woodsheddingn.

Brit.

/ˈwʊdʃɛdɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈwʊdˌʃɛdɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: woodshed n., -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < woodshed n. + -ing suffix¹. Compare woodshed v.

Originally and chiefly U.S. slang.

a. Originally and chiefly Music. The action of practising or rehearsing, esp. in private; intensive private rehearsal, composition, etc. Cf. woodshed n. 2b, woodshed v. 2a.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > [noun] > by going through beforehand

practising?a1425

rehearse1463

exercitation1475

practice1504

rehearsal1579

woodshedding1927

society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > [noun] > practising or warming up

practising?a1425

jonglery1616

assaying1693

warming1874

woodshedding1927

1927 Spirit Lake (Iowa) Beacon 2 June They say they are..excellent at woodshedding in the conservatory of music.

1928 Sumner (Iowa) Gaz. 1 Mar. No woodshedding while director is talking.

1937 Amarillo (Texas) Daily News 13 Feb. 2/3 Judging from some performances on the floor Thursday night..there has been some extensive woodshedding by younger influential citizens.

1956 S. Longstreet Real Jazz xiii. 101 Bix [Beiderbecke] did plenty of woodshedding, playing alone, to some recording on the family Victrola.

2006 Poetry 188 175 It's hard to persuade young poets that it's worth their while to do the woodshedding necessary to master such things as meter and rhyme.

2009 Daily Tel. (Austral.) (Nexis) 20 Nov. (Features section) 40 We do have to do some woodshedding, for sure, to remember parts of some songs we may not have played for a while.

b. Barbershop or close harmony singing in which the harmony parts are improvised or worked out extempore; spontaneous or impromptu harmonizing. Cf. woodshed v. 2b.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > singing > [noun] > barber's shop singing

woodshedding1949

Sweet Adelining1961

1949 Chron. Express (Penn Yan, N.Y.) 13 Oct. 7/5 Meetings close with what is known as good old-fashioned ‘woodshedding’.

1974 Harmonizer Jan. 18/2 Woodshedding is not a ‘spectator sport’—only participants can fully enjoy it.

2008 Lebanon (Pa.) Daily News (Nexis) 7 July The evening will conclude with refreshments and informal singing, or woodshedding.

2. The action of punishing or reprimanding a person; punishment; an instance of this. Cf. woodshed n. 2a, woodshed v. 3.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > punishment > [noun]

justice?a1160

penancec1300

defensiona1382

forfeiture1390

punishment1402

revengementa1513

penition1547

revenge1561

infliction1590

supplice1646

vindictive1726

auto-da-fé1767

woodshedding1940

knuckle-rapping1944

society > authority > punishment > [noun] > action of inflicting

punishingc1375

punition1405

executionc1430

justifying1487

inflictiona1535

animadversion1535

penalization1888

woodshedding1940

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > rebuke or reproof > [noun]

telingeOE

chastiment?c1225

snapinga1300

snibbinga1300

reproving?1316

undernimminga1325

correctiona1340

threapening1340

admonishingc1350

reproofa1375

scourgingc1374

correptionc1380

repreyningc1390

reprehensiona1413

undertakingc1430

rebuke?a1439

admonition1440

correptingc1449

rebut?c1450

reprehendingc1450

redargution1483

reproval1493

increpation1502

prisec1540

tasking1543

check1588

improof1590

snubbing1600

threap1636

compellation1656

reprovement1675

reprimanding1698

rowing1812

lecturing1861

carpeting1888

eldering1912

woodshedding1940

stick1956

1940 Amer. Speech 15 205 Woodshedding, disciplinary action.

1947 Fredericksburg (Texas) Standard 5 Feb. 2/1 Parents receiving such a letter..would take steps for immediate correction, even if it would involve a little woodshedding.

1996 Financial Post (Canada) (Nexis) 21 Mar. 17 The scent of a party revolt..called for a stern woodshedding.

2012 D. Klaidman Kill or Capture iii. 80 He would dispatch the chief of staff's deputy, Jim Messina, to administer a woodshedding on his behalf.

3. Law. The action or practice of preparing or coaching a witness prior to a deposition or trial; an instance of this. Cf. woodshed v. 1.Sometimes with the implication of an unethical level of instruction.

ΚΠ

1967 Federation Insurance Counsel Q. Winter 74 The practice of taking the plaintiff's deposition years in advance of trial exposes the plaintiff to a woodshedding in which he is encouraged to elaborate on all his pains and complaints.

1998 Slate Mag. (Nexis) 6 Aug. If it sounds like witness preparation can easily veer into witness coaching, it's because in some instances it can. Attorneys call this (unethical) practice woodshedding.

2000 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 12 Apr. 7 Police and prosecutors would grill Ms. Homolka endlessly to prepare her for the trial, a practice known to lawyers as ‘woodshedding’.

2009 J. Brewer Amer. Leonardo 179 ‘Wood shedding’—the tutoring of expert witnesses—has long been a common (though usually unacknowledged) practice of lawyers in their preparation for trials.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	woodshedding
释义	woodsheddingn. Brit. /ˈwʊdʃɛdɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈwʊdˌʃɛdɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: woodshed n., -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < woodshed n. + -ing suffix¹. Compare woodshed v. Originally and chiefly U.S. slang. 1. a. Originally and chiefly Music. The action of practising or rehearsing, esp. in private; intensive private rehearsal, composition, etc. Cf. woodshed n. 2b, woodshed v. 2a. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > [noun] > by going through beforehand practising?a1425 rehearse1463 exercitation1475 practice1504 rehearsal1579 woodshedding1927 society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > [noun] > practising or warming up practising?a1425 jonglery1616 assaying1693 warming1874 woodshedding1927 1927 Spirit Lake (Iowa) Beacon 2 June They say they are..excellent at woodshedding in the conservatory of music. 1928 Sumner (Iowa) Gaz. 1 Mar. No woodshedding while director is talking. 1937 Amarillo (Texas) Daily News 13 Feb. 2/3 Judging from some performances on the floor Thursday night..there has been some extensive woodshedding by younger influential citizens. 1956 S. Longstreet Real Jazz xiii. 101 Bix [Beiderbecke] did plenty of woodshedding, playing alone, to some recording on the family Victrola. 2006 Poetry 188 175 It's hard to persuade young poets that it's worth their while to do the woodshedding necessary to master such things as meter and rhyme. 2009 Daily Tel. (Austral.) (Nexis) 20 Nov. (Features section) 40 We do have to do some woodshedding, for sure, to remember parts of some songs we may not have played for a while. b. Barbershop or close harmony singing in which the harmony parts are improvised or worked out extempore; spontaneous or impromptu harmonizing. Cf. woodshed v. 2b. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > singing > [noun] > barber's shop singing woodshedding1949 Sweet Adelining1961 1949 Chron. Express (Penn Yan, N.Y.) 13 Oct. 7/5 Meetings close with what is known as good old-fashioned ‘woodshedding’. 1974 Harmonizer Jan. 18/2 Woodshedding is not a ‘spectator sport’—only participants can fully enjoy it. 2008 Lebanon (Pa.) Daily News (Nexis) 7 July The evening will conclude with refreshments and informal singing, or woodshedding. 2. The action of punishing or reprimanding a person; punishment; an instance of this. Cf. woodshed n. 2a, woodshed v. 3. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > [noun] justice?a1160 penancec1300 defensiona1382 forfeiture1390 punishment1402 revengementa1513 penition1547 revenge1561 infliction1590 supplice1646 vindictive1726 auto-da-fé1767 woodshedding1940 knuckle-rapping1944 society > authority > punishment > [noun] > action of inflicting punishingc1375 punition1405 executionc1430 justifying1487 inflictiona1535 animadversion1535 penalization1888 woodshedding1940 the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > rebuke or reproof > [noun] telingeOE chastiment?c1225 snapinga1300 snibbinga1300 reproving?1316 undernimminga1325 correctiona1340 threapening1340 admonishingc1350 reproofa1375 scourgingc1374 correptionc1380 repreyningc1390 reprehensiona1413 undertakingc1430 rebuke?a1439 admonition1440 correptingc1449 rebut?c1450 reprehendingc1450 redargution1483 reproval1493 increpation1502 prisec1540 tasking1543 check1588 improof1590 snubbing1600 threap1636 compellation1656 reprovement1675 reprimanding1698 rowing1812 lecturing1861 carpeting1888 eldering1912 woodshedding1940 stick1956 1940 Amer. Speech 15 205 Woodshedding, disciplinary action. 1947 Fredericksburg (Texas) Standard 5 Feb. 2/1 Parents receiving such a letter..would take steps for immediate correction, even if it would involve a little woodshedding. 1996 Financial Post (Canada) (Nexis) 21 Mar. 17 The scent of a party revolt..called for a stern woodshedding. 2012 D. Klaidman Kill or Capture iii. 80 He would dispatch the chief of staff's deputy, Jim Messina, to administer a woodshedding on his behalf. 3. Law. The action or practice of preparing or coaching a witness prior to a deposition or trial; an instance of this. Cf. woodshed v. 1.Sometimes with the implication of an unethical level of instruction. ΚΠ 1967 Federation Insurance Counsel Q. Winter 74 The practice of taking the plaintiff's deposition years in advance of trial exposes the plaintiff to a woodshedding in which he is encouraged to elaborate on all his pains and complaints. 1998 Slate Mag. (Nexis) 6 Aug. If it sounds like witness preparation can easily veer into witness coaching, it's because in some instances it can. Attorneys call this (unethical) practice woodshedding. 2000 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 12 Apr. 7 Police and prosecutors would grill Ms. Homolka endlessly to prepare her for the trial, a practice known to lawyers as ‘woodshedding’. 2009 J. Brewer Amer. Leonardo 179 ‘Wood shedding’—the tutoring of expert witnesses—has long been a common (though usually unacknowledged) practice of lawyers in their preparation for trials. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1927
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