recliningn.

Brit.

/rᵻˈklʌɪnɪŋ/, U.S.

/rəˈklaɪnɪŋ/,

/riˈklaɪnɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: recline v., -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < recline v. + -ing suffix¹.

The action of recline v.; an instance of this.Earliest in reclining posture at Compounds 1.

ΚΠ

1671 R. Boyle in Philos. Trans. 1670 (Royal Soc.) 5 2016 When his body seemed to be..in a reclining posture.

1677 F. Bampfield All in One sig. N There is no reclining or obtuseness in any of the Angles.

1805 Philadelphia Med. & Physical Jrnl. 2 i. 91 The Jerks..consists in a sudden inclination, or reclining, of the shoulders.

1871 G. Barlow Poems & Sonnets ii. 44 His sonnets strown might make a velvet bed For soft reclining of the lily's head.

1996 E. Tenner Why Things bite Back viii. 181 Whether reclining is better than tilting forward; whether clicky keyboards are really healthier than ‘mushy’ ones, or vice versa;..everyone benefits when such questions are taken seriously.

Compounds

C1. attributive, as reclining action, reclining position, reclining posture, etc.

ΚΠ

1671Reclining posture [see main sense].

1757 tr. J. G. Keyssler Trav. III. 304 A reclining position would more resemble that of a dying Person.

1851 C. Newton in J. Ruskin Stones of Venice I. App. xxi. 406 The necessities of pedimental composition first led the artist to place the river-god in a reclining position.

1991 Garden (Royal Hort. Soc.) Jan. 47 The chairs..are all top quality, elegantly covered with high quality dralon and fitted with all metal reclining action.

2005 N.Y. Mag. 23 May 57/2 The four reclining settings should keep modern layabouts happy.

C2.

reclining chair n. = recliner n. 3.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > seat > chair > [noun] > chair for reclining in

sleeping-chair1675

reclining chair1827

lounging-chair1841

reclining seat1857

lazy-back-chair1887

recliner1892

lounge-chair1902

power seat1952

incliner1978

1827 Times 2 Apr. 4/4 advt. A curious Indian reclining chair.

1863 ‘G. Eliot’ Let. 26 Dec. (1956) IV. 124 Another munificent friend has given me the most splendid reclining chair conceivable.

1907 Yesterday's Shopping (1969) 276/2 Improved portable suspensory Reclining Chair, with leg rest in canvas.

1999 Jrnl. Design Hist. 12 327 Medical attitudes to pulmonary tuberculosis had a significant influence on the development of the reclining chair.

reclining seat n. a seat which may be adjusted to a reclining position.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > seat > chair > [noun] > chair for reclining in

sleeping-chair1675

reclining chair1827

lounging-chair1841

reclining seat1857

lazy-back-chair1887

recliner1892

lounge-chair1902

power seat1952

incliner1978

society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > parts and equipment of vehicles generally > [noun] > seat > of specific type or position

driver's seata1726

side seat1742

driving seat1788

back seata1832

aisle seat1838

car seat1850

reclining seat1857

window seat1862

passenger seat1867

seat-board1873

garden seat1884

bucket-seat1908

shotgun1940

Sleeperette1950

sleeper seat1960

1857 Janesville (Wisconsin) Weekly Free Press 24 Feb. 1/4 Mr. Kittle..has invented a reclining seat for railroad travelers which it is said can be adjusted to six or seven different easy positions.

1943 S. Menefee Assignment: U.S.A. i. v. 117 She settled her ample proportions into the reclining seat next to me.

1999 Which? May 24/4 Sometimes known as strollers, buggies are suitable for children from birth if they have a reclining seat.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

recliningadj.

Brit.

/rᵻˈklʌɪnɪŋ/, U.S.

/rəˈklaɪnɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: recline v., -ing suffix².

Etymology: < recline v. + -ing suffix². Compare inclining adj., and later reclined adj., reclinate adj.

1. Of a sundial or plane: that slopes backwards from the vertical.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the universe > cosmology > science of observation > astronomical instruments > used in dialling > [adjective]

reclining1585

1585 J. Blagrave Math. Iewel sig. ¶¶^v To reduce al reclining & inclining flats.

1609 J. Blagrave Art of Dyalling (title page) Shewing plainly, and in a maner mechanichally to make dyals to all plaines, either Horizontall, Murall, declining, reclining or inclining.

1797 Encycl. Brit. V. 787/1 Those dials..are called inclining or reclining dials, according as their planes make acute or obtuse angles with the horizon.

1817 T. Leybourn Math. Questions II. xxvi. 341 A gentleman has a direct south-reclining dial in his garden.

1975 Bull. Amer. Schools Oriental Res. No. 219. 35/2 Half of the dial pattern found on the reclining surface of Sundial 1 had been scribed.

2006 M. Lennox-Boyd Sundials vi. 69 When they also do not face directly south they are called reclining declining dials.

2. That reclines (in various senses); esp. recumbent.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > posture > action or fact of lying down or reclining > [adjective]

lyingc1000

couchant1601

prone1610

jacent1611

decumbent1656

cumbentc1660

recumbent1664

recline1667

procumbent1668

discumbent1693

reclining1748

couched1807

Récamier1904

Madame Récamier1913

a1631 J. Donne Poems (1633) 277 A Pregnant banke swel'd up, to rest The violets reclining head.

1748 J. Thomson Castle of Indolence i. xxxvi Reclining lovers, in the lonely dale, Pour'd forth at large the sweetly-tortur'd heart.

1820 C. A. Eaton Rome, in 19th Cent. III. lxxxvi. 298 The beautiful figure of the reclining Nymph, half-raising herself to listen to the lyre of the sweet little Love at her feet.

1883 L. M. Mitchell Hist. Anc. Sculpt. xix. 354 By a recent correction in the placing of the reclining figure..lines of unexpected beauty in the composition of Pheidias have been revealed to us.

1907 J. Conrad Secret Agent vi. 174 The Assistant Commissioner withdrew the support of his hand from his reclining head.

1966 D. Hall Henry Moore iv. 72 He exploited his stone-carving breakthrough in a series of female figures: upright busts, reclining figures.

1999 N.Y. Times 22 Jan. b37/4 A line of pinkish-white dunes whose flattened curves suggest the outline of a reclining nude.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	reclining
释义	recliningn. Brit. /rᵻˈklʌɪnɪŋ/, U.S. /rəˈklaɪnɪŋ/, /riˈklaɪnɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: recline v., -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < recline v. + -ing suffix¹. The action of recline v.; an instance of this.Earliest in reclining posture at Compounds 1. ΚΠ 1671 R. Boyle in Philos. Trans. 1670 (Royal Soc.) 5 2016 When his body seemed to be..in a reclining posture. 1677 F. Bampfield All in One sig. N There is no reclining or obtuseness in any of the Angles. 1805 Philadelphia Med. & Physical Jrnl. 2 i. 91 The Jerks..consists in a sudden inclination, or reclining, of the shoulders. 1871 G. Barlow Poems & Sonnets ii. 44 His sonnets strown might make a velvet bed For soft reclining of the lily's head. 1996 E. Tenner Why Things bite Back viii. 181 Whether reclining is better than tilting forward; whether clicky keyboards are really healthier than ‘mushy’ ones, or vice versa;..everyone benefits when such questions are taken seriously. Compounds C1. attributive, as reclining action, reclining position, reclining posture, etc. ΚΠ 1671Reclining posture [see main sense]. 1757 tr. J. G. Keyssler Trav. III. 304 A reclining position would more resemble that of a dying Person. 1851 C. Newton in J. Ruskin Stones of Venice I. App. xxi. 406 The necessities of pedimental composition first led the artist to place the river-god in a reclining position. 1991 Garden (Royal Hort. Soc.) Jan. 47 The chairs..are all top quality, elegantly covered with high quality dralon and fitted with all metal reclining action. 2005 N.Y. Mag. 23 May 57/2 The four reclining settings should keep modern layabouts happy. C2. reclining chair n. = recliner n. 3. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > seat > chair > [noun] > chair for reclining in sleeping-chair1675 reclining chair1827 lounging-chair1841 reclining seat1857 lazy-back-chair1887 recliner1892 lounge-chair1902 power seat1952 incliner1978 1827 Times 2 Apr. 4/4 advt. A curious Indian reclining chair. 1863 ‘G. Eliot’ Let. 26 Dec. (1956) IV. 124 Another munificent friend has given me the most splendid reclining chair conceivable. 1907 Yesterday's Shopping (1969) 276/2 Improved portable suspensory Reclining Chair, with leg rest in canvas. 1999 Jrnl. Design Hist. 12 327 Medical attitudes to pulmonary tuberculosis had a significant influence on the development of the reclining chair. reclining seat n. a seat which may be adjusted to a reclining position. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > seat > chair > [noun] > chair for reclining in sleeping-chair1675 reclining chair1827 lounging-chair1841 reclining seat1857 lazy-back-chair1887 recliner1892 lounge-chair1902 power seat1952 incliner1978 society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > parts and equipment of vehicles generally > [noun] > seat > of specific type or position driver's seata1726 side seat1742 driving seat1788 back seata1832 aisle seat1838 car seat1850 reclining seat1857 window seat1862 passenger seat1867 seat-board1873 garden seat1884 bucket-seat1908 shotgun1940 Sleeperette1950 sleeper seat1960 1857 Janesville (Wisconsin) Weekly Free Press 24 Feb. 1/4 Mr. Kittle..has invented a reclining seat for railroad travelers which it is said can be adjusted to six or seven different easy positions. 1943 S. Menefee Assignment: U.S.A. i. v. 117 She settled her ample proportions into the reclining seat next to me. 1999 Which? May 24/4 Sometimes known as strollers, buggies are suitable for children from birth if they have a reclining seat. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). recliningadj. Brit. /rᵻˈklʌɪnɪŋ/, U.S. /rəˈklaɪnɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: recline v., -ing suffix². Etymology: < recline v. + -ing suffix². Compare inclining adj., and later reclined adj., reclinate adj. 1. Of a sundial or plane: that slopes backwards from the vertical. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > cosmology > science of observation > astronomical instruments > used in dialling > [adjective] reclining1585 1585 J. Blagrave Math. Iewel sig. ¶¶^v To reduce al reclining & inclining flats. 1609 J. Blagrave Art of Dyalling (title page) Shewing plainly, and in a maner mechanichally to make dyals to all plaines, either Horizontall, Murall, declining, reclining or inclining. 1797 Encycl. Brit. V. 787/1 Those dials..are called inclining or reclining dials, according as their planes make acute or obtuse angles with the horizon. 1817 T. Leybourn Math. Questions II. xxvi. 341 A gentleman has a direct south-reclining dial in his garden. 1975 Bull. Amer. Schools Oriental Res. No. 219. 35/2 Half of the dial pattern found on the reclining surface of Sundial 1 had been scribed. 2006 M. Lennox-Boyd Sundials vi. 69 When they also do not face directly south they are called reclining declining dials. 2. That reclines (in various senses); esp. recumbent. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > posture > action or fact of lying down or reclining > [adjective] lyingc1000 couchant1601 prone1610 jacent1611 decumbent1656 cumbentc1660 recumbent1664 recline1667 procumbent1668 discumbent1693 reclining1748 couched1807 Récamier1904 Madame Récamier1913 a1631 J. Donne Poems (1633) 277 A Pregnant banke swel'd up, to rest The violets reclining head. 1748 J. Thomson Castle of Indolence i. xxxvi Reclining lovers, in the lonely dale, Pour'd forth at large the sweetly-tortur'd heart. 1820 C. A. Eaton Rome, in 19th Cent. III. lxxxvi. 298 The beautiful figure of the reclining Nymph, half-raising herself to listen to the lyre of the sweet little Love at her feet. 1883 L. M. Mitchell Hist. Anc. Sculpt. xix. 354 By a recent correction in the placing of the reclining figure..lines of unexpected beauty in the composition of Pheidias have been revealed to us. 1907 J. Conrad Secret Agent vi. 174 The Assistant Commissioner withdrew the support of his hand from his reclining head. 1966 D. Hall Henry Moore iv. 72 He exploited his stone-carving breakthrough in a series of female figures: upright busts, reclining figures. 1999 N.Y. Times 22 Jan. b37/4 A line of pinkish-white dunes whose flattened curves suggest the outline of a reclining nude. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1671adj.1585
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