释义 |
undershut, ppl. a. [under-1 4 a, 10 a.] †1. Imperfectly shut. Obs.—1
1632J. Hayward tr. Biondi's Eromena 17 So vigilant was the villanous Prodotima, who (expecting him, with the doore under-shut) suddenly leade him the way in. 2. Mech. (See quot.)
1875Knight Dict. Mech. 2680/2 Under-shut-valve, one placed beneath the sole-plate of a pump or other object, and not upon it; shutting underneath by an upward motion. |