west halfn.

Brit.

/ˌwɛst ˈhɑːf/, U.S.

/ˌwɛs(t) ˈhæf/

Forms: see west adv., adj., n.¹, and prep. and half n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: west adj., half n.

Etymology: In sense 1 < the uninflected (originally adverb) stem of west adj. (see discussion at west adv., adj., n.¹, and prep.) + half n. In sense 2 perhaps independently < west adj. + half n. Compare Old High German westhalba the west, also Middle Dutch westhalf , Middle Low German westerhalf (adjectives) situated on the west side, Old High German westerhalb (adverb) in the west (Old High German westerhalben , westerhalp ). Compare westdeal n., west side n., and also north half n., east half n., south half n.

1. The western part or side of something; the west. Cf. half n. 1a. Now archaic and rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > direction > cardinal points > West > [noun] > part or place

westdealeOE

west endeOE

west halfeOE

westwardeOE

westdalec1175

westc1275

west sidec1300

westwardc1350

Occidentc1375

occientc1450

westwards?1574

west half1577

occidental1587

Western world1894

eOE tr. Orosius Hist. (BL Add.) (1980) i. i. 10 On norþhealfe is seo sæ Euxinus, & on westhealfe [L. ab occasu] se sæ þe mon hætt Proponditis.

OE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Tiber. B.iv) anno 1016 Dulfon þa ane micle dic on suðhealfe, & drogon hera scipo on westhealfe þære bricge.

c1230 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Corpus Cambr.) (1962) 125 Com þe feond fleonninde bi þe lufte, & schulde al on toward te west half of þe worlt.

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 14616 An æst halue an west halue wa wes Brutten þere.

1377 in Somerset & Dorset Notes & Queries (1913) 13 274 (MED) All the feldis a westhalfe Chetnolle beth severel for hem of Chetnolle all the yere.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 20993 On þe west half o þat cite Birid o cristen men was he.

1454 in J. Robertson Liber Collegii Glasguensis (1846) 177 A tenement..lyand..on the west half of the Kyngis streyt.

1548 W. Patten Exped. Scotl. sig. Fvij^v Y^e number also of a .xvi.C. to be redy & euen w^t my lorde Marshal on y^e west half.

1611 A. Munday Briefe Chron. 446 The Isles anciently called Ebonides..but now (by the Scots) the Westerne Isles, lying on the West halfe of Scotland.

1906 C. M. Doughty Dawn in Brit. IV. xiv. 84 That..Father-river's god: Unto whom all streaming waters of the Isle Be subject, on this part; as be all floods His brother Severn's children, on West-half.

2. The western half of something. Cf. half n. 3.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > direction > cardinal points > West > [noun] > part or place

westdealeOE

west endeOE

west halfeOE

westwardeOE

westdalec1175

westc1275

west sidec1300

westwardc1350

Occidentc1375

occientc1450

westwards?1574

west half1577

occidental1587

Western world1894

1577 W. Harrison Hist. Descr. Islande Brit. i. viii. f. 16^v/1, in R. Holinshed Chron. I In this Islande were some time 1300. families, of which 960. were in the West halfe, & the reast in the other.

1602 R. Carew Surv. Cornwall i. f. 88^v Their ordinary vse was, to begin the quarter Sessions for the East halfe of the Shire,..and to adiourne the same for the West halfe.

1796 Scots Mag. Oct. 690/1 The west half of this parish is moorish: the east is pretty fertile, excepting the hilly part.

1846 New Englander (New Haven, Connecticut) Jan. 94/1 The tenants of the west half of the manor of Rensselaerwick..refused to pay rent for the use of the soil on which they lived.

1889 Amer. Jrnl. Sci. 137 200 The view that the west half of an oceanic basin is always the deepest.

1917 Soil Sci. 3 30 The west half of the field on the north side of the cut was seeded to alfalfa without a nurse crop.

2001 D. Drake Mistress of Catacombs (2002) x. 239 The interior of the temple was in shadow save for gray light blurring across the west half of the dome as the moon rose.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	west half
释义	west halfn. Brit. /ˌwɛst ˈhɑːf/, U.S. /ˌwɛs(t) ˈhæf/ Forms: see west adv., adj., n.¹, and prep. and half n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: west adj., half n. Etymology: In sense 1 < the uninflected (originally adverb) stem of west adj. (see discussion at west adv., adj., n.¹, and prep.) + half n. In sense 2 perhaps independently < west adj. + half n. Compare Old High German westhalba the west, also Middle Dutch westhalf , Middle Low German westerhalf (adjectives) situated on the west side, Old High German westerhalb (adverb) in the west (Old High German westerhalben , westerhalp ). Compare westdeal n., west side n., and also north half n., east half n., south half n. 1. The western part or side of something; the west. Cf. half n. 1a. Now archaic and rare. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > direction > cardinal points > West > [noun] > part or place westdealeOE west endeOE west halfeOE westwardeOE westdalec1175 westc1275 west sidec1300 westwardc1350 Occidentc1375 occientc1450 westwards?1574 west half1577 occidental1587 Western world1894 eOE tr. Orosius Hist. (BL Add.) (1980) i. i. 10 On norþhealfe is seo sæ Euxinus, & on westhealfe [L. ab occasu] se sæ þe mon hætt Proponditis. OE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Tiber. B.iv) anno 1016 Dulfon þa ane micle dic on suðhealfe, & drogon hera scipo on westhealfe þære bricge. c1230 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Corpus Cambr.) (1962) 125 Com þe feond fleonninde bi þe lufte, & schulde al on toward te west half of þe worlt. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 14616 An æst halue an west halue wa wes Brutten þere. 1377 in Somerset & Dorset Notes & Queries (1913) 13 274 (MED) All the feldis a westhalfe Chetnolle beth severel for hem of Chetnolle all the yere. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 20993 On þe west half o þat cite Birid o cristen men was he. 1454 in J. Robertson Liber Collegii Glasguensis (1846) 177 A tenement..lyand..on the west half of the Kyngis streyt. 1548 W. Patten Exped. Scotl. sig. Fvij^v Y^e number also of a .xvi.C. to be redy & euen w^t my lorde Marshal on y^e west half. 1611 A. Munday Briefe Chron. 446 The Isles anciently called Ebonides..but now (by the Scots) the Westerne Isles, lying on the West halfe of Scotland. 1906 C. M. Doughty Dawn in Brit. IV. xiv. 84 That..Father-river's god: Unto whom all streaming waters of the Isle Be subject, on this part; as be all floods His brother Severn's children, on West-half. 2. The western half of something. Cf. half n. 3. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > direction > cardinal points > West > [noun] > part or place westdealeOE west endeOE west halfeOE westwardeOE westdalec1175 westc1275 west sidec1300 westwardc1350 Occidentc1375 occientc1450 westwards?1574 west half1577 occidental1587 Western world1894 1577 W. Harrison Hist. Descr. Islande Brit. i. viii. f. 16^v/1, in R. Holinshed Chron. I In this Islande were some time 1300. families, of which 960. were in the West halfe, & the reast in the other. 1602 R. Carew Surv. Cornwall i. f. 88^v Their ordinary vse was, to begin the quarter Sessions for the East halfe of the Shire,..and to adiourne the same for the West halfe. 1796 Scots Mag. Oct. 690/1 The west half of this parish is moorish: the east is pretty fertile, excepting the hilly part. 1846 New Englander (New Haven, Connecticut) Jan. 94/1 The tenants of the west half of the manor of Rensselaerwick..refused to pay rent for the use of the soil on which they lived. 1889 Amer. Jrnl. Sci. 137 200 The view that the west half of an oceanic basin is always the deepest. 1917 Soil Sci. 3 30 The west half of the field on the north side of the cut was seeded to alfalfa without a nurse crop. 2001 D. Drake Mistress of Catacombs (2002) x. 239 The interior of the temple was in shadow save for gray light blurring across the west half of the dome as the moon rose. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.eOE
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