side-boxn.

Brit.

/ˈsʌɪdbɒks/, U.S.

/ˈsaɪdˌbɑks/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: side n.¹, box n.²

Etymology: < side n.¹ + box n.²

1. A box at the side of a theatre, typically affording its occupants the opportunity to see and be seen by the rest of the audience, and often affording only a limited view of the stage itself.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > a theatre > auditorium > [noun] > box or compartment

pew1558

lord's room1592

box1609

private boxa1640

side-box1676

balcony1718

lodge1730

green box1732

stage box1740

loge1768

opera box1789

dress box1795

property box1809

omnibus1840

omnibus box1842

baignoire1873

1676 N. Lee Gloriana Epil. sig. K2 The Misses..No longer in their dear Side-boxes shin'd, But each to Chamber-practice did retire.

1678 T. Otway Friendship in Fashion v. 60 The side-box at the Play-house.

1703 R. Steele Tender Husband i. i You are only (when my wife goes to the play) to sit in a side box with pretty fellows.

1788 H. Mackenzie in Trans. Soc. Edinb. (1790) 2 174 It is only the mob in the side-boxes who..can hear unmoved the sentiments of compassion, of generosity, or of virtue.

1835 B. W. Procter Life E. Kean I. vii. 141 The conclusion..threw ladies in the side boxes into hysterics.

1842 Penny Cycl. XXIV. 297/1 No less preposterous is the practice of continuing the side-boxes up to the proscenium.

1922 H. Granville-Barker Exemplary Theatre iv. 202 In the smaller court theatre at Munich, if you sit in a side box, the party opposite is full in your eye.

2011 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 17 Apr. 10 Barber has transformed the theater's thrust stage into an elegant gold-arched proscenium, complete with side boxes and a plush, red curtain trimmed with gold tassels.

†2. The (typically well-to-do) occupants of a side-box. Usually in plural. Cf. box n.² 16b. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > theatre-going > theatregoer > [noun] > theatre audience > occupants of specific seat or place > collectively

gallery1649

box1677

side-box1685

gods1752

stall1901

1685 in Earl of Rochester Valentinian Prol. sig. C2^v Things we our selves confess to be unfit For such side-Boxes, and for such a Pit.

1694 W. Congreve Double-dealer i. i. 8 The Fellows grow so Conceited, when any of their foolish Wit prevails upon the side Boxes.

1717 A. Pope Rape of Lock (new ed.) v, in Wks. 159 Why bows the side-box from its inmost rows?

a1732 J. Gay Toilette in Poems (1737) II. 80 Nor shall side-boxes watch my restless eye.

1787 I. Bickerstaff Sultan (new ed.) Epil. sig. B3^v When of your epilogues I speak a line, Each side-box cries, Oh charming, vastly fine!

1836 Knickerbocker June 599 We can crack a joke with the pit, ogle the side boxes, and ever [sic] have a little fun among ourselves.

Compounds

General attributive.

ΚΠ

1684 N. Tate Poems (ed. 2) 154 Some side Box Nymphs ('tis true) made Protestation.

1695 W. Congreve Love for Love v. i. 77 Hang your side-Box Beaus.

1702 G. Farquhar Inconstant i. ii. 9 You have a good Side-box Face, a pretty impudent Face.

1785 W. Cowper Task ii. 624 Soon enough..T' ensure a side-box station at half price.

1851 C. Dickens Flight in Househ. Words 30 Aug. 530/2 Compact Enchantress..gives us her charming little side-box look, and smites me to the core.

1997 J. R. Brown What is Theatre? ii. iv. 205 Influenced by decades of movie palace architecture, theatre people led the move to get rid of ‘inefficient’ side box seating.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	side-box
释义	side-boxn. Brit. /ˈsʌɪdbɒks/, U.S. /ˈsaɪdˌbɑks/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: side n.¹, box n.² Etymology: < side n.¹ + box n.² 1. A box at the side of a theatre, typically affording its occupants the opportunity to see and be seen by the rest of the audience, and often affording only a limited view of the stage itself. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > a theatre > auditorium > [noun] > box or compartment pew1558 lord's room1592 box1609 private boxa1640 side-box1676 balcony1718 lodge1730 green box1732 stage box1740 loge1768 opera box1789 dress box1795 property box1809 omnibus1840 omnibus box1842 baignoire1873 1676 N. Lee Gloriana Epil. sig. K2 The Misses..No longer in their dear Side-boxes shin'd, But each to Chamber-practice did retire. 1678 T. Otway Friendship in Fashion v. 60 The side-box at the Play-house. 1703 R. Steele Tender Husband i. i You are only (when my wife goes to the play) to sit in a side box with pretty fellows. 1788 H. Mackenzie in Trans. Soc. Edinb. (1790) 2 174 It is only the mob in the side-boxes who..can hear unmoved the sentiments of compassion, of generosity, or of virtue. 1835 B. W. Procter Life E. Kean I. vii. 141 The conclusion..threw ladies in the side boxes into hysterics. 1842 Penny Cycl. XXIV. 297/1 No less preposterous is the practice of continuing the side-boxes up to the proscenium. 1922 H. Granville-Barker Exemplary Theatre iv. 202 In the smaller court theatre at Munich, if you sit in a side box, the party opposite is full in your eye. 2011 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 17 Apr. 10 Barber has transformed the theater's thrust stage into an elegant gold-arched proscenium, complete with side boxes and a plush, red curtain trimmed with gold tassels. †2. The (typically well-to-do) occupants of a side-box. Usually in plural. Cf. box n.² 16b. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > theatre-going > theatregoer > [noun] > theatre audience > occupants of specific seat or place > collectively gallery1649 box1677 side-box1685 gods1752 stall1901 1685 in Earl of Rochester Valentinian Prol. sig. C2^v Things we our selves confess to be unfit For such side-Boxes, and for such a Pit. 1694 W. Congreve Double-dealer i. i. 8 The Fellows grow so Conceited, when any of their foolish Wit prevails upon the side Boxes. 1717 A. Pope Rape of Lock (new ed.) v, in Wks. 159 Why bows the side-box from its inmost rows? a1732 J. Gay Toilette in Poems (1737) II. 80 Nor shall side-boxes watch my restless eye. 1787 I. Bickerstaff Sultan (new ed.) Epil. sig. B3^v When of your epilogues I speak a line, Each side-box cries, Oh charming, vastly fine! 1836 Knickerbocker June 599 We can crack a joke with the pit, ogle the side boxes, and ever [sic] have a little fun among ourselves. Compounds General attributive. ΚΠ 1684 N. Tate Poems (ed. 2) 154 Some side Box Nymphs ('tis true) made Protestation. 1695 W. Congreve Love for Love v. i. 77 Hang your side-Box Beaus. 1702 G. Farquhar Inconstant i. ii. 9 You have a good Side-box Face, a pretty impudent Face. 1785 W. Cowper Task ii. 624 Soon enough..T' ensure a side-box station at half price. 1851 C. Dickens Flight in Househ. Words 30 Aug. 530/2 Compact Enchantress..gives us her charming little side-box look, and smites me to the core. 1997 J. R. Brown What is Theatre? ii. iv. 205 Influenced by decades of movie palace architecture, theatre people led the move to get rid of ‘inefficient’ side box seating. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † side-boxv. Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: side-box n. Etymology: < side-box n. Obsolete. rare. transitive. To gaze at (a person) from a side-box. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > see [verb (transitive)] > watch a performance seea1387 side-box1689 catch1906 1689 T. Shadwell Bury-Fair iii. i. 31 [I will] never have my Eyes off you, while I Side-box you in the Play-house. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < n.1676v.1689
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side-boxn.

Compounds

† side-boxv.