polink

词形变化

polinks 复数 polinks

别名

polinck

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    One of several stockaded mountain farms established, after the invasion of Jamaica by England in the late 17th century, by people of colour who had lived on the island under Spanish rule.

    历史
  2. 2.

    A plot of land on a hill near a plantation, allotted to enslaved people for growing food.

    历史

    1758, An Enquiry concerning the Trade, Commerce, and Policy of Jamaica, relative to the Scarcity of Money, cited in The Monthly Review, August, 1758, p. 140, 360 polinks and provision plantations, containing each 200 acres […]

词源

From Spanish palenque (“palisade”).

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