tie-upn.adj.

Brit.

/ˈtʌɪʌp/, U.S.

/ˈtaɪˌəp/

Etymology: < tie up: to tie up at tie v. Phrasal verbs.

I. Something tied up, or used for tying up.

†1. = tie-wig n. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > wig > types of > gathered and tied

tie-wig1713

tie-up1714

tie-periwig1728

the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > practice of wearing artificial hair > [noun] > artificial hair > tied with a ribbon

tie-wig1713

tie-up1714

ramillies wig1724

tie-periwig1728

ramillies1734

1714 C. Johnson Country Lasses ii. i The last tye-up I sold you was as light and bright as silver..with a fine flowing large open curl.

a. A ribbon with which some part of a child's dress is tied or fastened up.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > parts of clothing > [noun] > fastenings > other fastenings

crotcheta1685

skewer1771

back-string1785

guard-chain1832

patte1835

tie-up1896

press-button1908

press fastener1922

Liverpool pennant1933

Velcro1960

1896 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Oct. 520/2 The little ones..rejoice in clean ‘bishops’ and ‘tie-ups’ of various hues.

1909 Daily Chron. 18 Nov. 7/1 Brief drawing-room appearances in a nurse's arms with robes and tie-ups—blue for a boy, pink for a girl.

b. A (makeshift) garter.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for legs > clothing for legs and feet > [noun] > stocking > for holding up > garter > types of

cross-garteringa1616

wedding-garter1663

tie-up1970

1970 R. Hill Clubbable Woman i. 5 One stocking was down. His tie-up hung loose round his ankle.

1976 E. Dunphy Only a Game? v. 139 Laying the shirts out before the game, making sure the lads have chewing gum, tie-ups, tea at half-time.

a. An animal tied up as a bait for a beast of prey.

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the world > food and drink > hunting > equipment > trap or snare > [noun] > bait

eesOE

baita1325

trap-bait1856

tie-up1895

1895 B. M. Croker Village Tales (1896) 27 Where's the chap with the buffalo—where is our tie-up?

1895 B. M. Croker Village Tales (1896) 27 It will be an awful sell if there is no tie-up, and the tiger happens to go by.

b. A building or stall in which cattle are tied up for the night. Originally and chiefly U.S.

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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping of cattle > [noun] > housing or sheltering of cattle > cattle house

byrea800

shipponc900

neat-house1440

oxhousea1475

fee-house1483

cow-house1530

neatery1647

cow-stable1648

mistal1673

hemel1717

bull-house1808

barn-cellar1842

tie-up1851

cow-shippon1859

bullock-shed1865

cow-shed1886

1851 J. S. Springer Forest Life & Forest Trees 82 At the further end of the ‘tie-up’ he thinks he hears a little clattering noise.

1883 26th Ann. Rep. Maine Board Agric. 1882 49 Those who have not the convenience for a barn cellar can save the manure very well by a tight floor in the tie-up.

1930 W. Faulkner As I lay Dying 117 The cows were still in the tie-up.

1952 E. Caldwell Lamp for Nightfall iii. 32 They constructed a chicken house..and installed six tie-ups in the dairy barn.

1960 Farmer & Stockbreeder 2 Feb. 17/1 The property..includes a farmhouse, two cottages and farm buildings in good condition with tie-up accommodation for 80 cows.

4. Bookbinding. plural. Tapes or ribbons attached to a portfolio, book-cover, etc., as a fastening.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > book > parts of book > [noun] > fastenings

clasp1454

strings1583

hasp1829

tier1895

tie-up1896

1896 D. Reeves' Catal. Sept. 11/1 Parchment, with silk tie-ups.

1902 D. Reeves' Catal. Jan. 10/2 4 sheets and a plan of London, 1572,..in portfolio with tie ups, 21s.

II. Act of tying up, or state of being tied up.

5. slang.

a. A finish, conclusion, ‘wind-up’.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > end or conclusion > [noun]

endc1000

endingc1000

finea1300

conclusion1382

ooc1384

close1399

finance1449

terminationc1500

last?1520

winding up1560

wind-up1573

wind-up-all1573

conclusure1578

clause1581

upshot1582

desinence1598

omega1599

Godspeed1606

finis1682

finale1786

finish1790

tie-up1829

Z1877

curtains1912

taps1917

1829 Sporting Mag. 24 99 By way of a tie up to the concern..the Ladies' Purse of 50£ for the beaten horses was offered.

b. Pugilism. A knock-out blow, a ‘finisher’: cf. to tie up 7 at tie v. Phrasal verbs.

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > boxing > [noun] > knock-out or technical knockout > knock-out blow

tie-up1818

knock-out1887

K.O.1922

kayo1933

1818 Sporting Mag. 2 211 He knobbed his adversary well, and floored him by a smart tye-up at the fourth buttonhole.

6. A stoppage of work or business, esp. on account of a lock-out or strike; a stoppage of transport, a traffic hold-up. Originally and chiefly U.S.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > vehicular traffic > [noun] > traffic jam

stop1625

stoppage1727

lock1834

block1861

pinch point1868

tie-up1889

traffic jam1891

traffic snarl1899

traffic snarl1933

traffic snarl-up1947

thrombosis1959

snarl-up1960

back-up1962

tailback1975

gridlock1980

society > occupation and work > work > times or periods of work > [noun] > stopping work > because of closure or strike

close-down1889

tie-up1889

1889 Sci. Amer. 19 Jan. 32/3 In the event of a ‘tie-up’, or strike.

1894 Times 14 July 7/1 [The Great Northern Pacific Railroad] could not..afford to face a tie-up.

1903 Westm. Gaz. 30 June 11/3 No such ‘tie-up’ has ever before been known in the American cotton industry.

1904 N.Y. Tribune 29 Oct. 1 An accident to one of the motor cars caused a tie-up of the southbound trains.

1923 C. R. Cooper Under Big Top xi. 227 Add to all this the handicaps of weather, of railroad tie-ups [etc.].

1943 Coast to Coast 1942 181 Old McAlister had made a reference to some trouble on the Brisbane waterfront that threatened a temporary tie-up in the shipping of produce.

1962 E. Snow Other Side of River (1963) xxiv. 183 I myself saw new motors and parts piled up unprotected in the weather and damaged or ruined because of transport tie-ups or lack of storage facilities.

1977 Time 18 July 14/2 Tie-ups extending for 30 miles are almost normal.

a. A condition of being ‘tied up’; entanglement.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > difficulty > types of difficulty > [noun] > difficulty or complexity > instance of > and confused

snarl1631

tangle1757

twaddle1785

an ill-favoured pirn1828

muddle1857

fankle1890

tie-up1906

snarl-up1960

1906 Statesman (Calcutta) 30 Sept. 3/7 She had no desire, she said, to ‘get into any more domestic tie ups’.

b. A connection or association. Cf. to tie up 10 at tie v. Phrasal verbs.

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the world > relative properties > relationship > [noun]

yokeOE

relationa1398

respecta1398

report1523

society?1545

habitude1561

conjugation1605

necessitudea1626

attinency1632

dependencea1634

belonginga1648

respectiveness1650

nexure1652

synapsis1655

relative1657

rapport1660

proportion1664

schesis1678

relationship1724

appurtenance1846

relationality1866

interosculation1883

tie-up1927

tie-in1934

1927 Daily Express 7 Mar. 11/5 There is a tie-up, too, over this firm with the gramophone records. Every record of the ‘Happiness Boys’ is an advertisement for Happiness Chocolates.

1938 F. S. Fitzgerald Let. 18 Apr. (1964) 28 I had made the mental tie-up that work equals something unpleasant.

1945 E. Daly House without Door xi. 118 It's quite an interesting tie-up... The Locke case and the Gregson murder case.

1960 Guardian 27 Sept. 8/4 The Labour Party..has..an out-of-date tie-up with the trades unions.

a1963 L. MacNeice Astrol. (1964) vii. 220 The modern astrological tendency..to seek tie-ups between astrology and psychological knowledge.

1974 S. Gulliver Vulcan Bull. 32 ‘How the hell did he get in with the Libyans in the first place?’ I asked. ‘Old school tie-ups,’ said Selby.

c. A telecommunication link or network. U.S.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > telecommunication > [noun] > link or network

link1911

tie-up1927

1927 Sci. Amer. July 37/2 27 stations..were connected to the battery of microphones in front of the Capitol. This record tie-up of transmitters was surpassed..when President Coolidge addressed a joint session of Congress..through a network of 42 broadcasters.

1939 Sun (Baltimore) 24 Aug. 3/5 (heading) Western Union speeds deliveries with tieup.

1940 Nature 20 July 91/2 It is reported from Pittsburgh, Pa., that the Bell Telephone Co. has applied for a permit to install transmitters and receivers on what is called a ‘tie-up’ with existing telephone facilities.

III. As adjective.

8. Constructed by tying up.

ΚΠ

1881 Cheq. Career 43 Thirty whares [houses] with their usual tie-up fences around them formed the outside Pah.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	tie-up
释义	tie-upn.adj. Brit. /ˈtʌɪʌp/, U.S. /ˈtaɪˌəp/ Etymology: < tie up: to tie up at tie v. Phrasal verbs. I. Something tied up, or used for tying up. †1. = tie-wig n. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > wig > types of > gathered and tied tie-wig1713 tie-up1714 tie-periwig1728 the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > practice of wearing artificial hair > [noun] > artificial hair > tied with a ribbon tie-wig1713 tie-up1714 ramillies wig1724 tie-periwig1728 ramillies1734 1714 C. Johnson Country Lasses ii. i The last tye-up I sold you was as light and bright as silver..with a fine flowing large open curl. 2. a. A ribbon with which some part of a child's dress is tied or fastened up. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > parts of clothing > [noun] > fastenings > other fastenings crotcheta1685 skewer1771 back-string1785 guard-chain1832 patte1835 tie-up1896 press-button1908 press fastener1922 Liverpool pennant1933 Velcro1960 1896 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Oct. 520/2 The little ones..rejoice in clean ‘bishops’ and ‘tie-ups’ of various hues. 1909 Daily Chron. 18 Nov. 7/1 Brief drawing-room appearances in a nurse's arms with robes and tie-ups—blue for a boy, pink for a girl. b. A (makeshift) garter. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for legs > clothing for legs and feet > [noun] > stocking > for holding up > garter > types of cross-garteringa1616 wedding-garter1663 tie-up1970 1970 R. Hill Clubbable Woman i. 5 One stocking was down. His tie-up hung loose round his ankle. 1976 E. Dunphy Only a Game? v. 139 Laying the shirts out before the game, making sure the lads have chewing gum, tie-ups, tea at half-time. 3. a. An animal tied up as a bait for a beast of prey. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > equipment > trap or snare > [noun] > bait eesOE baita1325 trap-bait1856 tie-up1895 1895 B. M. Croker Village Tales (1896) 27 Where's the chap with the buffalo—where is our tie-up? 1895 B. M. Croker Village Tales (1896) 27 It will be an awful sell if there is no tie-up, and the tiger happens to go by. b. A building or stall in which cattle are tied up for the night. Originally and chiefly U.S. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping of cattle > [noun] > housing or sheltering of cattle > cattle house byrea800 shipponc900 neat-house1440 oxhousea1475 fee-house1483 cow-house1530 neatery1647 cow-stable1648 mistal1673 hemel1717 bull-house1808 barn-cellar1842 tie-up1851 cow-shippon1859 bullock-shed1865 cow-shed1886 1851 J. S. Springer Forest Life & Forest Trees 82 At the further end of the ‘tie-up’ he thinks he hears a little clattering noise. 1883 26th Ann. Rep. Maine Board Agric. 1882 49 Those who have not the convenience for a barn cellar can save the manure very well by a tight floor in the tie-up. 1930 W. Faulkner As I lay Dying 117 The cows were still in the tie-up. 1952 E. Caldwell Lamp for Nightfall iii. 32 They constructed a chicken house..and installed six tie-ups in the dairy barn. 1960 Farmer & Stockbreeder 2 Feb. 17/1 The property..includes a farmhouse, two cottages and farm buildings in good condition with tie-up accommodation for 80 cows. 4. Bookbinding. plural. Tapes or ribbons attached to a portfolio, book-cover, etc., as a fastening. ΘΚΠ society > communication > book > parts of book > [noun] > fastenings clasp1454 strings1583 hasp1829 tier1895 tie-up1896 1896 D. Reeves' Catal. Sept. 11/1 Parchment, with silk tie-ups. 1902 D. Reeves' Catal. Jan. 10/2 4 sheets and a plan of London, 1572,..in portfolio with tie ups, 21s. II. Act of tying up, or state of being tied up. 5. slang. a. A finish, conclusion, ‘wind-up’. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > end or conclusion > [noun] endc1000 endingc1000 finea1300 conclusion1382 ooc1384 close1399 finance1449 terminationc1500 last?1520 winding up1560 wind-up1573 wind-up-all1573 conclusure1578 clause1581 upshot1582 desinence1598 omega1599 Godspeed1606 finis1682 finale1786 finish1790 tie-up1829 Z1877 curtains1912 taps1917 1829 Sporting Mag. 24 99 By way of a tie up to the concern..the Ladies' Purse of 50£ for the beaten horses was offered. b. Pugilism. A knock-out blow, a ‘finisher’: cf. to tie up 7 at tie v. Phrasal verbs. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > boxing > [noun] > knock-out or technical knockout > knock-out blow tie-up1818 knock-out1887 K.O.1922 kayo1933 1818 Sporting Mag. 2 211 He knobbed his adversary well, and floored him by a smart tye-up at the fourth buttonhole. 6. A stoppage of work or business, esp. on account of a lock-out or strike; a stoppage of transport, a traffic hold-up. Originally and chiefly U.S. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > vehicular traffic > [noun] > traffic jam stop1625 stoppage1727 lock1834 block1861 pinch point1868 tie-up1889 traffic jam1891 traffic snarl1899 traffic snarl1933 traffic snarl-up1947 thrombosis1959 snarl-up1960 back-up1962 tailback1975 gridlock1980 society > occupation and work > work > times or periods of work > [noun] > stopping work > because of closure or strike close-down1889 tie-up1889 1889 Sci. Amer. 19 Jan. 32/3 In the event of a ‘tie-up’, or strike. 1894 Times 14 July 7/1 [The Great Northern Pacific Railroad] could not..afford to face a tie-up. 1903 Westm. Gaz. 30 June 11/3 No such ‘tie-up’ has ever before been known in the American cotton industry. 1904 N.Y. Tribune 29 Oct. 1 An accident to one of the motor cars caused a tie-up of the southbound trains. 1923 C. R. Cooper Under Big Top xi. 227 Add to all this the handicaps of weather, of railroad tie-ups [etc.]. 1943 Coast to Coast 1942 181 Old McAlister had made a reference to some trouble on the Brisbane waterfront that threatened a temporary tie-up in the shipping of produce. 1962 E. Snow Other Side of River (1963) xxiv. 183 I myself saw new motors and parts piled up unprotected in the weather and damaged or ruined because of transport tie-ups or lack of storage facilities. 1977 Time 18 July 14/2 Tie-ups extending for 30 miles are almost normal. 7. a. A condition of being ‘tied up’; entanglement. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > types of difficulty > [noun] > difficulty or complexity > instance of > and confused snarl1631 tangle1757 twaddle1785 an ill-favoured pirn1828 muddle1857 fankle1890 tie-up1906 snarl-up1960 1906 Statesman (Calcutta) 30 Sept. 3/7 She had no desire, she said, to ‘get into any more domestic tie ups’. b. A connection or association. Cf. to tie up 10 at tie v. Phrasal verbs. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > [noun] yokeOE relationa1398 respecta1398 report1523 society?1545 habitude1561 conjugation1605 necessitudea1626 attinency1632 dependencea1634 belonginga1648 respectiveness1650 nexure1652 synapsis1655 relative1657 rapport1660 proportion1664 schesis1678 relationship1724 appurtenance1846 relationality1866 interosculation1883 tie-up1927 tie-in1934 1927 Daily Express 7 Mar. 11/5 There is a tie-up, too, over this firm with the gramophone records. Every record of the ‘Happiness Boys’ is an advertisement for Happiness Chocolates. 1938 F. S. Fitzgerald Let. 18 Apr. (1964) 28 I had made the mental tie-up that work equals something unpleasant. 1945 E. Daly House without Door xi. 118 It's quite an interesting tie-up... The Locke case and the Gregson murder case. 1960 Guardian 27 Sept. 8/4 The Labour Party..has..an out-of-date tie-up with the trades unions. a1963 L. MacNeice Astrol. (1964) vii. 220 The modern astrological tendency..to seek tie-ups between astrology and psychological knowledge. 1974 S. Gulliver Vulcan Bull. 32 ‘How the hell did he get in with the Libyans in the first place?’ I asked. ‘Old school tie-ups,’ said Selby. c. A telecommunication link or network. U.S. ΘΚΠ society > communication > telecommunication > [noun] > link or network link1911 tie-up1927 1927 Sci. Amer. July 37/2 27 stations..were connected to the battery of microphones in front of the Capitol. This record tie-up of transmitters was surpassed..when President Coolidge addressed a joint session of Congress..through a network of 42 broadcasters. 1939 Sun (Baltimore) 24 Aug. 3/5 (heading) Western Union speeds deliveries with tieup. 1940 Nature 20 July 91/2 It is reported from Pittsburgh, Pa., that the Bell Telephone Co. has applied for a permit to install transmitters and receivers on what is called a ‘tie-up’ with existing telephone facilities. III. As adjective. 8. Constructed by tying up. ΚΠ 1881 Cheq. Career 43 Thirty whares [houses] with their usual tie-up fences around them formed the outside Pah. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1714
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