thenabouts

Composé de then et de about.

thenabouts \ˈðɛ.nəˈbaʊts\

1. (Moins courant) Environ (dans le temps).
   • The prosecutor William Blanchard in his answers to all this said ‘he never heard nor does he believe that the ancient roof of the Quire or Chancel of Blacktoft fell down as the Congregation were coming out of the said Church about 80 years ago and was thenabouts taken down and afterwards rebuilt or that in case the same was so rebuilt the form thereof was alter’d from what it anciently was or made any lower than it was before… he doth not believe that the upper part of the roof was and is made lower than the under or lower part of the arch at the East end of the Nave or body of the Church whereby there was a space or vacancy open to the air between the underside of the arch and the upper part of the roof until the same was closed or made up to keep the wind and weather out of the Church.’ — (John Stanley Purvis, The Condition of Yorkshire Church Fabrics, 1300–1800, Borthwick Institute of Historical Research, no. 14, St. Anthony’s Hall Publications, 1958)

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