rampikedadj.
/ˈrampʌɪkt/, U.S. /ˈræmˌpaɪkt/, Irish English /ˈræmpaɪkt/ Chiefly Irish English (northern) and English regional (midlands).
Of a tree: decayed, dying, dead; bare of foliage; = rampike adj.
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1790 W. Marshall Agric. Provincialisms in Rural Econ. Midland Counties II. 441 Raunpiked, provincial of raven-picked; stagheaded, as an old overgrown oak; having the stumps of boughs standing out of its top.
1794 S. Hayes Pract. Treat. Planting 160 The Timber of such Fir-trees..as have appeared somewhat decayed at top, or rampiked before they were felled.
a1795 T. Campbell Diary (1854) 70 The trees were stunted and ranpiked, as they call it in Ireland.
1836 R. Wilbraham Attempt Gloss. Cheshire A Rampicked tree is a stag-headed tree.
1875 T. E. Paget Student Penitent vii One of the old oaks in his park—erect and majestic even in decay, though scathed and rawnpiked and leafless.
1996 C. I. Macafee Conc. Ulster Dict. 270/1 Rampike, a tree beginning to decay at the top from age... Ranpiked, affected in this way.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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