0195名無しさん@英語勉強中 (ワッチョイ 6768-2km2)
2018/08/09(木) 19:44:21.13ID:ls2AFaUZ0昔は「名詞」としての意味があったのだと俺は言ったが、それを示す
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broad
B. n.1 [mostly elliptical.]
†1. Breadth: only in phrase ★in brode, on brode, o brode, a brode★;
now represented by abroad adv.
a1300 Cursor Mundi 347
Tis werld..Seit for to be ★on lang and brad★.
c1420 Anturs of Arth. xxxv
Beddus brauderit o brode.
1456 J. Bokkyng in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 143
Te straungiers ar soore a-dradde and dar nought come ★on brode★.
2. The broad part, the full breadth (of the back, the foot, etc.).
1741 A. Monro Anat. (ed. 3) 294
★The Broad★ of the Foot.
1888 N.E.D. at Broad Mod.
To lie on ★the broad★ of one's back.
(OED Second Edition)