单词 | cheese-cutter |
释义 | cheese-cuttern. 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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). ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΚΠ 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. Compoundsattributive, with the sense ‘resembling a cheese-cutter (sense 1)’. C1. gen. ΚΠ 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. ΚΠ 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). < n.1681 |
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