list

English

/lɪst/

noun
Definitions
  • A strip of fabric, especially from the edge of a piece of cloth.
  • Material used for cloth selvage.
  • A register or roll of paper consisting of a compilation or enumeration of a set of possible items; the compilation or enumeration itself.
  • (in the plural) The barriers or palisades used to fence off a space for jousting or tilting tournaments.
  • (computing) A codified representation of a (abstract data type)|list used to store data or in processing; especially, in the LISP programming language, a data structure consisting of a sequence of zero or more items.
  • (architecture) A little square moulding; a fillet or listel.
  • (carpentry) A narrow strip of wood, especially sapwood, cut from the edge of a board or plank.
  • (ropemaking) A piece of woollen cloth with which the yarns are grasped by a worker.
  • (tin-plate manufacture) The first thin coating of tin; a wire-like rim of tin left on an edge of the plate after it is coated.
  • (obsolete) A stripe.
  • (obsolete) A boundary or limit; a border.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English lī̆st, list inherited from Old English līste (strip, hem, edge) derived from Old French liste (strip of paper, band, border) derived from Latin lista inherited from Proto-Germanic *līstǭ (selvage, hem, border, edge, strip, band) derived from Proto-Indo-European *leys- (be gentle, become small, shrink, track, grow thin, trace, furrow).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*leys-

Gloss

be gentle, become small, shrink, track, grow thin, trace, furrow

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