释义 |
biddle dial. var. beetle n.1
1876G. L. Gower Surrey Prov. 82 A ‘stake-biddle’ is that which is used for driving stakes, a long or dumb-biddle for cleaving wood. 1937John o'London's 30 Apr. 197 The ‘biddle’ itself is a huge wooden mallet. Ibid., Peculiar to Devon, sometimes used as a term of endearment, but not always, is ‘biddle head’. 1941H. J. Massingham Remembrance xiii. 133 He was a thatcher..with biddle, leggatt, [etc.]. |