west-aboutadv.adj.

Brit.

/ˈwɛstəbaʊt/, U.S.

/ˈwɛstəbaʊt/

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

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: west adv., about adv.

Etymology: < west adv. + about adv. With later use compare east-about adv., north-about adv., south about adv.Compare the Old English parallel formation west ymbūtan by a westerly route:eOE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Parker) anno 877 Her cuom se here into Escanceastre from Werham, & se sciphere sigelede west ymbutan.

Chiefly Nautical.

By a westerly route; westwards. Also as adj.Apparently unattested between the Old English period and the 16th cent. and again between the 16th and 19th centuries.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > direction > cardinal points > West > [adverb]

westeOE

west-abouteOE

westeneOE

westwardeOE

bewest1016

westwardsOE

westly1440

westerlya1470

westwardly?1520

westernly1590

west-away1599

westlins1718

west-by1790

a-west1807

wessel1815

westlandways1820

nightwards1855

westbound1888

eOE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Parker) anno 914 Her on þysum geare com micel sciphere hider ofer suþan of Lidwiccum & twegen eorlas mid, Ohtor & Hroald, & foron west onbutan [OE Tiber. B.iv west abuton] þæt hie gedydon innan Sæferne muþan.

lOE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) anno 1046 Ða ge[wende] Godwine eorl west onbuton mid þes cynges ii scipum.

1579 in Reg. Mag. Sig. Scot. 1581 73/1 Thairfra passand west about as the new stank braa lyis.

1879 J. H. Heaton Austral. Dict. Dates & Men of Time 35/2 Sailed in the cutter ‘Mermaid’ of 84 tons, from Sydney, December 22, taking a ‘west-about’ route round the Leeuwin.

1903 Geogr. Jrnl. June 609 Drake's men..were anxious to go west-about; the others..wished to avoid a conflict with the Spaniards and go east-about.

1976 L. W. Martin in Brit. & Canada viii. 122 It [sc. the RAF] will also maintain its small units in Labrador and Newfoundland intended to keep open a ‘Westabout’ route to the Pacific.

1992 Lifeboat Spring 57/1 The first circumnavigation, westabout, was completed in 1985.

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

单词	west-about
释义	west-aboutadv.adj. Brit. /ˈwɛstəbaʊt/, U.S. /ˈwɛstəbaʊt/ Forms: see west adv., adj., n.¹, and prep. and about adv., prep.¹, adj., and int. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: west adv., about adv. Etymology: < west adv. + about adv. With later use compare east-about adv., north-about adv., south about adv.Compare the Old English parallel formation west ymbūtan by a westerly route:eOE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Parker) anno 877 Her cuom se here into Escanceastre from Werham, & se sciphere sigelede west ymbutan. Chiefly Nautical. By a westerly route; westwards. Also as adj.Apparently unattested between the Old English period and the 16th cent. and again between the 16th and 19th centuries. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > direction > cardinal points > West > [adverb] westeOE west-abouteOE westeneOE westwardeOE bewest1016 westwardsOE westly1440 westerlya1470 westwardly?1520 westernly1590 west-away1599 westlins1718 west-by1790 a-west1807 wessel1815 westlandways1820 nightwards1855 westbound1888 eOE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Parker) anno 914 Her on þysum geare com micel sciphere hider ofer suþan of Lidwiccum & twegen eorlas mid, Ohtor & Hroald, & foron west onbutan [OE Tiber. B.iv west abuton] þæt hie gedydon innan Sæferne muþan. lOE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) anno 1046 Ða ge[wende] Godwine eorl west onbuton mid þes cynges ii scipum. 1579 in Reg. Mag. Sig. Scot. 1581 73/1 Thairfra passand west about as the new stank braa lyis. 1879 J. H. Heaton Austral. Dict. Dates & Men of Time 35/2 Sailed in the cutter ‘Mermaid’ of 84 tons, from Sydney, December 22, taking a ‘west-about’ route round the Leeuwin. 1903 Geogr. Jrnl. June 609 Drake's men..were anxious to go west-about; the others..wished to avoid a conflict with the Spaniards and go east-about. 1976 L. W. Martin in Brit. & Canada viii. 122 It [sc. the RAF] will also maintain its small units in Labrador and Newfoundland intended to keep open a ‘Westabout’ route to the Pacific. 1992 Lifeboat Spring 57/1 The first circumnavigation, westabout, was completed in 1985. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adv.adj.eOE
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