单词 | townred |
释义 | † townredn. Obsolete. A cluster of homesteads, forming the basis of a territorial division; a township (township n. 2a). ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town, village, or collection of dwellings > [noun] thorpc725 homeeOE byc950 castlec1000 wickc1000 streeta1325 placec1390 plecka1576 bourgade1601 township1602 townreda1613 ville1837 vicus1842 ham1864 stad1896 a1613 G. Owen Descr. Penbrokshire (1892) 4 To make a Mappe for that sheere alone, and then he gaue a lardge space to that shere, and placed euerye Townredd farre of from other in distance. 1613 A. Chichester Let. 4 Jan. in Analecta Hibernica (1938) 8 75 They dwell not in townrids together as they were appointed, but lie scattered up and downe, vpon their portions. 1617 Cal. State Papers Ireland 153 A late proclamation..from the Lord Deputy for composing scattered houses into town reeds, and to be so planted..that two or three towns may build together upon the meares and meeting of their several town reeds. 1618 Cal. State Papers Ireland 231 Every undertaker and native to build in town reedes. 1758 Act for Sale of Estates of Marmaduke Gwynne (31 Geo. II c. 41) 4 All that Messuage, Tenement, and one Plough-land, lying in the said Townred and Fields of Staniton. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.a1613 |
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