单词 | rendlewood |
释义 | rendlewoodn. English regional (Dorset). Small sticks cut from an oak tree stripped of bark. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood of specific trees > [noun] > oak > barked rendlewood1844 1844 W. Barnes Poems Rural Life in Dorset Dial. Gloss. 344 Rundlewood, the small sticks from the head of an oak tree ripped of bark. The larger ones are called Lagwood. 1887 T. Hardy Woodlanders III. iv. 67 A heap of rendlewood—as barked oak was here called. 1900 T. Hardy Tess (1983) xii. 114 She was kindling ‘rendlewood’ (barked-oak) twigs under the breakfast kettle. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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