rickingn.

Brit.

/ˈrɪkɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈrɪkɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: rick v.¹, -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < rick v.¹ + -ing suffix¹.

The action of rick v.¹

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > storage or preservation of crops > [noun] > stacking or ricking

stacking1531

mowing1572

ricking1688

thack and rape1787

tippling1803

1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. iii. 73/2 Mowing, Stacking, or Ricking of Corn, as before in Hay.

1771 D. Henry Compl. Eng. Farmer i. xxix. 161 If they produce 60 loads, they will be three days nearly in bringing home and ricking.

1790 W. Marshall Rural Econ. Midland Counties I. 222 Ricking..remedies the evil; and in this district, where barnroom is more contracted than in some other, loose corn is pretty generally put into ricks.

1844 A. Beatty Ess. Pract. Agric. 109 Ricking is preferable to stacking, because the former secures completely all the hemp from the weather.

1878 H. H. Smart Sunshine & Snow I. iii. 53 There was no better judge of ricking..in all the country-side than the Rev. Robert.

1913 Times 3 Nov. 13/2 A scheme for the giving of prizes..at local competitions in ploughing, hedging, ditching, ricking, building, and thatching.

1988 D. Ing Chernobyl Syndrome 321 Lange eases his way through the big fir, from felling and bucking through splitting and ricking right down to kindling.

Compounds

† General attributive, as ricking-rod, ricking time. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

1844 M. F. Tupper Crock of Gold l. 321 Her husband, a poor thatcher, sadly out of work except in ricking time.

1874 T. Hardy Far from Madding Crowd II. vii. 82 He had stuck his ricking-rod, groom, or poignard, as it was indifferently called,..into the stack to support the sheaves.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	ricking
释义	rickingn. Brit. /ˈrɪkɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈrɪkɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: rick v.¹, -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < rick v.¹ + -ing suffix¹. The action of rick v.¹ ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > storage or preservation of crops > [noun] > stacking or ricking stacking1531 mowing1572 ricking1688 thack and rape1787 tippling1803 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. iii. 73/2 Mowing, Stacking, or Ricking of Corn, as before in Hay. 1771 D. Henry Compl. Eng. Farmer i. xxix. 161 If they produce 60 loads, they will be three days nearly in bringing home and ricking. 1790 W. Marshall Rural Econ. Midland Counties I. 222 Ricking..remedies the evil; and in this district, where barnroom is more contracted than in some other, loose corn is pretty generally put into ricks. 1844 A. Beatty Ess. Pract. Agric. 109 Ricking is preferable to stacking, because the former secures completely all the hemp from the weather. 1878 H. H. Smart Sunshine & Snow I. iii. 53 There was no better judge of ricking..in all the country-side than the Rev. Robert. 1913 Times 3 Nov. 13/2 A scheme for the giving of prizes..at local competitions in ploughing, hedging, ditching, ricking, building, and thatching. 1988 D. Ing Chernobyl Syndrome 321 Lange eases his way through the big fir, from felling and bucking through splitting and ricking right down to kindling. Compounds † General attributive, as ricking-rod, ricking time. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1844 M. F. Tupper Crock of Gold l. 321 Her husband, a poor thatcher, sadly out of work except in ricking time. 1874 T. Hardy Far from Madding Crowd II. vii. 82 He had stuck his ricking-rod, groom, or poignard, as it was indifferently called,..into the stack to support the sheaves. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1688
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