut built of, or thatched with, this plant. Formerly regarded as representing an endemic Australasian species, Typha muelleri, but now considered conspecific with T. orientalis of China and Japan.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > reedy or aquatic grasses > [noun] > bulrush or club-rush

bulrushc1440

holrushc1440

glagol1480

cat's tail1548

reedmace1548

Typha1548

sun's brow1567

marsh beetle1578

marsh pestle1578

mat-rush1578

pole rush1578

water torch1578

water cat's-tail1597

ditch-down1611

doda1661

club-rush1677

deer-hair1777

club-grass1787

draw-ling1795

raupo1823

tule1837

boulder1847

blackheads1850

cat-o'-nine-tails1858

flax-tail1861

bull-sedge1879

mace reed1901

totora1936

society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > plants, grasses, or reeds > [noun] > rush > type of

raupo1823

1823 Williams Jrnl. 15 Sept. in A. E. Woodhouse Tales of Pioneer Women (1940) 14 Within an enclosure of paling stood our raupo hut, which had, except in shape, the appearance of a beehive.

1835 W. Yate Acct. of N.Z. 205 To engage the natives to build raupo, that is, rush-houses.

1848 C. Pickering U.S. Exploring Exped.: Races of Man iv. 80 Their huts..are very small and close, built of bundles of ‘rapoo’ (Typha), and roofed usually with leaves of the wild palm.

1881 Chequered Career 104 My canteen was built of raupo, a reed something like the bulrush, that grows in the swamps.

1920 J. Mander Story N.Z. River xxvi. 317 There was suddenly a ghostly movement in the rapoo and the reeds.

1963 Weekly News (Auckland) 26 June 31 Fern-birds habitually nest among the raupo reeds.

1991 in A. La Roche Hist. Howick & Pakuranga 256 There were 150 raupo houses in Howick in December 1848, and only 50 wooden cottages... A ‘raupo house’ in the official records could include sod cottages with a raupo roof. They called them a ‘raupo’.

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

单词	raupo
释义	raupon. Brit. /ˈraʊpəʊ/, U.S. /ˈraʊpoʊ/, New Zealand English /ˈrʌupo/, /ˈræupʌu/ Forms: 1800s rapeoo, 1800s ra-poo, 1800s rapou, 1800s rappoo, 1800s raupu, 1800s repo, 1800s roupo, 1800s– rapa, 1800s– rapoo, 1800s– raupo, 1900s– rapo, 1900s– rapu. Origin: A borrowing from Maori. Etymon: Maori raupō. Etymology: < Maori raupō. New Zealand. A kind of reedmace (bulrush), Typha orientalis (family Typhaceae), formerly used by Maori as a building material, for thatch, etc. Frequently attributive. Also in elliptical use (now historical): a hut built of, or thatched with, this plant. Formerly regarded as representing an endemic Australasian species, Typha muelleri, but now considered conspecific with T. orientalis of China and Japan. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > reedy or aquatic grasses > [noun] > bulrush or club-rush bulrushc1440 holrushc1440 glagol1480 cat's tail1548 reedmace1548 Typha1548 sun's brow1567 marsh beetle1578 marsh pestle1578 mat-rush1578 pole rush1578 water torch1578 water cat's-tail1597 ditch-down1611 doda1661 club-rush1677 deer-hair1777 club-grass1787 draw-ling1795 raupo1823 tule1837 boulder1847 blackheads1850 cat-o'-nine-tails1858 flax-tail1861 bull-sedge1879 mace reed1901 totora1936 society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > plants, grasses, or reeds > [noun] > rush > type of raupo1823 1823 Williams Jrnl. 15 Sept. in A. E. Woodhouse Tales of Pioneer Women (1940) 14 Within an enclosure of paling stood our raupo hut, which had, except in shape, the appearance of a beehive. 1835 W. Yate Acct. of N.Z. 205 To engage the natives to build raupo, that is, rush-houses. 1848 C. Pickering U.S. Exploring Exped.: Races of Man iv. 80 Their huts..are very small and close, built of bundles of ‘rapoo’ (Typha), and roofed usually with leaves of the wild palm. 1881 Chequered Career 104 My canteen was built of raupo, a reed something like the bulrush, that grows in the swamps. 1920 J. Mander Story N.Z. River xxvi. 317 There was suddenly a ghostly movement in the rapoo and the reeds. 1963 Weekly News (Auckland) 26 June 31 Fern-birds habitually nest among the raupo reeds. 1991 in A. La Roche Hist. Howick & Pakuranga 256 There were 150 raupo houses in Howick in December 1848, and only 50 wooden cottages... A ‘raupo house’ in the official records could include sod cottages with a raupo roof. They called them a ‘raupo’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1823
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