| 释义 |
▪ I. suiter, shooter local.|ˈsjuːtə(r), ˈʃuːtə(r)|
Forms: 6 shewter, 7, 9 shooter, 9 suiter, -or.
[f. suit v. + -er1. Cf. follower 5 a (voller), and suity-board s.v. suity a. 3; suitel is a variant in Northamptonshire (Baker N'hampton Gloss.).]
a. A round board placed between two cheeses in the press.
b. A square board in a cider-press placed on the top of the pile of must or ‘cheese’. More fully, suiter-board.
1586Shuttleworths' Acc. (Chetham Soc.) 29 Fiyffe chef⁓fates [i.e. cheese-vats]..and one shewter vjs viijd. 1625in Miss Jackson Shropsh. Word-bk. s.v., Eleven chefats, five shooters. 1833Loudon Encycl. Archit. §1316 [In a cider-press] A square board, termed a shooter. 1870in Miss Jackson Shropsh. Word-bk. s.v. Follower, Cheese-vats, followers, and suitors. 1886Cheshire Gloss., Shooter boards or suiter boards.
▪ II. suiter
obs. or dial. f. suitor. |