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单词 cheese-cutter
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cheese-cuttern.

Brit. /ˈtʃiːzkʌtə/, U.S. /ˈtʃizˌkədər/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: cheese n.1, cutter n.1
Etymology: < cheese n.1 + cutter n.1
1. An instrument for cutting cheese; spec. one with a broad curved blade; (in later use also) one fitted with a piece of thin taut wire.
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the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > equipment for food preparation > [noun] > cheese-cutter
cheese-cutter1681
the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > equipment for food preparation > [noun] > apparatus for specific foods
cheese-cutter1681
suet chopper1795
soda-fountain1824
sausage machinec1840
acetifier1853
honey extractor1862
cheese wire1887
sorbetière1965
the world > health and disease > ill health > deformity > deformities of specific parts > [noun] > of legs > leg
stump lega1568
shackle-hams1603
baker's legs1611
badger legs1656
cheese-cutter1681
K-leg1842
jake leg1930
jake walk1930
1681 S. Colvil Mock Poem ii. 18 Then with his Tongue out, thus he stutters, With face awry, like old Cheese Cutters.
1778 J. King Jrnl. 21 Apr. in J. Cook Jrnls. (1967) III. 1408 Knives..of a curious shape, being the segment of a circle, the convex part making the Sharp side, or like our Cheesecutters if hollowd on the inside.
1840 J. Ogden in Heads of People 344 Dobbs determined..finally to surrender his butter-knife and cheese-cutter into the hands of his eldest son.
1915 Evening Tel. & Post (Dundee) 6 Apr. 4/6 She manipulates the butter patters and the wire cheese cutter with the assurance of experience.
1963 Times 6 May p. viii/3 (advt.) An instrument rather like a wire cheese-cutter was designed.
2010 B. B. Burkhalter Generation that saved Amer. iv. 114 As she raised and then lowered the huge cheese cutter, it slid easily through the warm cheese.
2.
a. Originally slang. Something resembling the blade of a cheese-cutter in shape; spec. †a sword (obsolete). Cf. Compounds 1.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > sharp weapon > side arms > sword > [noun]
sword971
brandOE
edgeOE
ironOE
brandelletc1325
garec1330
toolc1386
brank1480
tranchefera1533
flatchet1577
Morglay1582
smiter1591
brandiron1596
Toledo1601
machaira1614
spit-frog1615
toasting-irona1616
spit1642
bilbo1676
porker1688
tilter1688
degen1699
spurtlec1700
toaster1751
toasting-fork1807
slasher1815
cheese-cutter1824
khanda1825
cheese-toaster1858
windlestraw1895
1824 F. Place in M. Thale Autobiogr. Francis Place (1972) iii. 52 I did not see one child with a scald head nor one with bandy legs called cheese cutters. That is with the shin bone bowed out.
1841 ‘C. Selby’ Maximums & Speciments W. Muggins xii. 110 Here comes the skipper, with his cheesecutter athwart-ship, going large afore the wind.
1862 Continental Monthly Oct. 419/2 He drew his bowie-knife and rushed at me as if he would cut me into mince-meat; but I met him boldly with my ‘cheese-cutter’.
1874 Hotten's Slang Dict. (rev. ed.) 115 Cheesecutter, a prominent and aquiline nose. Also a large square peak to a cap.
1943 J. L. Hunt & A. G. Pringle Service Slang 22 Cheesecutter, a Cavalryman's sword.
1966 ‘L. Lane’ ABZ of Scouse 17 Cheese cutter, a straw boater.
b. A cheese-cutter cap or hat (see Compounds 2).
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > cap > types of > peaked > types of
tiar1513
tiara1555
jockey-cap1748
Mary Queen of Scots cap1813
baseball cap1865
baseball hat1867
cheese-cutter1870
fore and aft1888
staff cap1902
Mao cap1967
1870 E. Fitzgerald Let. 12 Apr. (1980) III. 214 Also, a Cap such as you now wear; better with a Peak—but not a Cheese-cutter—d——n them!
1886 W. Barnes Dorset Dial. Cheesecutter, a cap with a straight peak.
1918 A. Safroni-Middleton Wine-dark Seas vi. 64 Looking like big wax figures clad in ragged duck-suits, dirty red shirts and belted pants, wide-brimmed hats or cheesecutters.
1987 ‘J. Gash’ Moonspender (1988) x. 96 She dresses like a speedway rider, tight jeans, studs on her denim sleeves.., jaunty cheesecutter.
1995 Fiddlehead Summer 28 The only photograph I have of him shows him in his best blues. His cheesecutter is set at a cocky angle on his dark hair.
3.
a. Nautical. In a sailing dinghy, a pivoted keel or centreboard that can be withdrawn into the boat.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > other specific types of equipment > [noun] > other tools and equipment
pollhache1324
poleaxe1356
muckrake1366
pestlea1382
botea1450
staff1459
press-board1558
reel1593
water crane1658
lathekin1659
tower1662
dressing hook1683
liner1683
hovel1686
flax-brake1688
nipper1688
horse1728
tap1797
feather-stick1824
bow1839
safety belt1840
economizer1841
throttle damper1849
cleat1854
leg brace1857
bark-peeler1862
pugging screw1862
nail driver1863
spool1864
turntable1865
ovate1872
tension bar1879
icebreaker1881
spreader1881
toucher1881
window pole1888
mushroom head1890
rat1894
slackline1896
auger1897
latch hook1900
thimble1901
horse1904
pipe jack1909
mulcher1910
hand plate1911
splashguard1917
cheese-cutter1927
airbrasive1945
impactor1945
fogger1946
1891 W. Winn Boating Man's Vade-mecum ii. 64 In this case the shape of the [keel] plate is what may be called cheesecutter. It revolves about a pivot or bolt through the keel, and is hauled up by a bar handle.]
1927 G. Bradford Gloss. Sea Terms 33/2 Cheese-cutter, a type of centerboard.
1978 Country Life Bk. Naut. Terms Under Sail iii. 17 Cheese cutter, form of drop keel for small craft.
1998 Chambers Dict. (2006) at Cheese Cheese cutter (naut), a movable keel that may be drawn up inside a boat.
b. Aeronautics. In a light aircraft, a hinged lever that moves in a quadrant, esp. one that controls trim. Frequently attributive.
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1932 Flight 25 Mar. 254/1 The notched quadrant in the front cockpit is the main ‘cheese cutter’.
1932 D. Garnett Rabbit in Air iii. 66 There is also a so-called ‘tail-incidence lever’, or cheese-cutter.
1967 Flying Mag. July 26/3 Your hand..moves down automatically to check the knob of the elevator trimmer in its big ‘cheese-cutter’ quadrant below.
2003 G. Buchanan Malco Polia i. i. 14 He pushed his cheese-cutter lever fully forward; so named because it was a quadrant, and hinged like a cheese knife.

Compounds

attributive, with the sense ‘resembling a cheese-cutter (sense 1)’.
C1. gen.
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a1798 J. Palmer Like Master like Man (1811) I. 157 He was a short, squat figure, with a pot-belly and cheese-cutter legs.
1881 J. Evans Anc. Bronze Implem. vi. 148 Copper or bronze blades of this crescent or cheese-cutter form.
1917 Internat. Rev. Missions 6 237 Keen-edged steel razors of a small cheese-cutter shape.
C2. spec., designating a cap or hat, (originally) one cylindrical in shape with a stiff peak extending from the lower edge, (now usually) a flat cloth cap with the peak extending from the crown.
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1874 Hotten's Slang Dict. (rev. ed.) 115 Caps fitted with square peaks are called cheesecutter caps.
1883 Monthly Welcome & Parish Visitor Aug. 153 The postman comes lamely toiling along, with a heavy bag on his shoulders, and his ‘cheese-cutter’ cap thrust as far back as it will go without falling off his head.
1902 H. Compton Free Lance in Far Land viii. 109 A man, dressed in a fine military uniform.., and under his arm a huge cheesecutter hat of the latest fashion.
1920 A. Mason Flying Bo'sun xx. 183 Here he pulled his cheese-cutter cap down with a jerk, so that the bleary eyes were no longer visible.
1980 Times 26 Mar. 2/6 The man.., with blond, permed hair under a ‘cheesecutter’ cap, told the driver to get out of the cab.
2007 S. Hoggart in Guardian 15 May 11/2 Fashion notes: Sir Gerald Kaufman was wearing a cheese-cutter hat.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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