Definition of rance in English:

rance

(also rince, runce)

noun rɑːnsrans

Scottish

Originally: a bar or bolt for a door. In later use: a bar or post for supporting a building or other structure; a stay or prop; specifically a wall or pillar of coal supporting the roof of a coal mine.

noun rɑːnsrans

More fully "rance marble". A kind of variegated marble, predominantly dull red in colour.

verb rɑːnsrans

Scottish rare

with object To prop up, brace, or support.

Origin

Late 16th century; earliest use found in Edinburgh Dean of Guild Accounts. Apparently from Middle French (Normandy) rance, regional variant of ranche, both in sense ‘prop supporting the side rails of a cart’ (1411; 1363 as renche, 1388 as rainche; French (chiefly regional) ranche, denoting various pieces of wood supporting the side rails of a cart, also (rarely) the side rails themselves) from the Germanic base of rung, with alteration probably after Middle Dutch ranke (Dutch rank) or its cognate Middle High German or early modern German ranke (German Ranke), both in sense ‘vine, climbing plant’, both of uncertain origin
early 17th century; earliest use found in Joshua Sylvester (d. 1618), poet and translator. From Rance, a town in the province of Hainault, Belgium, where the marble is quarried
late 17th century. From rance. Compare French rancer to prop (a decrepit building) up using wooden pillars.

Definition of rance in US English:

rance

(also rince, runce)

noun

Scottish

Originally: a bar or bolt for a door. In later use: a bar or post for supporting a building or other structure; a stay or prop; specifically a wall or pillar of coal supporting the roof of a coal mine.

noun

More fully "rance marble". A kind of variegated marble, predominantly dull red in colour.

verb

Scottish rare

with object To prop up, brace, or support.

Origin

Late 16th century; earliest use found in Edinburgh Dean of Guild Accounts. Apparently from Middle French (Normandy) rance, regional variant of ranche, both in sense ‘prop supporting the side rails of a cart’ (1411; 1363 as renche, 1388 as rainche; French (chiefly regional) ranche, denoting various pieces of wood supporting the side rails of a cart, also (rarely) the side rails themselves) from the Germanic base of rung, with alteration probably after Middle Dutch ranke (Dutch rank) or its cognate Middle High German or early modern German ranke (German Ranke), both in sense ‘vine, climbing plant’, both of uncertain origin<br>early 17th century; earliest use found in Joshua Sylvester (d. 1618), poet and translator. From Rance, a town in the province of Hainault, Belgium, where the marble is quarried<br>late 17th century. From rance. Compare French rancer to prop (a decrepit building) up using wooden pillars.

词汇	rance
释义	Definition of rance in English: rance (also rince, runce) noun rɑːnsrans Scottish Originally: a bar or bolt for a door. In later use: a bar or post for supporting a building or other structure; a stay or prop; specifically a wall or pillar of coal supporting the roof of a coal mine. noun rɑːnsrans More fully "rance marble". A kind of variegated marble, predominantly dull red in colour. verb rɑːnsrans Scottish rare with object To prop up, brace, or support. Origin Late 16th century; earliest use found in Edinburgh Dean of Guild Accounts. Apparently from Middle French (Normandy) rance, regional variant of ranche, both in sense ‘prop supporting the side rails of a cart’ (1411; 1363 as renche, 1388 as rainche; French (chiefly regional) ranche, denoting various pieces of wood supporting the side rails of a cart, also (rarely) the side rails themselves) from the Germanic base of rung, with alteration probably after Middle Dutch ranke (Dutch rank) or its cognate Middle High German or early modern German ranke (German Ranke), both in sense ‘vine, climbing plant’, both of uncertain origin early 17th century; earliest use found in Joshua Sylvester (d. 1618), poet and translator. From Rance, a town in the province of Hainault, Belgium, where the marble is quarried late 17th century. From rance. Compare French rancer to prop (a decrepit building) up using wooden pillars. Definition of rance in US English: rance (also rince, runce) noun Scottish Originally: a bar or bolt for a door. In later use: a bar or post for supporting a building or other structure; a stay or prop; specifically a wall or pillar of coal supporting the roof of a coal mine. noun More fully "rance marble". A kind of variegated marble, predominantly dull red in colour. verb Scottish rare with object To prop up, brace, or support. Origin Late 16th century; earliest use found in Edinburgh Dean of Guild Accounts. Apparently from Middle French (Normandy) rance, regional variant of ranche, both in sense ‘prop supporting the side rails of a cart’ (1411; 1363 as renche, 1388 as rainche; French (chiefly regional) ranche, denoting various pieces of wood supporting the side rails of a cart, also (rarely) the side rails themselves) from the Germanic base of rung, with alteration probably after Middle Dutch ranke (Dutch rank) or its cognate Middle High German or early modern German ranke (German Ranke), both in sense ‘vine, climbing plant’, both of uncertain origin<br>early 17th century; earliest use found in Joshua Sylvester (d. 1618), poet and translator. From Rance, a town in the province of Hainault, Belgium, where the marble is quarried<br>late 17th century. From rance. Compare French rancer to prop (a decrepit building) up using wooden pillars.
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