| 释义 |
encased, ppl. a.|ɛnˈkeɪst|
[f. encase v.]
In phr. encased knot, a knot of dead wood that has not been connected by living matter with the adjacent wood but is often partly or wholly enclosed in bark.
1917C. H. Snow Wood & Org. Struct. Materials iv. 42 An encased knot is one which is surrounded wholly or in part by bark or pitch. 1931G. A. Garratt Mech. Prop. Wood ii. 55 Dead branches result in what are known as encased knots, which are, in effect, nothing more than pegs in a hole. 1968G. Tsoumis Wood as Raw Material x. 176 The knots resulting from such branches [sc. dead branches enclosed in living stems] and called encased or loose. |