| 单词 | cornerblock |
| 释义 | > as lemmascorner-block corner-block n. (see quots.); (see also 3b above). ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > support > [noun] > that which supports > supporting blocks > for a bracket pattress1886 corner-block1932 1932 F. L. Wright Autobiogr. ii. 138 The whole exterior was bedeviled..mixed to puzzle-pieces, with corner-boards, panel-boards, window-frames, corner-blocks. 1962 Gloss. Terms Glass Ind. (B.S.I.) 14 Corner block, specially shaped block used in the dog-house corners. 1966 A. W. Lewis Gloss. Woodworking Terms 18 Corner blocks, wooden blocks glued and screwed in position on the inside of a framework to strengthen the joint. corner-block b. The angular projections (or projection) on each side of a violin or other similar stringed instrument. Also corner-block. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > stringed instruments > lute- or viol-type parts > [noun] > other parts rib1578 rose1597 sound-hole1611 sound-post1688 purfle1706 bass-bar1833 purfling1833 sounding-post1838 corner1888 bout1889 1888 Encycl. Brit. XXIV. 243/1 The Viol has..Square or obtuse corners... The Violin has..Acute corners. 1889 G. Grove Dict. Music IV. 275/1 These corners mark the position of triangular ‘blocks’ inside, to which the ribs..are glued... Corner-blocks..first appear in the 15th century. 1968 New Oxf. Hist. Music IV. xiii. 710 A majority of viols..have sloping shoulders, C-shaped sound-holes,..and square corners at the bouts. < as lemmas |
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