osier
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French osier (“basket willow, withy”), from Old French osier, hosier, hosyere (compare Medieval Latin ausēria (“willow-bed”)), from Frankish *halster (compare Low German Halster, Hilster (“bay willow”)).
Alternatively from Medieval Latin ausēria (“willow-bed”), from Gaulish *awesā (“riverbed”) (compare Breton aoz (“riverbed”)), from Proto-Celtic *auos (“river”), which could also be present in the French place name Avoise.[1]
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: (UK) -əʊʒə, (US) -oʊʒəɹ
Noun
osier (plural osiers)
- A kind of willow, Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template., growing in wet places in Europe and Asia, and introduced into North America. It is considered the best of the willows for wickerwork (basketweaving with wicker). The name is sometimes given to any kind of willow.
- One of the long, pliable twigs of this plant, or of other similar plants.
- 1952, L.F. Salzman, Building in England, p. 188:
- Wattling consists of a row of upright stakes the spaces between which are more or less filled by interweaving small branches, hazel rods, osiers, reeds, thin strips of wood, or other pliant material.
- 1952, L.F. Salzman, Building in England, p. 188:
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References
- ^ BESZARD, L. (1910). ETUDE SUR L'ORIGINE DES NOMS DE LIEUX. France: (n.p.), p. 2
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French
Etymology
From Old French osier, hosier, hosyere (compare Medieval Latin ausēria (“willow-bed”)), from Frankish *halster (compare Low German Halster, Hilster (“bay willow”)).
Alternatively from Medieval Latin ausēria (“willow-bed”), from Gaulish *awesā (“riverbed”) (compare Breton aoz (“riverbed”)), from Proto-Celtic *auos (“river”), which could also be present in the French place name Avoise.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
osier m (plural osiers)
- (countable) osier (tree)
- (uncountable) wicker
- (tree) willow
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References
- ^ BESZARD, L. (1910). ETUDE SUR L'ORIGINE DES NOMS DE LIEUX. France: (n.p.), p. 2
Further reading
- “osier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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