rock facen.

Brit.

/ˈrɒk feɪs/, U.S.

/ˈrɑk ˌfeɪs/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: rock n.¹, face n.

Etymology: < rock n.¹ + face n. With sense 2 compare the specific architectural use of rock-faced adj., which is attested slightly earlier.

1. A bare vertical surface of natural rock. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > cliff > [noun]

cliffOE

cleoa1300

cleevec1300

rochec1300

clougha1400

heugha1400

brackc1530

clift1567

perpendicular1604

precipice1607

precipe1615

precipit1623

abrupt1624

scar1673

bluff1687

rock wall1755

krantz1785

linn1799

scarp1802

scaur1805

escarpment1815

rock face1820

escarp1856

hag1868

glint1906

scarping1909

stone-cliff1912

ledra1942

1820 Edinb. Encycl. (1830) XIV. 353/2 The faces have all to be opened out again along the line of the break, and to the rise of the broken rock face.

1855 C. Kingsley Glaucus 14 It was the crawling of a glacier which polished that rock-face.

1897 Times 7 Sept. 6/3 The fatal avalanche was started just before reaching the rock face which terminates the western ridge of the Roththalhorn.

1927 E. Rickword Theme for Pseudo-Faustus in Cal. Mod. Lett. 4 52 Thought veils like lichen the rock-face of fact.

1931 C. Day Lewis Coll. Poems (1935) 76 As one who wanders into old workings Dazed by the noonday, desiring coolness, Has found retreat barred by fall of rockface.

1972 Times 29 Nov. 28/8 (advt.) The..appeal is to the younger person who really wants a vital and interesting job as a change agent at the ‘rock face’.

2005 New Yorker 3 Oct. 60/1 A road stretches toward the charcoal-colored rockface of the Oscura Mountains.

2. Architecture. A type of rough-faced masonry taken, or made to appear as if taken, from a quarry without further dressing. Chiefly attributive. Cf. rock-faced adj.

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society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > building or constructing with stone > [noun] > stonework or masonry > types of > as facing

ashlar1823

rock face1851

1851 Western Jrnl. & Civilian Oct. 17 The masonry of range work with rock face, and cut beds laid in cement and grouted.

1869 Archit. Rev. & Amer. Builders' Jrnl. May 688/2 The exterior is faced with pitched or Rock face stone in about three inch beds, and of a gray color.

1890 Bull. N.Y. State Museum Nat. Hist. Aug. 349 In the Pardee house the rock-face stone gives a remarkably massive and pleasing effect.

1905 29th Ann. Rep. (Indiana Dept. Geol. & Nat. Resources) 522 These ‘seconds’ are also beginning to be put to quite extensive use as a rock-face building material.

1940 Chambers's Techn. Dict. 728/2 Rockface, (Masonry) the form of face given to a building-stone which has been quarry-faced.

1968 Amer. Speech 1967 42 295 Rock-face stone,..slabs of stone sawed on the top and bottom surface (up to five surfaces), which are then placed in a machine exerting pressure and cracking the stone. This leaves a pleasing rough surface toward the outside.

2000 S. Anderson Peter Behrens ii. 38 The material expression of substantial, earthy, rock-face masonry in the rear portion of the crematorium.

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

单词	rock face
释义	rock facen. Brit. /ˈrɒk feɪs/, U.S. /ˈrɑk ˌfeɪs/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: rock n.¹, face n. Etymology: < rock n.¹ + face n. With sense 2 compare the specific architectural use of rock-faced adj., which is attested slightly earlier. 1. A bare vertical surface of natural rock. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > cliff > [noun] cliffOE cleoa1300 cleevec1300 rochec1300 clougha1400 heugha1400 brackc1530 clift1567 perpendicular1604 precipice1607 precipe1615 precipit1623 abrupt1624 scar1673 bluff1687 rock wall1755 krantz1785 linn1799 scarp1802 scaur1805 escarpment1815 rock face1820 escarp1856 hag1868 glint1906 scarping1909 stone-cliff1912 ledra1942 1820 Edinb. Encycl. (1830) XIV. 353/2 The faces have all to be opened out again along the line of the break, and to the rise of the broken rock face. 1855 C. Kingsley Glaucus 14 It was the crawling of a glacier which polished that rock-face. 1897 Times 7 Sept. 6/3 The fatal avalanche was started just before reaching the rock face which terminates the western ridge of the Roththalhorn. 1927 E. Rickword Theme for Pseudo-Faustus in Cal. Mod. Lett. 4 52 Thought veils like lichen the rock-face of fact. 1931 C. Day Lewis Coll. Poems (1935) 76 As one who wanders into old workings Dazed by the noonday, desiring coolness, Has found retreat barred by fall of rockface. 1972 Times 29 Nov. 28/8 (advt.) The..appeal is to the younger person who really wants a vital and interesting job as a change agent at the ‘rock face’. 2005 New Yorker 3 Oct. 60/1 A road stretches toward the charcoal-colored rockface of the Oscura Mountains. 2. Architecture. A type of rough-faced masonry taken, or made to appear as if taken, from a quarry without further dressing. Chiefly attributive. Cf. rock-faced adj. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > building or constructing with stone > [noun] > stonework or masonry > types of > as facing ashlar1823 rock face1851 1851 Western Jrnl. & Civilian Oct. 17 The masonry of range work with rock face, and cut beds laid in cement and grouted. 1869 Archit. Rev. & Amer. Builders' Jrnl. May 688/2 The exterior is faced with pitched or Rock face stone in about three inch beds, and of a gray color. 1890 Bull. N.Y. State Museum Nat. Hist. Aug. 349 In the Pardee house the rock-face stone gives a remarkably massive and pleasing effect. 1905 29th Ann. Rep. (Indiana Dept. Geol. & Nat. Resources) 522 These ‘seconds’ are also beginning to be put to quite extensive use as a rock-face building material. 1940 Chambers's Techn. Dict. 728/2 Rockface, (Masonry) the form of face given to a building-stone which has been quarry-faced. 1968 Amer. Speech 1967 42 295 Rock-face stone,..slabs of stone sawed on the top and bottom surface (up to five surfaces), which are then placed in a machine exerting pressure and cracking the stone. This leaves a pleasing rough surface toward the outside. 2000 S. Anderson Peter Behrens ii. 38 The material expression of substantial, earthy, rock-face masonry in the rear portion of the crematorium. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1820
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