单词 | wood-reeve |
释义 | wood-reeven. The steward or overseer of a wood or forest. ΘΚΠ 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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