driveshedとは 意味・読み方・使い方

別の表記

• drive-shed, drive shed

名詞

driveshed (plural drivesheds)

1. A rural outbuilding for sheltering vehicles, farm machinery, and/or visitors' horses.

   Near-synonym: carriage house

   • 2014, Peter Blendell, Jonagold, →ISBN, page 63:

     He pushes the lawn tractor further out into the rain and angles it off to the side. Gets in the yellow loader and backs it out, turns it around in the gravel in front of the doors and drives it in to where the blade sits on its dolly at the back of the driveshed and points at the chain on the side wall.

語源 2

Blend of drive +‎ watershed; by surface analysis, drive +‎ shed.

名詞

driveshed (plural drivesheds)

1. (transportation planning, urban studies) The land area within a defined driving distance of a specified location.
   • 2009, Colin Ellard, You Are Here: Why We Can Find Our Way to the Moon, but Get Lost in the Mall, →ISBN:

     Though the exact number or distance (sometimes referred to as a walkshed) may be a subject of debate, and may vary depending on the demographics and motivations of the walkers, one thing is abundantly clear: a driveshed is much large than a walkshed. This is not only because cars move much more quickly than pedestrians but also because driving is almost effortless compared with walking.