osier
English edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
Noun edit
osier (plural osiers)
- A kind of willow, Salix viminalis, growing in wet places in Europe and Asia, and introduced into North America. It is considered the best of the willows for wickerwork.
- (loosely) 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, page 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.
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References edit
- ^ BESZARD, L. (1910). ETUDE SUR L'ORIGINE DES NOMS DE LIEUX. France: (n.p.), p. 2
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French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited 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 edit
Noun edit
osier m (plural osiers)
- (countable) osier (tree)
- (uncountable) wicker
- (tree) willow
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References edit
- ^ BESZARD, L. (1910). ETUDE SUR L'ORIGINE DES NOMS DE LIEUX. France: (n.p.), p. 2
Further reading edit
- “osier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.