Wrenneryn.

Brit.

/ˈrɛn(ə)ri/, U.S.

/ˈrɛnəri/

Forms: also with lower-case initial.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: Wren n.², -ery suffix.

Etymology: < Wren n.² + -ery suffix, punningly after wren n.¹ and formations in -ery suffix denoting colonies of birds (as e.g. rookery n., gullery n.², swannery n., etc.).

colloquial. humorous. Now historical.

A building used to accommodate Wrens (Wren n.² 2).

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military organization > logistics > quartering > [noun] > quarters > of Wrens

Wrennery1942

1942 Washington Post 10 Nov. 7 b/6 Housed in the ‘Wrennery’, across the parade ground from a marine barracks somewhere in England, the Hannahs [i.e. Wrens] do a variety of useful and often tedious work.

1945 ‘N. Shute’ Most Secret 124 I shall be living in the Wrennery and coming out to Dittisham every day.

1959 P. McCutchan Storm South ii. 41 Where did you pick up all this insight into human nature—in the Navy? Serve in a Wrennery or something, did you?

1996 Granta Autumn 14 Sheila joined the Wrens, and was duly posted to a Wrennery in London.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	wrennery
释义	Wrenneryn. Brit. /ˈrɛn(ə)ri/, U.S. /ˈrɛnəri/ Forms: also with lower-case initial. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: Wren n.², -ery suffix. Etymology: < Wren n.² + -ery suffix, punningly after wren n.¹ and formations in -ery suffix denoting colonies of birds (as e.g. rookery n., gullery n.², swannery n., etc.). colloquial. humorous. Now historical. A building used to accommodate Wrens (Wren n.² 2). ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military organization > logistics > quartering > [noun] > quarters > of Wrens Wrennery1942 1942 Washington Post 10 Nov. 7 b/6 Housed in the ‘Wrennery’, across the parade ground from a marine barracks somewhere in England, the Hannahs [i.e. Wrens] do a variety of useful and often tedious work. 1945 ‘N. Shute’ Most Secret 124 I shall be living in the Wrennery and coming out to Dittisham every day. 1959 P. McCutchan Storm South ii. 41 Where did you pick up all this insight into human nature—in the Navy? Serve in a Wrennery or something, did you? 1996 Granta Autumn 14 Sheila joined the Wrens, and was duly posted to a Wrennery in London. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1942
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