Hello everyone. Can anyone tell me what the term "pitched" means? I found several numbered lots on the original lotting plan of Bristol, Vermont that were labeled that way. The region is mountainous so I'm wondering if it's referring to steeply slope property.
Gregg
Pitch-ed (past tense)
pitch1
piCH/Submit
verb
past tense: pitched; past participle: pitched
1.
BASEBALL
throw (the ball) for the batter to try to hit.
BASEBALL
be a pitcher.
"she pitched in a minor-league game"
GOLF
hit (the ball) onto the green with a pitch shot.
GOLF
(of the ball) strike the ground in a particular spot.
2.
throw or fling roughly or casually.
"he crumpled the page up and pitched it into the fireplace"
synonyms: throw, toss, fling, hurl, cast, lob, flip, propel, bowl; More
fall heavily, especially headlong.
"she pitched forward into blackness"
synonyms: fall, tumble, topple, plunge, plummet
"he pitched overboard"
3.
set (one's voice or a piece of music) at a particular pitch.
"you've pitched the melody very high"
express at a particular level of difficulty.
"he should pitch his talk at a suitable level for the age group"
aim (a product) at a particular section of the market.
"the machine is being pitched at banks"
4.
make a bid to obtain a contract or other business.
"they were pitching for an account"
5.
set up and fix in a definite position.
"we pitched camp for the night"
synonyms: put up, set up, erect, raise
"they pitched their tents"
6.
(of a moving ship, aircraft, or vehicle) rock or oscillate around a lateral axis, so that the front and back move up and down.
"the little steamer pressed on, pitching gently"
synonyms: lurch, toss (about), plunge, roll, reel, sway, rock, keel, list, wallow, labor
"the boat pitched"
(of a vehicle) move with a vigorous jogging motion.
"a jeep came pitching down the hill"
7.
cause (a roof) to slope downward from the ridge.
"the roof was pitched at an angle of 75 degrees"
slope downward.
"the ravine pitches down to the creek"
Origin
Middle English (as a verb in the senses Û÷thrust (something pointed) into the groundÛª and Û÷fall headlongÛª): perhaps related to Old English picung Û÷stigmata,Ûª of unknown ultimate origin. The sense development is obscure.
pitch2
piCH/Submit
verb
past tense: pitched; past participle: pitched
cover, coat, or smear with pitch.
pitch1
piCH/Submit
verb
past tense: pitched; past participle: pitched
1.
BASEBALL
throw (the ball) for the batter to try to hit.
BASEBALL
be a pitcher.
"she pitched in a minor-league game"
GOLF
hit (the ball) onto the green with a pitch shot.
GOLF
(of the ball) strike the ground in a particular spot.
2.
throw or fling roughly or casually.
"he crumpled the page up and pitched it into the fireplace"
synonyms: throw, toss, fling, hurl, cast, lob, flip, propel, bowl; More
fall heavily, especially headlong.
"she pitched forward into blackness"
synonyms: fall, tumble, topple, plunge, plummet
"he pitched overboard"
3.
set (one's voice or a piece of music) at a particular pitch.
"you've pitched the melody very high"
express at a particular level of difficulty.
"he should pitch his talk at a suitable level for the age group"
aim (a product) at a particular section of the market.
"the machine is being pitched at banks"
4.
make a bid to obtain a contract or other business.
"they were pitching for an account"
5.
set up and fix in a definite position.
"we pitched camp for the night"
synonyms: put up, set up, erect, raise
"they pitched their tents"
6.
(of a moving ship, aircraft, or vehicle) rock or oscillate around a lateral axis, so that the front and back move up and down.
"the little steamer pressed on, pitching gently"
synonyms: lurch, toss (about), plunge, roll, reel, sway, rock, keel, list, wallow, labor
"the boat pitched"
(of a vehicle) move with a vigorous jogging motion.
"a jeep came pitching down the hill"
7.
cause (a roof) to slope downward from the ridge.
"the roof was pitched at an angle of 75 degrees"
slope downward.
"the ravine pitches down to the creek"
Origin
Middle English (as a verb in the senses Û÷thrust (something pointed) into the groundÛª and Û÷fall headlongÛª): perhaps related to Old English picung Û÷stigmata,Ûª of unknown ultimate origin. The sense development is obscure.
pitch2
piCH/Submit
verb
past tense: pitched; past participle: pitched
cover, coat, or smear with pitch.
Interesting, I didn't see a definition relating to pitching a proposal, or a screenplay or the like.
Thanks Nate!!
Although not shown in the above definition and likely, not applicable to the mapping application. Pine trees create "pitch" which is the sappy resin on damaged trees, cut limbs etc.
Uses for pitch are fire tinder and waterproofing (similar to grease). As kids our folks wanted us to stay away from "pitch" or "pine pitch" -it was a sticky mess.
DWoolley
I'm a bit fuzzy on the details, but once an original settler of a New England town was awarded a lot in the lottery that founded the town, he had to go out in the field, find it, and mark the boundaries. The process of marking the boundaries of the lot was known as pitching the lot. Or something close to that.
GMPLS, post: 337290, member: 8404 wrote: Hello everyone. Can anyone tell me what the term "pitched" means? I found several numbered lots on the original lotting plan of Bristol, Vermont that were labeled that way. The region is mountainous so I'm wondering if it's referring to steeply slope property.
Gregg
When interpreting written documents, you MUST take into consideration the meaning of the word at the time it was written...not 120 years later. Historical dictionaries are available for free on the internet (GOOGLE BOOKS).
Here is one way to look at it based upon an 1870's dictionary.
Pitch ="To fix"
Fix = "To set"
I would assume they meant that the corners were set or that the boundary was established.
imaudigger, post: 337488, member: 7286 wrote: When interpreting written documents, you MUST take into consideration the meaning of the word at the time it was written...not 120 years later. Historical dictionaries are available for free on the internet (GOOGLE BOOKS).
Here is one way to look at it based upon an 1870's dictionary.
Pitch ="To fix"
Fix = "To set"
I would assume they meant that the corners were set or that the boundary was established.
I like that. It could sound reasonable to me that "the parcel has been pitched" to mean that the parcel has been completed and staked.
It might be nice to know how the plat used the term (context). Does it just have the word written on the parcel. Does it use it in a sentence, etc.? Maybe Gregg could enlighten us. (?)
I believe another definition was "to plant".
So it could also mean that the parcel was cultivated? That may fit the context if it was ground that could be cultivated.
GMPLS, post: 337290, member: 8404 wrote: Hello everyone. Can anyone tell me what the term "pitched" means? I found several numbered lots on the original lotting plan of Bristol, Vermont that were labeled that way. The region is mountainous so I'm wondering if it's referring to steeply slope property.
Gregg
I may be off a little bit...Here is probably how it was used in a sentence. This is from a book of the history of a town in NH (close to you).
Thanks guys. I talked to a surveyor from that town today but forgot to ask. It's really not important to my work but it seems like something I should know being that it's on the face of a map. At first I thought it had to do with the terrain but I haven't found the time to overlay the map onto a topo map. It seems like imaudigger and Ashton are on to it but I'm going to ask a few locals and see if they know for sure.
Thanks again guys.
Gregg
Tom Adams, post: 337490, member: 7285 wrote: I like that. It could sound reasonable to me that "the parcel has been pitched" to mean that the parcel has been completed and staked.
It might be nice to know how the plat used the term (context). Does it just have the word written on the parcel. Does it use it in a sentence, etc.? Maybe Gregg could enlighten us. (?)
Some of the lots were labeled as pitched.
Ambiguity always causes me to pitch a fit. :bored:
https://www.sec.state.vt.us/media/460135/A204034.pdf
The link to the plan is above.
From An Historical Discourse in the commemoration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the First Congregational Church in Templeton, Mass., 1857, by Edwin G. Adams, Junior Pastor:
DDSM :beer:
