werfn.

Brit.

/wəːf/, U.S.

/wərf/, South African English

/vɛːf/,

/vɜːf/

Forms: Also werft.

Etymology: Older and dialect Dutch werf (werft ) = North Frisian werw , werrew , Low German warf , in the same sense; originally, a raised plot on which a house is built, and identical with the same forms in the sense of ‘wharf’: see wharf n.¹

South African.

The Cape-Dutch name for a homestead or the space surrounding a South African farm.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmstead > [noun]

towneOE

steading1472

farm-steading1533

onstead1551

farmtown1609

homestead1610

farmstead1753

homesteading1812

werf1818

plaas1834

head station1835

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > a house > [noun] > house with dependent buildings

worthOE

homestead1610

werf1818

lapa1909

1818 C. I. La Trobe Jrnl. Visit S. Afr. 191 We therefore took leave, pitched the tent on the werft, and kindled a fire.

1861 C. J. Andersson Okavango River xvi. 179 Five minutes' further walk brought us to a werft consisting of between twenty and thirty huts.

1888 A. Brigg Sunny Fountains 231 A Dutchman calls his homestead his werf.

1895 Times 19 Jan. 5/3 They arrived at the deceased's werf on November 7, possessed themselves of the guns and arms on the werf..and then shot Mr. Christie.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	werf
释义	werfn. Brit. /wəːf/, U.S. /wərf/, South African English /vɛːf/, /vɜːf/ Forms: Also werft. Etymology: Older and dialect Dutch werf (werft ) = North Frisian werw , werrew , Low German warf , in the same sense; originally, a raised plot on which a house is built, and identical with the same forms in the sense of ‘wharf’: see wharf n.¹ South African. The Cape-Dutch name for a homestead or the space surrounding a South African farm. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmstead > [noun] towneOE steading1472 farm-steading1533 onstead1551 farmtown1609 homestead1610 farmstead1753 homesteading1812 werf1818 plaas1834 head station1835 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > a house > [noun] > house with dependent buildings worthOE homestead1610 werf1818 lapa1909 1818 C. I. La Trobe Jrnl. Visit S. Afr. 191 We therefore took leave, pitched the tent on the werft, and kindled a fire. 1861 C. J. Andersson Okavango River xvi. 179 Five minutes' further walk brought us to a werft consisting of between twenty and thirty huts. 1888 A. Brigg Sunny Fountains 231 A Dutchman calls his homestead his werf. 1895 Times 19 Jan. 5/3 They arrived at the deceased's werf on November 7, possessed themselves of the guns and arms on the werf..and then shot Mr. Christie. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1818
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