ring-strakedadj.

Brit.

/ˈrɪŋstreɪkt/, U.S.

/ˈrɪŋˌstreɪkt/

Forms: see ring n.¹ and straked adj.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; originally modelled on a Hebrew lexical item. Etymons: ring n.¹, straked adj.¹

Etymology: < ring n.¹ + straked adj.¹, originally translating biblical Hebrew ʿāqōd striped, streaked (Genesis 30–31, only in the story of Jacob's deception of Laban). Compare ring-streaked adj.

Chiefly literary.

Having bands of colour round the body. Also more generally: having bands of colour.Translations of Genesis appear to be the source from which all later usage is derived (see quots. 1568, 1611).

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the world > matter > colour > variegation > ring of colour > [adjective]

ring-straked1568

ring-streaked1647

ringled1776

zoned1792

ringly1800

zonated1803

ringy1843

zonate1866

hooped1898

1568 Bible (Bishops') Gen. xxx. 35 Therfore he toke out the same day the hee goates that were ryngstraked [Heb. haʿaqūdīm] and of diuers colours [Heb. haṭṭĕlū'īm], & all the shee goates that were spotted and coloured.

1611 Bible (King James) Gen. xxx. 35 He remoued that day the hee goates that were ring-straked, and spotted.

1650 J. Bulwer Anthropometamorphosis 253 The same way that Jacobs Cattle became speckled, spotted and ring-straked.

1729 D. Turner Disc. conc. Gleets 129 The Ewes conceived these ring-straked Cattle by looking on the speckled Rams.

1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. xii. 210 As wasps ring-straked, or bees that build.

1823 London Mag. Dec. 621/1 The herds of cows—the ring-straked, the speckled, and the spotted, seem a most laborious grass-devouring race.

a1865 in R. Hunt Rom. West Eng. (1871) 393 All ‘this wilful waste’ of long cloth scarlet, ringstraked, and speckled, is to do honour to King Christmas.

1891 T. Hardy Tess of the D'Urbervilles I. xix. 250 Commanding like a monarch his flocks and his herds, his spotted and his ring-straked.

1920 R. Graves Country Sentiment 39 Sing then of ringstraked manticor, Man-visaged tiger.

1941 R. Aldington Life for Life's Sake xx. 362 You see one set of patriarchs with a long caravan of camels, and others with herds of sheep speckled and ring-straked as the flocks of Laban.

1996 A. Adams Green Resistance i. l. 2 Snake is implicit in the tree; its ringstraked branches curve like ropes.

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

单词	ring-straked
释义	ring-strakedadj. Brit. /ˈrɪŋstreɪkt/, U.S. /ˈrɪŋˌstreɪkt/ Forms: see ring n.¹ and straked adj.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; originally modelled on a Hebrew lexical item. Etymons: ring n.¹, straked adj.¹ Etymology: < ring n.¹ + straked adj.¹, originally translating biblical Hebrew ʿāqōd striped, streaked (Genesis 30–31, only in the story of Jacob's deception of Laban). Compare ring-streaked adj. Chiefly literary. Having bands of colour round the body. Also more generally: having bands of colour.Translations of Genesis appear to be the source from which all later usage is derived (see quots. 1568, 1611). ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > variegation > ring of colour > [adjective] ring-straked1568 ring-streaked1647 ringled1776 zoned1792 ringly1800 zonated1803 ringy1843 zonate1866 hooped1898 1568 Bible (Bishops') Gen. xxx. 35 Therfore he toke out the same day the hee goates that were ryngstraked [Heb. haʿaqūdīm] and of diuers colours [Heb. haṭṭĕlū'īm], & all the shee goates that were spotted and coloured. 1611 Bible (King James) Gen. xxx. 35 He remoued that day the hee goates that were ring-straked, and spotted. View more context for this quotation 1650 J. Bulwer Anthropometamorphosis 253 The same way that Jacobs Cattle became speckled, spotted and ring-straked. 1729 D. Turner Disc. conc. Gleets 129 The Ewes conceived these ring-straked Cattle by looking on the speckled Rams. 1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. xii. 210 As wasps ring-straked, or bees that build. 1823 London Mag. Dec. 621/1 The herds of cows—the ring-straked, the speckled, and the spotted, seem a most laborious grass-devouring race. a1865 in R. Hunt Rom. West Eng. (1871) 393 All ‘this wilful waste’ of long cloth scarlet, ringstraked, and speckled, is to do honour to King Christmas. 1891 T. Hardy Tess of the D'Urbervilles I. xix. 250 Commanding like a monarch his flocks and his herds, his spotted and his ring-straked. 1920 R. Graves Country Sentiment 39 Sing then of ringstraked manticor, Man-visaged tiger. 1941 R. Aldington Life for Life's Sake xx. 362 You see one set of patriarchs with a long caravan of camels, and others with herds of sheep speckled and ring-straked as the flocks of Laban. 1996 A. Adams Green Resistance i. l. 2 Snake is implicit in the tree; its ringstraked branches curve like ropes. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1568
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