shethn.

/ʃɛθ/

Forms: Middle English scheth, (1800s sheath), 1700s– sheth.

Etymology: Cognate with West Flemish schet , schette rail, bar of a gate, palisade, etc.; < the Germanic root *skaiþ to divide, split: see shed v.¹, sheath n.¹ Compare also West Flemish schee crossbar, rung of a ladder, one of the laths forming the bottom of a wheelbarrow, etc. See also sheath n.²The etymological sense would be split piece of wood (compare the cognate shide n.). The Old English form cannot be inferred from the data, but may possibly be represented by Old Northumbrian scæþþa, sceaþa (if the vowel in that word be long), which occurs in the Lindisfarne and Rushworth Gospels John xx. 25 in the sense of nail, and as the second element of hornsceaþ ‘pinnaculum (templi)’ in Matthew iv. 5 (Lind.); < Middle Dutch schede (feminine), metal pin or peg, appears to correspond to this.

dialect and technical.

1. A bar or lath, esp. one of a number placed alongside each other so as to form a framework. spec. in various applications.

a. One of the bars or ‘ribs’ forming the framework for the bottom or sides of a wagon, railway-coach, etc.

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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > parts of cart or carriage > [noun] > frame of cart or carriage > other frame timbers

sheth1496

summer?1523

everingsa1642

hoop-stick1794

nunter1794

transom1794

wain-trees1876

horn-bar1879

1496 in T. Dickson Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1877) I. 281 Item..to Will Walkar of Leith, for xxiiij schort treis to be schethis to the cartis,..xxiiij s.

1764 J. Buddle in B. Martin's Gen. Mag. June 285 The body of the waggon is in form of an inverted prismoid..having strong pieces of oak or ash wood at the bottom called Soals, at the corners and sides called Sheths.

1838 N. Wood Pract. Treat. Railroads (ed. 3) 208 Upright sheths are placed upon the side frames, and cross sheths as shown in the figures.

1849 G. C. Greenwell Gloss. Terms Coal Trade Northumberland & Durham 47 Sheths, the ribs of a chaldron waggon.

1894 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words (at cited word) ‘Waggon sheth’, the group of ribs forming the framework. ‘Tram sheth’, the cross ties in a tram which connect the soles or main framework.

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b. In a ladder: Each of ‘the broader steps, introduced at intervals, between the rungs, to bind the structure together’ ( Northumbld. Gloss. 1894).

c. In a harrow: see quot. 1894. Also collective.

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the world > food and drink > farming > tools and implements > harrowing equipment > [noun] > harrow > parts of

harrow-tooth1483

bull?1523

harrow-bull?1523

spindle1616

whippin1697

whippletree1733

tining1760

sheth1788

slot1799

harrow-tine-

1788 Encycl. Brit. I. 276/1 The bulls [of the harrow] are connected by four sheths.

1894 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words (at cited word) ‘Harrow sheth’, the cross bars of a harrow, intersecting the ‘bulls’ or longitudinal bars.

2. ‘A group of parallel rows which stand at right angles to similar and adjoining or intersecting rows’ ( Northumbld. Gloss. 1894).

a. Agriculture. (See quot. 1894.)

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the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > land suitable for cultivation > [noun] > broken land > arable or ploughed land > divisions of ploughed land

ridgeOE

butt1304

landc1400

rig1428

sheth1431

shed1473

stitch1493

loon1611

furlong1660

size-land1744

slit1775

kench1799

stimpart1896

1431 Munim. de Melros (Bannatyne Club) 524 Sexten akris of land togithir lyand in þe samyn scheth of land west fra þe said saynte mary rig.

1829 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words (new ed.) Sheth, a portion of a field, which is divided so as to drain off the water by the direction of the ploughings, called sheths; i.e. a separated part.

1894 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words (at cited word) In the unenclosed town fields a group of parallel strips of ploughed land, which adjoined a similar group lying at right angles, formed a sheth.

b. Mining. (See quots.)

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society > occupation and work > workplace > places where raw materials are extracted > mine > [noun] > working face or place > in coal mine > set of

sheth1812

1812 J. Hodgson in J. Raine Mem. J. Hodgson (1857) I. 95 Till it [the air] traversed the newly-formed sheth or set of workings.

1860 Eng. & Foreign Mining Gloss. (new ed.) (Newcastle Terms) 63 Sheth of bords, a district of workings.

1894 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words (at cited word) ‘Sheth of boards’, a group of cross workings in a coal pit... When a panel or division of a colliery is referred to, the group of parallel excavations which have been driven at right angles to the cleavage of the coal (the boards) are spoken of as a ‘sheth of boards’.

attributive.1812 J. Hodgson in J. Raine Mem. J. Hodgson (1857) I. 95 The walls which have stoppings in them are called sheth-walls, and those which are open loose-walls.1816 J. H. H. Holmes Treat. Coal Mines Durham & Northumberland 247 Sheth, Sheth-door, Sheth-stoppings &c.—different means used for regulating the passage of the air through the boards, headways, &c.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	sheth
释义	shethn. /ʃɛθ/ Forms: Middle English scheth, (1800s sheath), 1700s– sheth. Etymology: Cognate with West Flemish schet , schette rail, bar of a gate, palisade, etc.; < the Germanic root skaiþ to divide, split: see shed v.¹, sheath n.¹ Compare also West Flemish schee* crossbar, rung of a ladder, one of the laths forming the bottom of a wheelbarrow, etc. See also sheath n.²The etymological sense would be split piece of wood (compare the cognate shide n.). The Old English form cannot be inferred from the data, but may possibly be represented by Old Northumbrian scæþþa, sceaþa (if the vowel in that word be long), which occurs in the Lindisfarne and Rushworth Gospels John xx. 25 in the sense of nail, and as the second element of hornsceaþ ‘pinnaculum (templi)’ in Matthew iv. 5 (Lind.); < Middle Dutch schede (feminine), metal pin or peg, appears to correspond to this. dialect and technical. 1. A bar or lath, esp. one of a number placed alongside each other so as to form a framework. spec. in various applications. a. One of the bars or ‘ribs’ forming the framework for the bottom or sides of a wagon, railway-coach, etc. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > parts of cart or carriage > [noun] > frame of cart or carriage > other frame timbers sheth1496 summer?1523 everingsa1642 hoop-stick1794 nunter1794 transom1794 wain-trees1876 horn-bar1879 1496 in T. Dickson Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1877) I. 281 Item..to Will Walkar of Leith, for xxiiij schort treis to be schethis to the cartis,..xxiiij s. 1764 J. Buddle in B. Martin's Gen. Mag. June 285 The body of the waggon is in form of an inverted prismoid..having strong pieces of oak or ash wood at the bottom called Soals, at the corners and sides called Sheths. 1838 N. Wood Pract. Treat. Railroads (ed. 3) 208 Upright sheths are placed upon the side frames, and cross sheths as shown in the figures. 1849 G. C. Greenwell Gloss. Terms Coal Trade Northumberland & Durham 47 Sheths, the ribs of a chaldron waggon. 1894 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words (at cited word) ‘Waggon sheth’, the group of ribs forming the framework. ‘Tram sheth’, the cross ties in a tram which connect the soles or main framework. Categories » b. In a ladder: Each of ‘the broader steps, introduced at intervals, between the rungs, to bind the structure together’ ( Northumbld. Gloss. 1894). c. In a harrow: see quot. 1894. Also collective. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > tools and implements > harrowing equipment > [noun] > harrow > parts of harrow-tooth1483 bull?1523 harrow-bull?1523 spindle1616 whippin1697 whippletree1733 tining1760 sheth1788 slot1799 harrow-tine- 1788 Encycl. Brit. I. 276/1 The bulls [of the harrow] are connected by four sheths. 1894 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words (at cited word) ‘Harrow sheth’, the cross bars of a harrow, intersecting the ‘bulls’ or longitudinal bars. 2. ‘A group of parallel rows which stand at right angles to similar and adjoining or intersecting rows’ ( Northumbld. Gloss. 1894). a. Agriculture. (See quot. 1894.) ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > land suitable for cultivation > [noun] > broken land > arable or ploughed land > divisions of ploughed land ridgeOE butt1304 landc1400 rig1428 sheth1431 shed1473 stitch1493 loon1611 furlong1660 size-land1744 slit1775 kench1799 stimpart1896 1431 Munim. de Melros (Bannatyne Club) 524 Sexten akris of land togithir lyand in þe samyn scheth of land west fra þe said saynte mary rig. 1829 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words (new ed.) Sheth, a portion of a field, which is divided so as to drain off the water by the direction of the ploughings, called sheths; i.e. a separated part. 1894 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words (at cited word) In the unenclosed town fields a group of parallel strips of ploughed land, which adjoined a similar group lying at right angles, formed a sheth. b. Mining. (See quots.) ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > workplace > places where raw materials are extracted > mine > [noun] > working face or place > in coal mine > set of sheth1812 1812 J. Hodgson in J. Raine Mem. J. Hodgson (1857) I. 95 Till it [the air] traversed the newly-formed sheth or set of workings. 1860 Eng. & Foreign Mining Gloss. (new ed.) (Newcastle Terms) 63 Sheth of bords, a district of workings. 1894 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words (at cited word) ‘Sheth of boards’, a group of cross workings in a coal pit... When a panel or division of a colliery is referred to, the group of parallel excavations which have been driven at right angles to the cleavage of the coal (the boards) are spoken of as a ‘sheth of boards’. attributive.1812 J. Hodgson in J. Raine Mem. J. Hodgson (1857) I. 95 The walls which have stoppings in them are called sheth-walls, and those which are open loose-walls.1816 J. H. H. Holmes Treat. Coal Mines Durham & Northumberland 247 Sheth, Sheth-door, Sheth-stoppings &c.—different means used for regulating the passage of the air through the boards, headways, &c. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1431
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