threshing floorn.

Brit.

/ˈθrɛʃɪŋ flɔː/, U.S.

/ˈθrɛʃɪŋ ˌflɔr/

Forms: see threshing n. and floor n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: threshing n., floor n.¹

Etymology: < threshing n. + floor n.¹ Compare earlier thrashing floor n. at thrashing n. Compounds 1b.Compare (in the same sense) Old English þyrscel-flōr (see threshel n.) and þirsce-flōr (with the first element compare Old High German dreska threshing: see thresh n.¹).

A hard, level surface on which a crop is threshed. Cf. floor n.¹ 6.

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the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation of grain > [noun] > threshing > threshing field or floor

bartonc950

summer fieldc1384

thrashing floora1398

corn-floora1425

summer halla1425

threshing floora1450

summer floor1535

threshing barn1812

a1450 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (Bodl.) xvii. clvi Þe greyne þat is loweste in þe þresschinge floore is beste to sede.

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 435 That the threshing floors should be wrought and tempered with oile lees, that they might not chawn & gape.

1611 Bible (King James) Gen. l. 10 They came to the threshing floore [1885 Revised threshing-floor] of Atad.

1789 W. Hutton Descr. Blackpool 37 The place is dignified with a theatre, if that will bear the name, which, during nine months in the year is only the threshing-floor of a barn.

1885 A. Brassey In Trades 235 A barbecue is the name given, in Jamaica, to the house which contains the threshing-floor and apparatus for drying the coffee.

2008 U. McGovern Lost Crafts (2009) 37 Threshing was a winter occupation, often carried out inside a barn on a threshing floor, sometimes made of wood but often of stone.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021).

单词	threshing floor
释义	threshing floorn. Brit. /ˈθrɛʃɪŋ flɔː/, U.S. /ˈθrɛʃɪŋ ˌflɔr/ Forms: see threshing n. and floor n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: threshing n., floor n.¹ Etymology: < threshing n. + floor n.¹ Compare earlier thrashing floor n. at thrashing n. Compounds 1b.Compare (in the same sense) Old English þyrscel-flōr (see threshel n.) and þirsce-flōr (with the first element compare Old High German dreska threshing: see thresh n.¹). A hard, level surface on which a crop is threshed. Cf. floor n.¹ 6. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation of grain > [noun] > threshing > threshing field or floor bartonc950 summer fieldc1384 thrashing floora1398 corn-floora1425 summer halla1425 threshing floora1450 summer floor1535 threshing barn1812 a1450 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (Bodl.) xvii. clvi Þe greyne þat is loweste in þe þresschinge floore is beste to sede. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 435 That the threshing floors should be wrought and tempered with oile lees, that they might not chawn & gape. 1611 Bible (King James) Gen. l. 10 They came to the threshing floore [1885 Revised threshing-floor] of Atad. View more context for this quotation 1789 W. Hutton Descr. Blackpool 37 The place is dignified with a theatre, if that will bear the name, which, during nine months in the year is only the threshing-floor of a barn. 1885 A. Brassey In Trades 235 A barbecue is the name given, in Jamaica, to the house which contains the threshing-floor and apparatus for drying the coffee. 2008 U. McGovern Lost Crafts (2009) 37 Threshing was a winter occupation, often carried out inside a barn on a threshing floor, sometimes made of wood but often of stone. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021). < n.a1450
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