winter dyken.

(In sense 1)Brit.

/ˈwɪntə dʌɪk/, U.S.

/ˈwɪn(t)ər ˌdaɪk/, Scottish English

/ˈwɪntər daɪk/ (In sense 2)Brit.

/ˌwɪntə ˈdʌɪk/, U.S.

/ˌwɪn(t)ər ˈdaɪk/

Forms: see winter n.¹ and dike n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: winter n.¹, dike n.¹

Etymology: < winter n.¹ + dike n.¹In sense 1 with reference to the practice of hanging out laundry on walls or hedges (compare dike n.¹ 6) to dry, air, and bleach in the sun during the summer months. In sense 2 after German Winterdeich (second half of the 18th cent. or earlier) and its model Dutch winterdijk (15th cent. in Middle Dutch). With this sense compare also UUynterdyke (1662 in an account of a document of 1438), the name of a former embankment on fenland near Crowland Abbey, Lincolnshire.

1. Scottish and English regional (northern). A hinged upright frame on which clothes are hung to air or dry indoors; a clothes horse. Chiefly in plural. Cf. winter hedge n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing clothes and textile articles > [noun] > frame for hanging washing on to dry

hake1689

horse1706

winter dyke1748

maid1795

clothes-horse1807

winter hedge1812

airer1817

clothes-screen1832

linen-horse1845

maiden1856

maiden maker?1881

1748 Plenishing of Castlesemple in W. Hector Sel. Judicial Rec. Renfrewshire viii. 285 1 Table.., 1 Covering, 1 ½ yards Foot Cloth.., 2 Leafs of Wyter [sic] Dycks.., 1 Chest Mahogany Drawers.

1852 Glasgow Herald 21 May 7/5 (advt.) A few articles of household furniture.., including..1 mahogany fire screen.., laundry table, Winter Dykes, &c., &c.

1899 N. Munro Gilian the Dreamer xxi. 238 She..turned some airing towels on a winter-dyke beside the fire.

1906 Caledonian May 83/2 He's that queer. He keeps a room wi' a' his claes an' socks hingin' up on winter-dykes.

1991 L. Lochhead Bagpipe Muzak 55 One mended featherstitch jumper drying among the nappies on the winterdykes.

2020 T. A. Harvey in Lallans 96 45 Christine..taen a wat cloot aff the winterdykes.

2. Esp. in the Netherlands and Germany: a high embankment or dam built to protect low-lying land from winter tides and floods.Typically the larger of a pair of dykes, situated inland from a smaller summer dyke.

ΚΠ

1875 Minutes Proc. Inst. Civil Engineers 42 iv. 280 The dams are of two kinds, the light summer dyke, strong enough for summer storms, and the winter dyke, which is calculated to resist the heaviest weather.

1911 D. S. Meldrum Home Life in Holland i. 6 Imagine the river flowing between the winter dikes.

1975 Jrnl. Ecol. 63 441 The grassland between summer- and winter-dike forms a habitat intermediate between the saline tidal environment outside the dike..and the..non-tidal habitat further inland.

2004 J. C. J. M. van den Bergh et al. Spatial Ecol.-econ. Anal. for Wetland Managem. i. 7 River discharges peak at the end of the winter when the floodplain, bounded by winter dykes, is submerged.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	winter dyke
释义	winter dyken. (In sense 1)Brit. /ˈwɪntə dʌɪk/, U.S. /ˈwɪn(t)ər ˌdaɪk/, Scottish English /ˈwɪntər daɪk/ (In sense 2)Brit. /ˌwɪntə ˈdʌɪk/, U.S. /ˌwɪn(t)ər ˈdaɪk/ Forms: see winter n.¹ and dike n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: winter n.¹, dike n.¹ Etymology: < winter n.¹ + dike n.¹In sense 1 with reference to the practice of hanging out laundry on walls or hedges (compare dike n.¹ 6) to dry, air, and bleach in the sun during the summer months. In sense 2 after German Winterdeich (second half of the 18th cent. or earlier) and its model Dutch winterdijk (15th cent. in Middle Dutch). With this sense compare also UUynterdyke (1662 in an account of a document of 1438), the name of a former embankment on fenland near Crowland Abbey, Lincolnshire. 1. Scottish and English regional (northern). A hinged upright frame on which clothes are hung to air or dry indoors; a clothes horse. Chiefly in plural. Cf. winter hedge n. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing clothes and textile articles > [noun] > frame for hanging washing on to dry hake1689 horse1706 winter dyke1748 maid1795 clothes-horse1807 winter hedge1812 airer1817 clothes-screen1832 linen-horse1845 maiden1856 maiden maker?1881 1748 Plenishing of Castlesemple in W. Hector Sel. Judicial Rec. Renfrewshire viii. 285 1 Table.., 1 Covering, 1 ½ yards Foot Cloth.., 2 Leafs of Wyter [sic] Dycks.., 1 Chest Mahogany Drawers. 1852 Glasgow Herald 21 May 7/5 (advt.) A few articles of household furniture.., including..1 mahogany fire screen.., laundry table, Winter Dykes, &c., &c. 1899 N. Munro Gilian the Dreamer xxi. 238 She..turned some airing towels on a winter-dyke beside the fire. 1906 Caledonian May 83/2 He's that queer. He keeps a room wi' a' his claes an' socks hingin' up on winter-dykes. 1991 L. Lochhead Bagpipe Muzak 55 One mended featherstitch jumper drying among the nappies on the winterdykes. 2020 T. A. Harvey in Lallans 96 45 Christine..taen a wat cloot aff the winterdykes. 2. Esp. in the Netherlands and Germany: a high embankment or dam built to protect low-lying land from winter tides and floods.Typically the larger of a pair of dykes, situated inland from a smaller summer dyke. ΚΠ 1875 Minutes Proc. Inst. Civil Engineers 42 iv. 280 The dams are of two kinds, the light summer dyke, strong enough for summer storms, and the winter dyke, which is calculated to resist the heaviest weather. 1911 D. S. Meldrum Home Life in Holland i. 6 Imagine the river flowing between the winter dikes. 1975 Jrnl. Ecol. 63 441 The grassland between summer- and winter-dike forms a habitat intermediate between the saline tidal environment outside the dike..and the..non-tidal habitat further inland. 2004 J. C. J. M. van den Bergh et al. Spatial Ecol.-econ. Anal. for Wetland Managem. i. 7 River discharges peak at the end of the winter when the floodplain, bounded by winter dykes, is submerged. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1748
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