单词 | grange |
释义 | grange/ɡreɪn(d)ʒ /noun [usually in names] 1British A country house with farm buildings attached: Biddulph Grange...
1.1 historical An outlying farm with tithe barns belonging to a monastery or feudal lord.This house is said to stand on the site of a grange (monastic farm) that once belonged to the monks of Furness Abbey....
1.2 archaic A barn.Few manufactured articles were bought. Salt, tar, iron, mill-stones, steel for tipping the edges of implements, canvas for the sails of the wind-mill, cloths for use in the dairy, in the malthouse, or in the grange, together with the dresses of the inhabitants of the hall, and a few vessels of brass, copper, or earthenware, satisfied the simple needs of the rural population....
OriginMiddle English (in the sense 'granary, barn'): from Old French, from medieval Latin granica (villa) 'grain house or farm', based on Latin granum 'grain'. Rhymes |
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