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单词 wood-reeve
释义

wood-reeven.

Brit. /ˈwʊdriːv/, U.S. /ˈwʊdˌriv/
Forms: Also 1500s -ryfe, 1600s -reefe, 1700s -reef.
Etymology: < wood n.1 2 + reeve n.1 2.
The steward or overseer of a wood or forest.
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the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > [noun] > forester > officer in charge of forest
woodwardc1050
forester1297
ranger1327
walker1482
keeper1488
wood-master15..
grazierc1503
wood-reeve1579
woodman1594
Warden of the Forest1598
rider1647
conservator1733
woodwarden1748
wood-forester1865
1579 T. Twyne tr. Petrarch Phisicke against Fortune i. xlvii. 70 What is he now other then a Woodryfe, or Woodman?
1643 Accts. St. John's Hosp., Canterbury (Canterbury Cathedral Archives: CCA-U13/5) Spent vpon our woodreefe for coming to giue vs notice of sume abuses done to our wood.
1795 Trans. Soc. Arts 13 218 Those [trees] that fail to form so desirable a shape as in the opinion of a judicious wood-reef is necessary.
1866 Morning Star 6 Mar. 6/5 The case was proved by Wm. Goodhew, woodreeve to Miss Hayes.
1913 Daily News 15 Aug. 5 We are mostly shepherds and wood-reeves and thackers and foresters here.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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