booked, ppl. a.
(bʊkt)
[f. book n. and v.]
† 1. Instructed in books. Obs.
| 1393 Gower Conf. III. 319 She was wel taught, she was wel boked. |
2. Entered in a book; registered; conveyed by charter.
| 1842 Poe M. Roget Wks. 1864 I. 236 The recognized and booked principles. 1875 Maine Hist. Inst. iv. 115 Over his own domain and ‘booked’ land. |
3. colloq. Engaged, destined, bound; certain.
| 1840 Hood Up Rhine 6, I am booked for a much longer journey. 1841 De Quincey Homer & H. Wks. VI. 339 He, at least, is booked for the doctor. 1849 R. G. A. Levinge C. Doolan II. ix. 186 [He] declared that ‘they were booked to have fine weather’. |
4. Entered in an official book or list; scheduled.
| 1892 Daily News 3 June 5/4 That the Board of Trade shall have compulsory powers..to order a railway company to revise the booked time of the men. 1898 Ibid. 15 Dec. 7/4 Certain booked trains will be discontinued. |
5. Having (a specified amount of) orders or engagements in one's book or books. Also with up; and in transf. sense: having engagements, engaged (cf. 3).
| 1905 Westm. Gaz. 3 Oct. 9/1 The iron, steel, and allied trades are heavily booked. 1911 John Vincent in Rep. Labour & Social Cond. Germany III. Nos. vi and vii. 52 We found..the trades were busy and well booked up with orders. 1952 Granville Dict. Theatr. Terms 30 Booked up, all seats reserved for a performance. |