| 释义 |
ˈpullisee, -shee Sc.
Also pilly-shee.
[Either var. of pulley-sheave (pulley n. 5), or the pl. pullisees may be for pullases, from pullace, -ase.]
A pulley.
1728Ramsay To Starrat 19 Pullisees Can lift on highest roofs the greatest trees. 1828Moir Mansie Wauch xix, Having fastened a kinch of ropes beneath her oxters, I let her slide down..by way of a pilly-shee. |