单词 | staked and ridered |
释义 | > as lemmasstaked and ridered 1. U.S. Of a fence: strengthened with riders (rider n. 12d). Chiefly in staked and ridered (cf. staked adj. and stake-and-ridered at stake n.1 2c). Now rare (historical).In quot. 1833 perhaps parasynthetic; in quot. 1852: (of a building) having a fence strengthened in this way. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > that which or one who closes or shuts > a barrier > [adjective] > that will serve as a fence > having a fence or paling > of specific construction (of fence) stake-and-ridered1829 ridered1833 dogleg1836 staked and ridered1852 hog-tight1858 staked-and-bound1861 doglegged1891 1833 Genessee Farmer (Rochester, N.Y.) 21 Dec. 401/3 A common fence, though eight rails high and double ridered, is no bar to the practice of steering across lots. 1852 Trans. Michigan Agric. Soc. 3 333 The staked and ridered domicil. 1891 Harper's Mag. Mar. 544/2 The staked and ridered rail-fence. 1946 G. Foreman Last Trek of Indians 169 All their farms were inclosed with good rail fences sufficiently high to secure their crops, many of them ‘staked and ridered’. 1981 Ann. Assoc. Amer. Geographers 71 500 (caption) Ohio settler building a staked and ridered worm fence. staked and ridered In senses of the verb. staked-and-bound: cf. stake n.1 2b; staked and ridered = stake-and-ridered at stake n.1 2c. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > support > [adjective] > supported > with posts or stakes staked1531 posted1572 staved1628 stanchioned1839 the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > that which or one who closes or shuts > a barrier > [adjective] > that will serve as a fence > having a fence or paling > of specific construction (of fence) stake-and-ridered1829 ridered1833 dogleg1836 staked and ridered1852 hog-tight1858 staked-and-bound1861 doglegged1891 the world > food and drink > farming > hedging > [adjective] > construction of pleached1861 staked-and-bound1861 the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > general equipment > [adjective] > tethered tethered1573 picketed1817 tethering1863 staked1865 1531 in H. Littlehales Medieval Rec. London City Church (1905) 37 Item, a stakyd fforme vjd. 1852 R. S. Surtees Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour xii. lxxi. 403 Now for the wall! It's five feet high..and strong in the staked-out part. 1852 Trans. Michigan Agric. Soc. 3 333 The staked and ridered domicil. 1861 G. J. Whyte-Melville Market Harborough xxv The last obstacle..consists of two ditches and a strong staked-and-bound fence on a bank. 1863 C. Lyell Geol. Evid. Antiq. Man 30 A staked inclosure had been raised round the cabin. 1865 A. Smith Summer in Skye I. 155 Women in white caps..sat beside a staked cow or pony. 1901 W. N. Harben Westerfelt xx. 271 The scarecrow in the cornfield beyond the staked-and-ridered rail fence looked like the corpse of a human being flattened against the yellow sky. < as lemmas |
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