spinneyn.

Brit.

/ˈspɪni/, U.S.

/ˈspɪni/

Forms: α. Middle English spenné, 1500s spinnie, 1600s spennie, 1700s– spinny. β. 1600s spynney, 1600s– spinney, 1800s spenney.

Etymology: < Old French espinei, espinoi, -oy (masculine), espinoie, espinaye (modern French épinaie ) feminine, a place full of thorns or brambles, < espine spine n.¹ Compare spinet n.²

†1. ? A thorn-hedge. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > that which or one who closes or shuts > a barrier > [noun] > hedge or fence > a hedge > hedges of specific material

spinneyc1400

holly-set1664

c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 1709 At þe last bi a littel dich he lepeȝ ouer a spenne, Steleȝ out ful stilly bi a strothe rande.

c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 1896 As he sprent ouer a spenne, to spye þe schrewe.

2. A small wood or copse, esp. one planted or preserved for sheltering game-birds; a small clump or plantation of trees.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > tree or woody plant > wood or assemblage of trees or shrubs > [noun] > planted, cultivated, or valued > coppice or grove

hurst822

grove889

wood bough?c1225

wood lay?c1225

wood lind?c1225

wood rise?c1225

spring1396

firth?a1400

berwec1440

spring?c1475

grovet1504

coppice1538

copsewood1543

sherwood1562

hewt1575

copse1578

grove-crop1582

berrie1591

low wood1591

spinney1597

spinet1604

spring wood1607

roughet1616

oart1690

toft1706

under-grove1731

bosket1737

busket1803

α.

1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 353 I found this strange kinde of Gentian in a small groue of wood called the Spinnie.

c1600 in J. H. Glover Kingsthorpiana (1883) 114 For Hantorne's Spennie, xii d.

1745 W. Ellis Agric. Improv'd II. July ii. 18 When a Field is under such a fertile Growth of this Grain, it appears somewhat like a Spinny, or Spring of Underwood.

1826 Sporting Mag. 17 331 The carriage not being able to get up to the spinny.

1857 C. Kingsley Two Years Ago I. p. x The downs..crowned with black fir spinnies, and dotted with dark box and juniper.

1876 Fraser's Mag. 470 Woods and spinnies of old trees are scattered about the rich corn-lands.

β. 1625 Althorp MS. in J. N. Simpkinson Washingtons (1860) p. lx To Butlin 5 daies paling about the new spinney.1625 Althorp MS. in J. N. Simpkinson Washingtons (1860) p. lx One daie setting up stiles in the spynney.1785 W. Cowper Wks. (1837) XV. 177 I told you..that the spinney has been cut down.1814 Ann. Reg., Chron. 84/2 A small wood called Holyoak Spenney.1840 T. Hood Miss Kilmansegg i, in New Monthly Mag. 60 95 Had her horse but been fed upon English grass, And sheltered in Yorkshire spinneys.1883 E. Pennell-Elmhirst Cream Leics. 43 The fox..had turned into the little spinneys bordering the hill.attributive.1821 J. Clare Village Minstrel II. 133 Ragged-robins by the spinney lake.in extended use.1905 F. Treves Other Side of Lantern i. i A spinney of cranes and derricks.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	spinney
释义	spinneyn. Brit. /ˈspɪni/, U.S. /ˈspɪni/ Forms: α. Middle English spenné, 1500s spinnie, 1600s spennie, 1700s– spinny. β. 1600s spynney, 1600s– spinney, 1800s spenney. Etymology: < Old French espinei, espinoi, -oy (masculine), espinoie, espinaye (modern French épinaie ) feminine, a place full of thorns or brambles, < espine spine n.¹ Compare spinet n.² †1. ? A thorn-hedge. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > that which or one who closes or shuts > a barrier > [noun] > hedge or fence > a hedge > hedges of specific material spinneyc1400 holly-set1664 c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 1709 At þe last bi a littel dich he lepeȝ ouer a spenne, Steleȝ out ful stilly bi a strothe rande. c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 1896 As he sprent ouer a spenne, to spye þe schrewe. 2. A small wood or copse, esp. one planted or preserved for sheltering game-birds; a small clump or plantation of trees. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > tree or woody plant > wood or assemblage of trees or shrubs > [noun] > planted, cultivated, or valued > coppice or grove hurst822 grove889 wood bough?c1225 wood lay?c1225 wood lind?c1225 wood rise?c1225 spring1396 firth?a1400 berwec1440 spring?c1475 grovet1504 coppice1538 copsewood1543 sherwood1562 hewt1575 copse1578 grove-crop1582 berrie1591 low wood1591 spinney1597 spinet1604 spring wood1607 roughet1616 oart1690 toft1706 under-grove1731 bosket1737 busket1803 α. 1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 353 I found this strange kinde of Gentian in a small groue of wood called the Spinnie. c1600 in J. H. Glover Kingsthorpiana (1883) 114 For Hantorne's Spennie, xii d. 1745 W. Ellis Agric. Improv'd II. July ii. 18 When a Field is under such a fertile Growth of this Grain, it appears somewhat like a Spinny, or Spring of Underwood. 1826 Sporting Mag. 17 331 The carriage not being able to get up to the spinny. 1857 C. Kingsley Two Years Ago I. p. x The downs..crowned with black fir spinnies, and dotted with dark box and juniper. 1876 Fraser's Mag. 470 Woods and spinnies of old trees are scattered about the rich corn-lands. β. 1625 Althorp MS. in J. N. Simpkinson Washingtons (1860) p. lx To Butlin 5 daies paling about the new spinney.1625 Althorp MS. in J. N. Simpkinson Washingtons (1860) p. lx One daie setting up stiles in the spynney.1785 W. Cowper Wks. (1837) XV. 177 I told you..that the spinney has been cut down.1814 Ann. Reg., Chron. 84/2 A small wood called Holyoak Spenney.1840 T. Hood Miss Kilmansegg i, in New Monthly Mag. 60 95 Had her horse but been fed upon English grass, And sheltered in Yorkshire spinneys.1883 E. Pennell-Elmhirst Cream Leics. 43 The fox..had turned into the little spinneys bordering the hill.attributive.1821 J. Clare Village Minstrel II. 133 Ragged-robins by the spinney lake.in extended use.1905 F. Treves Other Side of Lantern i. i A spinney of cranes and derricks. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.c1400
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