† catern.¹

Forms: Middle English–1600s catour, cator, cater, (Middle English catore, catur(e, kator, katour, 1500s kater), 1600s chator.

Etymology: Middle English catour , aphetic form of acatour, acater n. Superseded before 1700 by caterer n.

Obsolete.

a. A buyer of provisions or ‘cates’; in large households the officer who made the necessary purchases of provisions; a caterer n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > [noun] > supplying food or catering > supplier of food or caterer

purveyor1340

victualler1377

caterc1400

purveyoressc1400

achatourc1405

acaterc1415

providerc1485

provenderc1530

meatsman1567

caterer1592

proveditor1592

viander1598

foregoer1601

meat-man1614

prog man1618

provedore1631

provisioner1633

meater1643

opsonator1656

sutler1710

c1400 Gamelyn 321 I am oure Catour [v.r. Catur] and bere oure Alther purse.

1481 Howard Househ. Bks. (1841) 17 My lorde toke to the Kator, for Hossolde, xxvj. s. iiij. d.

1512 Accts. St. John's Hosp., Canterbury (Canterbury Cathedral Archives: CCA-U13/4) Rec. for iij calvys off þ^e cater of Crystis Cherche.

1567 J. Maplet Greene Forest f. 89 He is as good a meates man and Catour for him selfe as any thing living is.

1587 J. Harmar tr. T. de Bèze Serm. 377 Their Katers, Butlers & Cooks.

1598 R. Barckley Disc. Felicitie of Man iii. 204 To eate of such a Caters prouision.

1613 Bp. J. Hall Holy Panegyrick 29 The glutton makes God his cator, and himselfe the guest.

1618 M. Dalton Countrey Justice 246 If any subiects Chator or other officer.

1629 F. Quarles Argalus & Parthenia ii. 53 Th'impartiall fist Of the false Cater.

b. transferred and figurative. = ‘Purveyor’.

ΚΠ

c1430 J. Lydgate tr. Bochas Fall of Princes (1558) vii. x. 19 161 b Of his diete catour was scarsite.

1590 R. Greene Mourning Garment 28 The eye is loues Cator.

1612 R. Carpenter Soules Sentinel 27 The very elements themselues by burning, infecting, drowning, and swallowing many, becomming caters for our corruption.

1665 R. Boyle Disc. iv. i, in Occas. Refl. sig. E2^v Many of the Beasts, and Birds, and Fishes, are but our Caters for one another.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

catern.²

Brit.

/ˈkeɪtə/,

/ˈkatə/, U.S.

/ˈkeɪdər/

Etymology: < French quatre four. See also quatre n.

†1. Four. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > four > [noun]

fourOE

quaternaryc1450

cater1553

quaternion1768

rouf1950

1553 T. Wilson Arte of Rhetorique 86 b The auditour..cometh in with sise sould, and cater denere, for vi.s. and iiii.d.

†2.

a. Four at dice or cards; also cater-point. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > card or cards > [noun] > number card > others

twoa1500

cater1519

single ten1595

ten1595

eight1598

four1599

nine1599

six1599

seven1656

deuce1674

five1674

trey1680

spot1830

four-spot1878

two-spot1885

five-spot1913

ten-spot ladybird-

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > dice-playing > [noun] > throw > (throw of) specific number

ace?a1300

cinquec1386

sicec1386

sice cinquec1386

treyc1386

quernc1450

ames-acec1460

cater-trey?a1500

twoa1500

cater1519

deuce1519

quatrec1540

trey-acea1556

sice-ace1594

four1599

size-point1648

trey-deuce1680

boxcar1909

trey-point-

1519 W. Horman Vulgaria xxxii. f. 280^v Cater is a very good caste.

1708 J. Kersey Dict. Anglo-Britannicum Caterpoint, the Number Four, at Dice.

1721–1800 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Cater-point.

1724 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. (ed. 2) Cater, four at cards or Dice.

1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Cater, the four of cards and dice. [Also in mod. Dicts.]

b. cater-trey n. the four and the three; hence, apparently, a cant term for dice (or ? falsified dice).

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > card or cards > [noun] > combinations of cards

cater-trey?a1500

mournival1530

sequence1575

pair royal1608

septieme1651

tierce1659

pair1674

purtaunte1688

quart major1718

matrimonya1743

queen-suit1744

quart1746

prial1776

flux1798

fredon1798

tricon1798

intrigue1830

straight1841

marriage1861

under-sequence1863

straight five1864

double pair-royal?1870

run?1870

short suit1876

four1883

fourchette1885

meld1887

doubleton1906

canasta1948

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > dice-playing > [noun] > throw > (throw of) specific number

ace?a1300

cinquec1386

sicec1386

sice cinquec1386

treyc1386

quernc1450

ames-acec1460

cater-trey?a1500

twoa1500

cater1519

deuce1519

quatrec1540

trey-acea1556

sice-ace1594

four1599

size-point1648

trey-deuce1680

boxcar1909

trey-point-

?a1500 Chester Pl. (1847) ii. 56 Here is catter traye, Therfore goe thou thy waye.

c1555 Manifest Detection Diceplay sig. Ci A well fauored die that semeth good & square: yet is the forhed longer on the cater and tray, then any other way.

c1555 Manifest Detection Diceplay sig. Ci Such be also called bard cater tres, bicause commonly the longer end will of his owne sway draw downwards, and turne vp to the eye sice sinke, deuis or ace.

1589 Pappe with Hatchet (1844) 15 The quarrel was about cater-tray, and euer since he hath quarrelled about cater-caps.

1608 T. Dekker Belman of London sig. E3 A Bale of bard Cater-Treas.

1611 in C. Mackay Coll. Songs London Prentices (1841) 152 If any gallant haue with cater-tray, Play'd the wise-acre, and made all way.

a1640 J. Fletcher & P. Massinger Trag. Barnavelt (1980) v. ii. 86 How? Cater-trey?

3. Change-ringing. (See quot. 1878.)

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > playing instruments > bell-ringing > [noun] > going through all the changes > changes > specific

set peal16..

grandsire1668

whole pull1668

bob1671

peal1671

course1677

set changes1677

single1684

single change1688

Plain Bob1702

Stedman1731

Superlative Surprise1788

touch1788

triple1798

triple bob major1809

maximus1813

royal1813

call changes1837

slam1854

cater1872

cinques1872

triple change1872

plain hunt1874

plain hunting1874

quarter peal1888

method1901

short course1904

1872 H. T. Ellacombe Bells of Church ii. 29 The very terms of the art are enough to frighten an amateur. Hunting, dodging..caters, cinques, etc.

1878 G. Grove Dict. Music (at cited word) The name given by change ringers to changes of nine bells. The word should probably be written quaters, as it is meant to denote the fact that four couples of bells change their places in the order of ringing.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

caterv.¹

Brit.

/ˈkeɪtə/, U.S.

/ˈkeɪdər/

Etymology: < cater n.¹

a. intransitive. To act as ‘cater’, caterer, or purveyor of provisions; to provide a supply of food for.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > feed or nourish [verb (transitive)] > supply with provisions

victualc1380

meat1568

provant1599

provision1604

catera1616

bread1797

grub1819

ration1834

vegetate1846

tucker1899

feed1904

the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > supply with food [verb (intransitive)] > supply with provisions

suttle1648

cater1828

a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) ii. iii. 45 He that doth the Rauens feede, Yea prouidently caters for the Sparrow.

1713 J. Addison in Guardian 20 Aug. 2/1 Androcles..lived many Days in this frightful Solitude, the Lion Catering for him with great Assiduity.

1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth ix, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. III. 213 You were wont to love delicate fare—behold how I have catered for you.

1853 C. Kingsley Hypatia I. xiv. 301 In order to cater for both.

b. absol. To buy or provide food.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > buying > buy [verb (intransitive)] > buy provisions

market1636

cater1760

1760 J. Mair Tyro's Dict. 107 Obsōno, to cater or buy in victuals.

1849 C. Brontë Shirley III. i. 29 See if I don't cater judiciously.

c. transitive.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > feed or nourish [verb (transitive)] > supply with provisions > supply (provisions)

catera1635

a1635 T. Randolph Poems (1638) 4 Noe widdowes curse caters a dish of mine.

a1643 W. Cartwright Siedge ii. ii, in Comedies (1651) sig. H4 And cater Spiders for the queasie Creature When it refuseth Comfits.

1866 J. M. Neale Sequences & Hymns 190 He..Catered the poorest of food.

a. transferred and figurative. To occupy oneself in procuring or providing (requisites, things desired, etc.) for.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > supply > provide or supply [verb (intransitive)]

purvey1340

purchasec1390

to make finance1540

catera1640

a1640 W. Fenner Christs Alarm (1646) 11 To cater for heaven, to bring in custome for the Kingdome of God.

1700 W. Congreve Way of World iii. i. 34 What you are..Catering (says he) ferreting for some disbanded Officer.

1789 R. Burns Let. 6 Jan. (2001) I. 353 I am still catering for Johnson's publication.

1839 H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe IV. vi. 493 He rarely..caters for the populace of the theatre by such indecencies as they must understand.

1872 W. Minto Man. Eng. Prose Lit. Introd. 25 He does not cater for the pleasure of his jurors.

b. occasionally const. to. [Compare pander to.]

ΚΠ

1840 W. M. Thackeray Paris Sketch Bk. II. 16 Art..was..catering to the national taste and vanity.

1860 C. Kingsley Misc. (ed. 2) II. 102 Nine years afterwards we find him..catering to the low tastes of James I.

1864 Sat. Rev. 10 Dec. 711/1 Machinery for catering to the wants of the profane and the dissolute.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

caterv.²

Brit.

/ˈkeɪtə/, U.S.

/ˈkeɪdər/

Etymology: < cater n.² or French quatre four.

dialect.

To place or set rhomboidally; to cut, move, go, etc., diagonally.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > inclination > incline [verb (transitive)] > place diagonally

cater1577

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > sideways movement or a sideways movement > move sideways [verb (intransitive)] > move obliquely

glentc1330

lean1398

slenta1400

glintc1440

skew1488

sklent1513

slanta1849

sashay1865

cater1873

diagonalize1884

shail1895

1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry ii. f. 69^v The trees are set checkerwise, and so catred [L. partim in quincuncem directis], as looke which way ye wyl, they lye leuel.

1873 Silverland 129 ‘Cater’ across the rails [at a level crossing] ever so cleverly, you cannot escape jolt and jar.

Derivatives

ˈcatered adj.

ΚΠ

1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry ii. f. 71 Two sortes of this catred order [L. quincuncialis ordinis duplicem rationem], one wherein my trees stande foure square like the Chequer or Chesseboorde.

ˈcatering adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > inclination > [adjective] > diagonal

diagonal?1541

diagonic1592

diagonial1624

cater-cornered1838

catering1875

1875 W. D. Parish Dict. Sussex Dial. Catering, slanting, from corner to corner.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

cateradv.

Etymology: Related to cater v.²Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcater.

U.S. and dialect.

Diagonally.

ΚΠ

1881 S. Evans Evans's Leicestershire Words (new ed.) Cater and Cater-cornered, diagonal; diagonally. To ‘cut cater’ in the case of velvet, cloth, etc., is..‘cut on the cross’. Cater-snozzle, to make an angle; to ‘mitre’.

Derivatives

ˈcatercross n.

ΚΠ

1875 W. D. Parish Dict. Sussex Dial. at Catercross If you goos caterwise across the field you'll find the stile.

caterways adv.

ΚΠ

1874 in Notes & Queries 5th Ser. I. 361 (Surrey words) Caterways, catering, to cross diagonally.

ˈcaterwise adv. See also cater-cornered adv. and adj.

ΚΠ

1875 [see catercross n.].

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

n.¹c1400

n.²?a1500

v.¹a1616

v.²1577

adv.1874

单词	cater
释义	† catern.¹ Forms: Middle English–1600s catour, cator, cater, (Middle English catore, catur(e, kator, katour, 1500s kater), 1600s chator. Etymology: Middle English catour , aphetic form of acatour, acater n. Superseded before 1700 by caterer n. Obsolete. a. A buyer of provisions or ‘cates’; in large households the officer who made the necessary purchases of provisions; a caterer n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > [noun] > supplying food or catering > supplier of food or caterer purveyor1340 victualler1377 caterc1400 purveyoressc1400 achatourc1405 acaterc1415 providerc1485 provenderc1530 meatsman1567 caterer1592 proveditor1592 viander1598 foregoer1601 meat-man1614 prog man1618 provedore1631 provisioner1633 meater1643 opsonator1656 sutler1710 c1400 Gamelyn 321 I am oure Catour [v.r. Catur] and bere oure Alther purse. 1481 Howard Househ. Bks. (1841) 17 My lorde toke to the Kator, for Hossolde, xxvj. s. iiij. d. 1512 Accts. St. John's Hosp., Canterbury (Canterbury Cathedral Archives: CCA-U13/4) Rec. for iij calvys off þ^e cater of Crystis Cherche. 1567 J. Maplet Greene Forest f. 89 He is as good a meates man and Catour for him selfe as any thing living is. 1587 J. Harmar tr. T. de Bèze Serm. 377 Their Katers, Butlers & Cooks. 1598 R. Barckley Disc. Felicitie of Man iii. 204 To eate of such a Caters prouision. 1613 Bp. J. Hall Holy Panegyrick 29 The glutton makes God his cator, and himselfe the guest. 1618 M. Dalton Countrey Justice 246 If any subiects Chator or other officer. 1629 F. Quarles Argalus & Parthenia ii. 53 Th'impartiall fist Of the false Cater. b. transferred and figurative. = ‘Purveyor’. ΚΠ c1430 J. Lydgate tr. Bochas Fall of Princes (1558) vii. x. 19 161 b Of his diete catour was scarsite. 1590 R. Greene Mourning Garment 28 The eye is loues Cator. 1612 R. Carpenter Soules Sentinel 27 The very elements themselues by burning, infecting, drowning, and swallowing many, becomming caters for our corruption. 1665 R. Boyle Disc. iv. i, in Occas. Refl. sig. E2^v Many of the Beasts, and Birds, and Fishes, are but our Caters for one another. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2021). catern.² Brit. /ˈkeɪtə/, /ˈkatə/, U.S. /ˈkeɪdər/ Etymology: < French quatre four. See also quatre n. †1. Four. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > four > [noun] fourOE quaternaryc1450 cater1553 quaternion1768 rouf1950 1553 T. Wilson Arte of Rhetorique 86 b The auditour..cometh in with sise sould, and cater denere, for vi.s. and iiii.d. †2. a. Four at dice or cards; also cater-point. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > card or cards > [noun] > number card > others twoa1500 cater1519 single ten1595 ten1595 eight1598 four1599 nine1599 six1599 seven1656 deuce1674 five1674 trey1680 spot1830 four-spot1878 two-spot1885 five-spot1913 ten-spot ladybird- society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > dice-playing > [noun] > throw > (throw of) specific number ace?a1300 cinquec1386 sicec1386 sice cinquec1386 treyc1386 quernc1450 ames-acec1460 cater-trey?a1500 twoa1500 cater1519 deuce1519 quatrec1540 trey-acea1556 sice-ace1594 four1599 size-point1648 trey-deuce1680 boxcar1909 trey-point- 1519 W. Horman Vulgaria xxxii. f. 280^v Cater is a very good caste. 1708 J. Kersey Dict. Anglo-Britannicum Caterpoint, the Number Four, at Dice. 1721–1800 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Cater-point. 1724 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. (ed. 2) Cater, four at cards or Dice. 1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Cater, the four of cards and dice. [Also in mod. Dicts.] b. cater-trey n. the four and the three; hence, apparently, a cant term for dice (or ? falsified dice). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > card or cards > [noun] > combinations of cards cater-trey?a1500 mournival1530 sequence1575 pair royal1608 septieme1651 tierce1659 pair1674 purtaunte1688 quart major1718 matrimonya1743 queen-suit1744 quart1746 prial1776 flux1798 fredon1798 tricon1798 intrigue1830 straight1841 marriage1861 under-sequence1863 straight five1864 double pair-royal?1870 run?1870 short suit1876 four1883 fourchette1885 meld1887 doubleton1906 canasta1948 society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > dice-playing > [noun] > throw > (throw of) specific number ace?a1300 cinquec1386 sicec1386 sice cinquec1386 treyc1386 quernc1450 ames-acec1460 cater-trey?a1500 twoa1500 cater1519 deuce1519 quatrec1540 trey-acea1556 sice-ace1594 four1599 size-point1648 trey-deuce1680 boxcar1909 trey-point- ?a1500 Chester Pl. (1847) ii. 56 Here is catter traye, Therfore goe thou thy waye. c1555 Manifest Detection Diceplay sig. Ci A well fauored die that semeth good & square: yet is the forhed longer on the cater and tray, then any other way. c1555 Manifest Detection Diceplay sig. Ci Such be also called bard cater tres, bicause commonly the longer end will of his owne sway draw downwards, and turne vp to the eye sice sinke, deuis or ace. 1589 Pappe with Hatchet (1844) 15 The quarrel was about cater-tray, and euer since he hath quarrelled about cater-caps. 1608 T. Dekker Belman of London sig. E3 A Bale of bard Cater-Treas. 1611 in C. Mackay Coll. Songs London Prentices (1841) 152 If any gallant haue with cater-tray, Play'd the wise-acre, and made all way. a1640 J. Fletcher & P. Massinger Trag. Barnavelt (1980) v. ii. 86 How? Cater-trey? 3. Change-ringing. (See quot. 1878.) ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > playing instruments > bell-ringing > [noun] > going through all the changes > changes > specific set peal16.. grandsire1668 whole pull1668 bob1671 peal1671 course1677 set changes1677 single1684 single change1688 Plain Bob1702 Stedman1731 Superlative Surprise1788 touch1788 triple1798 triple bob major1809 maximus1813 royal1813 call changes1837 slam1854 cater1872 cinques1872 triple change1872 plain hunt1874 plain hunting1874 quarter peal1888 method1901 short course1904 1872 H. T. Ellacombe Bells of Church ii. 29 The very terms of the art are enough to frighten an amateur. Hunting, dodging..caters, cinques, etc. 1878 G. Grove Dict. Music (at cited word) The name given by change ringers to changes of nine bells. The word should probably be written quaters, as it is meant to denote the fact that four couples of bells change their places in the order of ringing. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2021). caterv.¹ Brit. /ˈkeɪtə/, U.S. /ˈkeɪdər/ Etymology: < cater n.¹ 1. a. intransitive. To act as ‘cater’, caterer, or purveyor of provisions; to provide a supply of food for. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > feed or nourish [verb (transitive)] > supply with provisions victualc1380 meat1568 provant1599 provision1604 catera1616 bread1797 grub1819 ration1834 vegetate1846 tucker1899 feed1904 the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > supply with food [verb (intransitive)] > supply with provisions suttle1648 cater1828 a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) ii. iii. 45 He that doth the Rauens feede, Yea prouidently caters for the Sparrow. View more context for this quotation 1713 J. Addison in Guardian 20 Aug. 2/1 Androcles..lived many Days in this frightful Solitude, the Lion Catering for him with great Assiduity. 1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth ix, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. III. 213 You were wont to love delicate fare—behold how I have catered for you. 1853 C. Kingsley Hypatia I. xiv. 301 In order to cater for both. b. absol. To buy or provide food. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > buying > buy [verb (intransitive)] > buy provisions market1636 cater1760 1760 J. Mair Tyro's Dict. 107 Obsōno, to cater or buy in victuals. 1849 C. Brontë Shirley III. i. 29 See if I don't cater judiciously. c. transitive. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > feed or nourish [verb (transitive)] > supply with provisions > supply (provisions) catera1635 a1635 T. Randolph Poems (1638) 4 Noe widdowes curse caters a dish of mine. a1643 W. Cartwright Siedge ii. ii, in Comedies (1651) sig. H4 And cater Spiders for the queasie Creature When it refuseth Comfits. 1866 J. M. Neale Sequences & Hymns 190 He..Catered the poorest of food. 2. a. transferred and figurative. To occupy oneself in procuring or providing (requisites, things desired, etc.) for. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > supply > provide or supply [verb (intransitive)] purvey1340 purchasec1390 to make finance1540 catera1640 a1640 W. Fenner Christs Alarm (1646) 11 To cater for heaven, to bring in custome for the Kingdome of God. 1700 W. Congreve Way of World iii. i. 34 What you are..Catering (says he) ferreting for some disbanded Officer. 1789 R. Burns Let. 6 Jan. (2001) I. 353 I am still catering for Johnson's publication. 1839 H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe IV. vi. 493 He rarely..caters for the populace of the theatre by such indecencies as they must understand. 1872 W. Minto Man. Eng. Prose Lit. Introd. 25 He does not cater for the pleasure of his jurors. b. occasionally const. to. [Compare pander to.] ΚΠ 1840 W. M. Thackeray Paris Sketch Bk. II. 16 Art..was..catering to the national taste and vanity. 1860 C. Kingsley Misc. (ed. 2) II. 102 Nine years afterwards we find him..catering to the low tastes of James I. 1864 Sat. Rev. 10 Dec. 711/1 Machinery for catering to the wants of the profane and the dissolute. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online June 2022). caterv.² Brit. /ˈkeɪtə/, U.S. /ˈkeɪdər/ Etymology: < cater n.² or French quatre four. dialect. To place or set rhomboidally; to cut, move, go, etc., diagonally. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > inclination > incline [verb (transitive)] > place diagonally cater1577 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > sideways movement or a sideways movement > move sideways [verb (intransitive)] > move obliquely glentc1330 lean1398 slenta1400 glintc1440 skew1488 sklent1513 slanta1849 sashay1865 cater1873 diagonalize1884 shail1895 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry ii. f. 69^v The trees are set checkerwise, and so catred [L. partim in quincuncem directis], as looke which way ye wyl, they lye leuel. 1873 Silverland 129 ‘Cater’ across the rails [at a level crossing] ever so cleverly, you cannot escape jolt and jar. Derivatives ˈcatered adj. ΚΠ 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry ii. f. 71 Two sortes of this catred order [L. quincuncialis ordinis duplicem rationem], one wherein my trees stande foure square like the Chequer or Chesseboorde. ˈcatering adj. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > inclination > [adjective] > diagonal diagonal?1541 diagonic1592 diagonial1624 cater-cornered1838 catering1875 1875 W. D. Parish Dict. Sussex Dial. Catering, slanting, from corner to corner. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2021). cateradv. Etymology: Related to cater v.²Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcater. U.S. and dialect. Diagonally. ΚΠ 1881 S. Evans Evans's Leicestershire Words (new ed.) Cater and Cater-cornered, diagonal; diagonally. To ‘cut cater’ in the case of velvet, cloth, etc., is..‘cut on the cross’. Cater-snozzle, to make an angle; to ‘mitre’. Derivatives ˈcatercross n. ΚΠ 1875 W. D. Parish Dict. Sussex Dial. at Catercross If you goos caterwise across the field you'll find the stile. caterways adv. ΚΠ 1874 in Notes & Queries 5th Ser. I. 361 (Surrey words) Caterways, catering, to cross diagonally. ˈcaterwise adv. See also cater-cornered adv. and adj. ΚΠ 1875 [see catercross n.]. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.¹c1400n.²?a1500v.¹a1616v.²1577adv.1874
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