shaftmentn.¹

Forms: Old English sceaftmund, Middle English schaftmonde, Middle English schafftmon, schaftemonde, schaft-mun, shaftmone, shaftmon(d, shaftmount, chaftmonde, Middle English–1500s shafmond, 1500s shaft-man, shaftemente, ( shafts-man Florio), 1600s shaftmont, shaftmen, shaftmet, shafman, (corruptly shafnet, shasnet), 1600s, 1800s shafment, 1800s shaffment, 1500s–1800s shaftment (see also Eng. Dial. Dict.); 1700s–1800s Scottish shathmont.

Etymology: Old English sceaftmund (only once), < sceaft shaft n.² + mund hand, handbreadth. (Probably sceaft was intended to denote the extended thumb.)Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈshaftment.

Obsolete exc. dialect.

The distance from the end of the extended thumb to the opposite side of the hand, used as a measure = about 6 inches.

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the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement of length > [noun] > units of length or distance > length or breadth of hand > span of hand

spanc900

shaftmentc910

hand span1854

c910–1060 Pax in Liebermann Gesetze Ags. 390 Ðus feor sceal beon ðæs cinges grið fram his burhgeate,..III. mila & .III. furlang, and .III. æcera bræde, and .IX. fota, and .IX. scæftamunda [? read sceaftmunda], and .IX. bere~corna.

?a1400 Morte Arth. 3843 He schare hyme one the schorte rybbys a schaftmonde large!

c1400 Laud Troy Bk. 6658 He hadde a strok a schafftmon long.

c1400 Anturs of Arth. xli Thro his shild and his shildur a schaft-mun [Douce. shaftmone] he share.

1474 Coventry Leet Bk. 399 iij schafmond and a half a-bout and a yerde of lenthe.

a1483 in W. G. Benham Red Paper Bk. Colchester (1902) 19 His fagot of wode shall be a yard of length and iij shaftmonds and an half abowte.

a1483 Liber Niger in Coll. Ordinances Royal Househ. (1790) 49 The Deane of the Chapell hathe all the offerings of wax..when the tapers be consumed into a shaftmount.

1483 Cath. Angl. 57/2 Chaftmonde.

1545 R. Ascham Toxophilus ii. f. 4^v Therfore lette your bowe haue good byg bend, a shaftemente and .ii. fyngers at the least.

?1556 E. P. tr. T. Cranmer Confut. Verities sig. Oiv^v A lytle young prety babe about a shaftmond long.

1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Quattraggio, a certaine rate of cloth that is giuen aboue measure, as we say a shaft man or a handfull.

1620 J. Taylor Praise of Hemp-seed 13 Once heaue the lead againe and sound abaff, A shasnet [1623 shafnet] lesse, seauen all.

1626 J. Smith Accidence Young Sea-men 18 Fadome by the marke, 3 od and a shaftment left.

1640 J. Parkinson Theatrum Botanicum 486 This Scabious hath a thicke whitish stemme next the ground for a shaftmont high.

1647 H. Hexham Copious Eng. & Netherduytch Dict. A Shaftmen, een mate van een halven voet.

1656 T. Blount Glossographia Shafment, is a kinde of measure used in some parts of England, and is the breadth of a mans hand, and the length of the thumb.

1674 T. Blount Glossographia (ed. 4) Shaftmet, or Shaftment.

1762 W. Young Treat. Weights & Meas. 19 A shaftment, which is the length from the bottom of the wrist to the end of the thumb when the hand is extended, is reckoned 6 inches.

a1769 Wee wee man ii, in F. J. Child Eng. & Sc. Pop. Ballads (1884) I. ii. 330/1 His legs were scarce a shathmont's length.

1816 W. Scott Antiquary I. viii. 185 Not a step, not a pace, not an inch, not a shathmont, as I may say; the meaning of which word has puzzled many that think themselves antiquaries.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

shaftmentn.²

/ˈʃɑːftmənt/

/ˈʃaftmənt/

Etymology: < shaft n.² + -ment suffix. (Perhaps suggested by misunderstanding of shaftment n.¹)

rare.

†1. An arrow. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > arrow > [noun]

streale?680

floc893

arrowOE

pileOE

bolta1000

flanea1000

archer1297

shaftc1400

grey-goose wing1566

dorlach1575

goose-wing1630

shaftment1634

fate1700

timberc1879

1634 W. Wood New Englands Prospect ii. xiii. 85 Let fly their winged shaftments without eyther feare or wit.

2. The feathered part of an arrow.

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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > arrow > [noun] > feathered part

shaftment1801

1801 T. Roberts Eng. Bowman 293 Shaftment, that part of the arrow occupied by the feathers.

1903 Amer. Anthropologist 5 60 (Cent. Dict. Suppl.) The dice were originally made of canes, being the shaftments of arrows, painted or burned with marks corresponding with those used to designate the arrows of the four world-quarters.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

单词	shaftment
释义	shaftmentn.¹ Forms: Old English sceaftmund, Middle English schaftmonde, Middle English schafftmon, schaftemonde, schaft-mun, shaftmone, shaftmon(d, shaftmount, chaftmonde, Middle English–1500s shafmond, 1500s shaft-man, shaftemente, ( shafts-man Florio), 1600s shaftmont, shaftmen, shaftmet, shafman, (corruptly shafnet, shasnet), 1600s, 1800s shafment, 1800s shaffment, 1500s–1800s shaftment (see also Eng. Dial. Dict.); 1700s–1800s Scottish shathmont. Etymology: Old English sceaftmund (only once), < sceaft shaft n.² + mund hand, handbreadth. (Probably sceaft was intended to denote the extended thumb.)Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈshaftment. Obsolete exc. dialect. The distance from the end of the extended thumb to the opposite side of the hand, used as a measure = about 6 inches. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement of length > [noun] > units of length or distance > length or breadth of hand > span of hand spanc900 shaftmentc910 hand span1854 c910–1060 Pax in Liebermann Gesetze Ags. 390 Ðus feor sceal beon ðæs cinges grið fram his burhgeate,..III. mila & .III. furlang, and .III. æcera bræde, and .IX. fota, and .IX. scæftamunda [? read sceaftmunda], and .IX. bere~corna. ?a1400 Morte Arth. 3843 He schare hyme one the schorte rybbys a schaftmonde large! c1400 Laud Troy Bk. 6658 He hadde a strok a schafftmon long. c1400 Anturs of Arth. xli Thro his shild and his shildur a schaft-mun [Douce. shaftmone] he share. 1474 Coventry Leet Bk. 399 iij schafmond and a half a-bout and a yerde of lenthe. a1483 in W. G. Benham Red Paper Bk. Colchester (1902) 19 His fagot of wode shall be a yard of length and iij shaftmonds and an half abowte. a1483 Liber Niger in Coll. Ordinances Royal Househ. (1790) 49 The Deane of the Chapell hathe all the offerings of wax..when the tapers be consumed into a shaftmount. 1483 Cath. Angl. 57/2 Chaftmonde. 1545 R. Ascham Toxophilus ii. f. 4^v Therfore lette your bowe haue good byg bend, a shaftemente and .ii. fyngers at the least. ?1556 E. P. tr. T. Cranmer Confut. Verities sig. Oiv^v A lytle young prety babe about a shaftmond long. 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Quattraggio, a certaine rate of cloth that is giuen aboue measure, as we say a shaft man or a handfull. 1620 J. Taylor Praise of Hemp-seed 13 Once heaue the lead againe and sound abaff, A shasnet [1623 shafnet] lesse, seauen all. 1626 J. Smith Accidence Young Sea-men 18 Fadome by the marke, 3 od and a shaftment left. 1640 J. Parkinson Theatrum Botanicum 486 This Scabious hath a thicke whitish stemme next the ground for a shaftmont high. 1647 H. Hexham Copious Eng. & Netherduytch Dict. A Shaftmen, een mate van een halven voet. 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Shafment, is a kinde of measure used in some parts of England, and is the breadth of a mans hand, and the length of the thumb. 1674 T. Blount Glossographia (ed. 4) Shaftmet, or Shaftment. 1762 W. Young Treat. Weights & Meas. 19 A shaftment, which is the length from the bottom of the wrist to the end of the thumb when the hand is extended, is reckoned 6 inches. a1769 Wee wee man ii, in F. J. Child Eng. & Sc. Pop. Ballads (1884) I. ii. 330/1 His legs were scarce a shathmont's length. 1816 W. Scott Antiquary I. viii. 185 Not a step, not a pace, not an inch, not a shathmont, as I may say; the meaning of which word has puzzled many that think themselves antiquaries. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online September 2021). shaftmentn.² /ˈʃɑːftmənt//ˈʃaftmənt/ Etymology: < shaft n.² + -ment suffix. (Perhaps suggested by misunderstanding of shaftment n.¹) rare. †1. An arrow. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > arrow > [noun] streale?680 floc893 arrowOE pileOE bolta1000 flanea1000 archer1297 shaftc1400 grey-goose wing1566 dorlach1575 goose-wing1630 shaftment1634 fate1700 timberc1879 1634 W. Wood New Englands Prospect ii. xiii. 85 Let fly their winged shaftments without eyther feare or wit. 2. The feathered part of an arrow. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > arrow > [noun] > feathered part shaftment1801 1801 T. Roberts Eng. Bowman 293 Shaftment, that part of the arrow occupied by the feathers. 1903 Amer. Anthropologist 5 60 (Cent. Dict. Suppl.) The dice were originally made of canes, being the shaftments of arrows, painted or burned with marks corresponding with those used to designate the arrows of the four world-quarters. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.¹c910n.²1634
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