bushwhackingn.

/ˈbʊʃˌhwakɪŋ/

Forms: 1800s– bushwhacking; 1900s– bushwacking (U.S. regional).

Origin: Probably formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: bush n.¹, whacking n.

Etymology: Probably < bush n.¹ + whacking n., after bushwhacker n.. Compare slightly later bushwhack v.

U.S.

1. Making one's way through bushes; esp. the pulling of a boat by means of the bushes along the margin of a stream.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > propelling other than by sail or oars > [noun] > propelling by pulling on bushes

bushwhacking1826

1826 T. Flint Recoll. Last Ten Years 86 A process, which, in the technics of the boatmen [of the Mississippi] is called bush-whacking.

1828 T. Flint Hist. & Geogr. Mississippi Valley The propelling power of the keel-boat is by oars, sails, setting-poles, the cordelle, and..bush-whacking, or pulling up by the bushes.

2. The making of the woods a basis of operations for fighting or deeds of violence; bush-fighting.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > armed encounter > contending in battle > [noun] > manner of fighting > guerrilla fighting

bush-fighting1758

bushwhacking1864

1864 Daily Tel. 23 Aug. An unimportant bushwhacking foray.

1880 Scribner's Monthly Dec. 301 Forbes underwent four months of bushwhacking with the Carlists.

3. Felling or clearing bush (with an axe). New Zealand.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > lumbering > [noun] > felling trees

fallinga1425

felling1447

fell1531

fall1535

woodfall1588

slaughter1657

logging1706

tree-felling1759

fallage1788

slashing1822

fellage1839

wood-cutting1872

throw1879

bush-falling1882

drive1899

bushwhacking1906

clear-cutting1922

coupe1922

landnam1950

1906 E. W. Elkington Adrift in N.Z. xvi. 262 Bush-felling, or, as it is termed, bush-whacking was a favourite pastime of mine.

1907 W. H. Koebel Return of Joe 287 You new chums cuttin' good terbacker as if you was bush-wackin'.

1930 W. J. Smyth Wooden Rails iii. 39 Don't you like saw-mills and bush whacking and all that?

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

bushwhackingadj.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: bushwhack v., -ing suffix².

Etymology: < bushwhack v. (although this is apparently first attested slightly later) + -ing suffix². Compare slightly earlier bushwhacker n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈbushˌwhacking.

That bushwhacks.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > armed encounter > contending in battle > [adjective] > guerrilla fighting

bushwhacking1813

1813 Massachusetts Spy 27 Jan. (Thornton) These bush-whacking Yankees won't do For me to be dwelling among.

1883 American 6 92 The scouting, bushwhacking Unionist, Fortner.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online September 2019).

单词	bushwhacking
释义	bushwhackingn. /ˈbʊʃˌhwakɪŋ/ Forms: 1800s– bushwhacking; 1900s– bushwacking (U.S. regional). Origin: Probably formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: bush n.¹, whacking n. Etymology: Probably < bush n.¹ + whacking n., after bushwhacker n.. Compare slightly later bushwhack v. U.S. 1. Making one's way through bushes; esp. the pulling of a boat by means of the bushes along the margin of a stream. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > propelling other than by sail or oars > [noun] > propelling by pulling on bushes bushwhacking1826 1826 T. Flint Recoll. Last Ten Years 86 A process, which, in the technics of the boatmen [of the Mississippi] is called bush-whacking. 1828 T. Flint Hist. & Geogr. Mississippi Valley The propelling power of the keel-boat is by oars, sails, setting-poles, the cordelle, and..bush-whacking, or pulling up by the bushes. 2. The making of the woods a basis of operations for fighting or deeds of violence; bush-fighting. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed encounter > contending in battle > [noun] > manner of fighting > guerrilla fighting bush-fighting1758 bushwhacking1864 1864 Daily Tel. 23 Aug. An unimportant bushwhacking foray. 1880 Scribner's Monthly Dec. 301 Forbes underwent four months of bushwhacking with the Carlists. 3. Felling or clearing bush (with an axe). New Zealand. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > lumbering > [noun] > felling trees fallinga1425 felling1447 fell1531 fall1535 woodfall1588 slaughter1657 logging1706 tree-felling1759 fallage1788 slashing1822 fellage1839 wood-cutting1872 throw1879 bush-falling1882 drive1899 bushwhacking1906 clear-cutting1922 coupe1922 landnam1950 1906 E. W. Elkington Adrift in N.Z. xvi. 262 Bush-felling, or, as it is termed, bush-whacking was a favourite pastime of mine. 1907 W. H. Koebel Return of Joe 287 You new chums cuttin' good terbacker as if you was bush-wackin'. 1930 W. J. Smyth Wooden Rails iii. 39 Don't you like saw-mills and bush whacking and all that? This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2021). bushwhackingadj. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: bushwhack v., -ing suffix². Etymology: < bushwhack v. (although this is apparently first attested slightly later) + -ing suffix². Compare slightly earlier bushwhacker n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈbushˌwhacking. That bushwhacks. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed encounter > contending in battle > [adjective] > guerrilla fighting bushwhacking1813 1813 Massachusetts Spy 27 Jan. (Thornton) These bush-whacking Yankees won't do For me to be dwelling among. 1883 American 6 92 The scouting, bushwhacking Unionist, Fortner. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online September 2019). < n.1826adj.1813
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