See also:

• PARK (Fr. part; Ital. parco; Sp. Marque; O.Eng. pearroc; connected with Ger. pferch, fold, and pfarrei, district, translating med. Lat. parochia, parish)
• PARK, EDWARDS AMASA (1808–1900)
• PARK, MUNGO (1771-1806?)

PARK (Fr. See also:

• PART

part; Ital. parco; Sp. Marque; O.Eng. pearroc; connected with Ger. pferch, See also:

• FOLD

fold, and pfarrei, See also:

• DISTRICT

district, translating med. See also:

• LAT

Lat. parochia, See also:

• PARISH (Gr. irapouda, district, neighbourhood; 7r&poucos, one dwelling near or beside, from crap&, OtKOS, house; Lat. paroecur, Late Lat. parochia; cf. Fr. paroisse)

parish)  , a word ordinarily used in two senses: (a) an enclosed See also:

• TRACT (from Lat. tractare, to treat of a matter, through Provencal tractat and Ital. trattato)

tract of ground, consisting of grass-See also:

• LAND

land, planted with trees and shrubs, and surrounding a large See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house; (b) a similar space in or near a See also:

• TOWN

town, laid out ornamentally, and used by the public as an " open space " for See also:

• HEALTH

health or recreation . The See also:

• TERM

term " See also:

• PARK (Fr. part; Ital. parco; Sp. Marque; O.Eng. pearroc; connected with Ger. pferch, fold, and pfarrei, district, translating med. Lat. parochia, parish)
• PARK, EDWARDS AMASA (1808–1900)
• PARK, MUNGO (1771-1806?)

park " first occurs in See also:

• ENGLISH

English as a term of the See also:

• FOREST

forest See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law of See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England for a tract of ground enclosed and privileged for beasts of the See also:

• CHASE
• CHASE, SALMON PORTLAND (1808-1873)
• CHASE, SAMUEL (1741–1811)
• CHASE, WILLIAM MERRITT (1849– )

chase, the distinguishing characteristics of which were " vert," i.e. the See also:

• GREEN, A
• GREEN, ALEXANDER HENRY (1832—1896)
• GREEN, DUFF (1791—1875)
• GREEN, JOHN RICHARD (1837—1883)
• GREEN, MATTHEW (1696-1737)
• GREEN, THOMAS HILL (1836-1882)
• GREEN, VALENTINE (1739–1813)
• GREEN, WILLIAM HENRY (.1825–1900)

green leaves of trees, " See also:

• VENISON (pronounced venzon)

venison," i.e. See also:

• DEER (O. E. rigor, dfor, a common Teutonic word, meaning a wild animal, cf. Ger. Tier, Du. dier, &c., probably from a root dhus-, to breathe)
• DEER, CHINESE

deer, and " enclosure." A " park " was a See also:

• FRANCHISE (from 0. Fr. franchise, freedom, franc, free)

franchise obtained by See also:

• PRESCRIPTION

prescription or by See also:

• GRANT (from A.-Fr. graunter, O. Fr. greanter for creanter, popular Lat. creantare, for credentare, to entrust, Lat. credere, to believe, trust)
• GRANT, ANNE (1755-1838)
• GRANT, CHARLES (1746-1823)
• GRANT, GEORGE MONRO (1835–1902)
• GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
• GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1827–1892)
• GRANT, ROBERT (1814-1892)
• GRANT, SIR ALEXANDER
• GRANT, SIR FRANCIS (1803-1878)
• GRANT, SIR JAMES HOPE (1808–1895)
• GRANT, SIR PATRICK (1804-1895)
• GRANT, U
• GRANT, ULYSSES SIMPSON (1822-1885)

grant from the See also:

• CROWN

crown (See FOREST LAW; also DEER PARK) . The word has had a technical military significance since the See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early See also:

• PART

part of the 17th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century . Originally meaning the space occupied by the See also:

• ARTILLERY (the O. Fr. artiller, to equip with engines of war, probably comes from Late Lat. articulum, dim. of ars, art, cf. " engine " from ingenium, or of artus, joint)

artillery, baggage and See also:

• SUPPLY (through Fr. from Lat. supplere, to fill up)

supply vehicles of an See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army when at See also:

• REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest, it came to be used of the See also:

• MASS (O.E. maesse; Fr. messe; Ger. Messe; Ital. messa; from eccl. Lat. missa)
• MASS, IN

mass of vehicles itself . From this mass first of all the artillery, becoming more See also:

• MOBILE

mobile, separated itself; then as the mobility of armies in See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general became greater they outpaced their heavy vehicles, with the result that faster moving transport See also:

• UNITS, DIMENSIONS OF
• UNITS, PHYSICAL

units had to be created to keep up communication . A " park " is thus at the See also:

• PRESENT

present See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day a large unit consisting of several See also:

• HUNDRED

hundred vehicles carrying stores; it moves several days' See also:

• MARCHES, THE (It. Le Marche)

marches in See also:

• REAR

rear of the army, and forms a See also:

• RESERVOIR

reservoir from " whence the mobile See also:

• AMMUNITION

ammunition and supply columns " draw the supplies and stores required for the army's needs . " Parking " vehicles is massing them for a See also:

• HALT

halt . The word " park " is still used to mean that portion of an artillery or adminstrative troops' See also:

• CAMP (from Lat. campus, field)

camp or See also:

• BIVOUAC (a French word generally said to have been introduced during the Thirty Years' War, perhaps derived from Beiwacht, extra guard)

bivouac in which the vehicles are placed .