howfとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA: /haʊf/
• (Scotland) IPA: /hʌuf/
• 韻: -aʊf

名詞

howf (plural howfs) (Scotland, archaic)

1. A frequent meeting place; a haunt; often specifically, a drinking-house or tavern.
   • 1822, [Walter Scott], chapter IV, in The Pirate. […], volume I, Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co., →OCLC, page 60:

     [A]s this Scotsman's howf lies right under your lee, why, take any port in a storm.

   • 1972, George Mackay Brown, Greenvoe, Polygon, published 2019, page 164:

     ‘He stayed at home at nights and devoted himself to his books. He even missed a few week-ends in the High Street howffs.’

2. A rudimentary shelter, especially one used by a mountaineer; a hut.

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動詞

howf (third-person singular simple present howfs, present participle howfing, simple past and past participle howfed)

1. (intransitive, Scotland, archaic) To frequent or resort to a place; to haunt.

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Further reading

• “howff, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, June 2024.
• “howff, v.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, June 2024.
• “howf, n. and v.”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

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