单词 | ring-fence |
释义 | ring-fencev. 1. transitive. To surround or enclose with a ring fence. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > enclosing or enclosure > enclose [verb (transitive)] > with a fence or hedge haya1050 frith1377 hain14.. hedgea1425 fence1435 tinec1440 bara1500 mound1515 fence1535 teen1616 mile1655 picket1745 ring-fence1761 zariba1885 society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > building or providing with specific parts > build or provide with specific parts [verb (transitive)] > furnish or surround with fence or hedge haya1050 palea1382 palis?a1400 hain14.. tinec1440 bara1500 mound1515 impale1530 stowerc1555 palisado1607 teen1616 palisade1632 impile1633 cancel1650 wire1691 inrail1714 ring-fence1761 whin-kid1876 1761 Act dividing & inclosing Open & Common Field Moreton Pinkney 6 All the Ground to be allotted to the said Gilbert White..shall be inclosed and ring-fenced by and at the several Expence of the several Proprietors of the Lands intended to be inclosed. 1769 Aclome Inclosure Act 13 Tythe allotments to be ring-fenced. 1801 Act 41 Geo. III c. 109 §13 To award, order, and direct any such Allotments to be laid together and ring-fenced. 1899 N.Z. Official Year-bk. 1899 ii. 597 The clearing of forest lands, ring-fencing and grassing them, will cost about £3 to £3 10s. per acre. 1949 Times 9 Mar. 3/6 The first debate on the agenda was a motion by a Nationalist private member that native reserves be ring-fenced to prevent trespass and thefts of stock. 1974 Northern Times (Golspie, Sutherland) 2 Aug. 3/4 The proposal to ringfence Embo village was not acceptable for grant purposes. 2004 P. Hymers New Home Builder vi. 101 Even if your site is ring-fenced, if you have to leave excavations open overnight, make sure they are covered over with thick boarding. 2. transitive. figurative. To separate off or protect with an effective or comprehensive barrier or procedure. Also: to reserve for a particular purpose. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separate [verb (transitive)] > separate from main body > by specific means ring-fence1870 to twist out1887 screen1943 the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separate [verb (transitive)] > separate from main body > for a purpose reservec1410 separate1526 to set apart1711 to set aside1720 seclude1771 ring-fence1870 1870 G. W. Dasent Ann. Eventful Life II. xii. 227 I would not be so treated... I would not be sold, nor rounded off, nor ring-fenced... I would run away, I would enlist, I would take orders—anything rather than marry Mary. 1903 R. Fry Let. 30 Jan. (1972) I. 203 B.B. should not have it said that he is capable of political scheming to ring-fence Italian art. 1941 E. Linklater Man on my Back iv. 54 Every hour of the day was ring-fenced with rules and regulations. 1982 Times 9 Nov. 4/1 The social services and the welfare state could not be ring-fenced from the rest of the economy. 2000 Environmental Health News (Chartered Inst. Environmental Health) 18 Feb. 6/1 Why not allow fines from local authority health and safety prosecutions to be returned to environmental health departments and ring-fenced for health and safety? Derivatives ˈring-fencing n. ΚΠ 1797 E. Walls Observ. upon Inclosure Award 17 When the Commissioners have completed the ring fencing of the two extra allotments. 1847 C. Thomson Autobiogr. Artisan viii. 35 Some people have been enriched by the mapping-out, and ring-fencing of these commons. 1982 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 26 Feb. Another variable would see the governments drop plans to ‘ring fence’ the project. With ring fencing, companies cannot use tax breaks from Alsands to reduce taxes on income from other projects. 1991 C. Potter et al. Diversion of Land vi. 81 The ring-fencing of ‘eligible’ countryside is inevitable. 2007 J. A. Roin in A. T. Guzman & A. O. Sykes Res. Handbk. Internat. Econ. Law ix. 401 Ring-fencing of the assets of a branch of a failed foreign bank..is another important self-protection mechanism for host countries. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1761 |
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