check-stringn.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: check n.¹, string n.

Etymology: < check n.¹ + string n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcheck-string.

A string by which the occupant of a carriage may signal to the driver to stop.

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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > carriage for conveying persons > [noun] > parts of > string for signalling to driver

string1748

check-string1774

1774 G. Colman Man of Business iii. 35 The young man was in the high road to destruction..it was time to pull the check-string.

1795 W. Felton Treat. Carriages II. (Gloss.) 215 Check String. A worsted line by which the coachman has notice to stop.

1845 J. W. Carlyle Lett. I. 358 In passing along Brompton Road, he suddenly pulled the check-string.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online September 2020).

单词	check-string
释义	check-stringn. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: check n.¹, string n. Etymology: < check n.¹ + string n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcheck-string. A string by which the occupant of a carriage may signal to the driver to stop. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > carriage for conveying persons > [noun] > parts of > string for signalling to driver string1748 check-string1774 1774 G. Colman Man of Business iii. 35 The young man was in the high road to destruction..it was time to pull the check-string. 1795 W. Felton Treat. Carriages II. (Gloss.) 215 Check String. A worsted line by which the coachman has notice to stop. 1845 J. W. Carlyle Lett. I. 358 In passing along Brompton Road, he suddenly pulled the check-string. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online September 2020). < n.1774
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