† witchetn.

Forms: 1600s 1800s witchet, 1800s wichet.

Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps a borrowing from French. Etymon: French uuichet.

Etymology: Origin uncertain; perhaps reflecting Anglo-Norman uuichet, variant of wiket wicket n. Compare later wicket n. 5b and Welsh gwiced (in mining) coalface, stall (1819; 13th cent. in general senses of wicket).

Welsh English (northern). Mining. Obsolete. rare.

In a mine: a wide chamber in which coal is cut; = wicket n. 5b.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > workplace > places where raw materials are extracted > mine > [noun] > working face or place

witchet1677

face1708

front1717

stope1747

wall1750

web1767

working place1827

wall-face1839

offset1872

wicket1881

upset1883

1677 R. Moslyn in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 12 895 A Witchet or Cave was driven out in the middle of it upon a level for gaining of room to work.

1883 W. S. Gresley Gloss. Terms Coal Mining Wichet (N[orth] W[ales]), a working place in the shape of a wide heading or board, sometimes 60 or 70 feet in width.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021).

单词	witchet
释义	† witchetn. Forms: 1600s 1800s witchet, 1800s wichet. Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps a borrowing from French. Etymon: French uuichet. Etymology: Origin uncertain; perhaps reflecting Anglo-Norman uuichet, variant of wiket wicket n. Compare later wicket n. 5b and Welsh gwiced (in mining) coalface, stall (1819; 13th cent. in general senses of wicket). Welsh English (northern). Mining. Obsolete. rare. In a mine: a wide chamber in which coal is cut; = wicket n. 5b. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > workplace > places where raw materials are extracted > mine > [noun] > working face or place witchet1677 face1708 front1717 stope1747 wall1750 web1767 working place1827 wall-face1839 offset1872 wicket1881 upset1883 1677 R. Moslyn in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 12 895 A Witchet or Cave was driven out in the middle of it upon a level for gaining of room to work. 1883 W. S. Gresley Gloss. Terms Coal Mining Wichet (N[orth] W[ales]), a working place in the shape of a wide heading or board, sometimes 60 or 70 feet in width. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021). < n.1677
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