单词 | dogleg |
释义 | doglegadj.n. A. adj. (chiefly attributive). 1. Of a bent form like a dog's hind leg. a. Designating a stair which has no well and a bend of 180° in it, usually at a landing halfway between floors. Cf. doglegged adj. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > stairs > [adjective] > types of staircase winding1530 half-paced1603 dogleg1671 newelled1677 flighted1929 low-rise1951 open-tread1960 1671 J. Brown Descr. & Use Trianguler-quadrant 189 There are many other things to be taken notice of in the Carpenters Bill, as..the Plank and Curb at the Cellar-stairs, Dogleg-stairs, and Open-Newel-stairs, Canted-stairs, counted either by the step or pair. 1735 F. Price Brit. Carpenter (ed. 2) Contents (Plate T) The Plan of a Dogleg, and Open Newel Staircase. 1768 J. Leadbeater Gentleman & Tradesman's Compl. Assistant ii. 39 Common dog-leg stairs, at per story. 1808 P. Nicholson Carpenter's New Guide (ed. 2) Contents p. ix A dog-leg Staircase, with Winders. 1841 C. Davy Archit. Precedents (ed. 3) 19 The stairs to the basement to be dog-leg. 1895 Jrnl. Royal Inst. Brit. Archit. 14 Mar. 351 A dog-leg stair about 4 feet wide. 1911 R. T. Blomfield Hist. French Archit. 165 The two-way or ‘dogleg’ staircase, as it is sometimes called, is found for the first time in the staircase at the Louvre. 1970 D. Verey Gloucestersh. 117 The principal staircase starts as a dog-leg stair. 1983 J. S. Foster Struct. & Fabric (rev. ed.) I. iii. 252/2 The dog-leg stair, consists of two straight flights turning on a half-space landing. 2001 Irish Times (Nexis) 31 May 55 A dog-leg staircase leads to five bedrooms, each large with plenty of natural light. b. Australian and New Zealand. Designating a rough fence of logs or poles laid on X-shaped supports. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > that which or one who closes or shuts > a barrier > [adjective] > that will serve as a fence > having a fence or paling > of specific construction (of fence) stake-and-ridered1829 ridered1833 dogleg1836 staked and ridered1852 hog-tight1858 staked-and-bound1861 doglegged1891 1836 in Tasmania Non-State Rec. (Tasmania State Arch.) 25 Oct. 103/3 All that portion of Land Bounded on the north by a dog leg and furze fence. 1854 W. Shaw Land of Promise viii. 146 There are three descriptions of fences, the dog leg, the kangaroo, and the post and rail. 1888 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Robbery under Arms I. xi. 137 A longish wing of dogleg fence. 1904 ‘S. Rudd’ Sandy's Select. 30 A cultivation paddock enclosed with a dog-leg fence. 1935 Bulletin (Sydney) 16 Jan. 21/1 Companion of the dog-leg fence and huts of stringbark. 1965 N. Z. Geographic Oct. 147 The dog-leg fence, found in North America only in the Maritime Provinces of Canada, reappeared in the Nova Scotian settlement at Waipu. c. Designating a chisel with an angled shank, used for smoothing the base of a groove. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > cutting tool > chisel > [noun] > other chisels grooping-ironc1440 grubbing-ironc1440 grubbling iron1530 ripping-chisel1659 paring chisel1675 ripping-chisel1679 flat chisel1688 burr1794 tan-spud1828 spud1846 dogleg1855 jagger1875 pointer1875 spade-chisel1895 claw-chisel1933 burr-chisel- 1855 Technologisches Wörterbuch II. 106/1 The dog-leg chisel (a tool of formcutters, used in smoothing the ground of the grooves). a1877 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. I. 716/2 Dog-leg chisel, a crooked-shanked chisel used in smoothing the bottoms of grooves. 1926–7 Army & Navy Stores Catal. 253/1 Dog leg Chisels—up to ⅜ in. d. gen. Of a bend, course, route, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > angularity > [adjective] > turned or bent at an angle kneed1775 doglegged1861 cranked1862 dogleg1865 off-set1926 1865 A. S. Moffat Secrets of Angling v. 97 That [middle] portion of the line would arrive at its destination first, dog-leg fashion, and cause the remainder to splash into the water in a confused heap. 1890 Q. Rev. Jan. 226 A ‘dog-leg’ line was preferable to a straight one in the planning of a street. 1959 News Chron. 14 Dec. 4/3 I had flown 650 miles on a dog-leg course. 1967 Listener 9 Feb. 196/3 The dog-leg bend in the branch duct follows the wall above where the ward widens. 1970 New Yorker 9 May 48/1 They made the trek from Kathmandu to Namche Badar and back—a dogleg route of a hundred miles each way. 1992 M. Margetts Classic Crafts 129/2 The following ingredients and equipment are needed: a minimum of 900g (2lb) of the best quality chocolate..a dog-leg palette knife;..a chocolate thermometer, [etc.]. 2004 J. B. Reid & R. M. James Uncovering Nevada's Past 174 A tiny town of some eight or ten houses on a single dogleg street. e. dogleg hole n. Golf a hole at which the fairway turns to left or right. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > golf > golf course > [noun] > hole for ball hole1808–18 dogleg hole1909 dogleg1911 one-shotter1922 1907 Daily Chron. 17 Aug. 7/2 There are two or three very fine specimens of the dog-leg kind of hole.] 1909 Westm. Gaz. 30 Apr. 4/2 There is the occasional variety of the ‘dog-leg’ hole, where the player has to go round an angle. 1926 P. G. Wodehouse Heart of Goof iv. 135 It was a long, slogging, dog-leg hole. 1977 New Yorker 8 Aug. 52/2 Eight of the par 4s and one of the two par 5s were artfully designed dogleg holes. 1991 Golf for Women Apr. 64/1 You'll find many dogleg holes, most crossed by ball-swallowing creeks. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > tobacco > [noun] > other types of tobacco craccus1617 mavis1641 shoot-tobacco1666 funk1677 black tobacco1698 kite's-foot1788 dark leaf1829 bird's eye1834 bright leaf1834 honeydew tobacco1835 seed leaf1837 long-tails1839 honeydew1843 caporal1850 dogleg tobacco1856 dogleg1863 Boer1881 burley1881 black boy1898 snus1916 1856 Life Illustr. 31 May 35/4 He was about the size and build of a plug of ‘dog-leg’ tobacco. 1868 Congress. Globe 18 Mar. App. 287/1 Watching the neighbors pitch horseshoes for dog-leg tobacco. 1872 G. G. Small Humors of Railroad Kings 22/2 Whittling down a plug of dog-leg tobacco preparatory to filling a black cob pipe. B. n. 1. a. A thing which bends or is bent like a dog's hind leg; (now) esp. a sharp bend in a road or route. ΚΠ 1803 Gentleman's Mag. 73 Suppl. 1201/1 All sticks which are..suitable to rive or split in two, being free from cracks, knots, and what are technically termed doglegs (from a short angular twist in their growth, which prevents the bending or splitting for an hoop). 1870 Hull Packet & E. Riding Times 3 June 6/1 When at work, standing in front of the ‘dog leg’, a bolt..broke close to the head, causing the ‘dog leg’ to spring off. 1926 Proc. Royal Soc. B. 99 140 Occasional deformities, such as branches, dog-legs, whip-like tips, etc., indicate that no rigid procedure is followed by the growing hair. 1955 A. MacLean H.M.S. Ulysses iii. 53 There were no dog-legs, no standard course alterations. 1966 W. G. Nash Brickwork I. iii. 49/1 (in figure) Angle brick or dogleg. 1992 P. M. Silva in T. Shone Albany Jrnls. Introd. 24 Shone's farm, a dog-leg of land, was bounded..to the west mainly by a tributary of the Lushington River. 2001 Chesapeake Bay Mag. Oct. 71/1 The looming water tower emblazoned with everybody's favorite crustacean, pointing to the dogleg into Somers Cove. b. Golf. = dogleg hole n. at sense A. 1e; (also) the bend in the fairway which such a hole features. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > golf > golf course > [noun] > hole for ball hole1808–18 dogleg hole1909 dogleg1911 one-shotter1922 1911 Times 28 Mar. 16/3 With the same wind the 3rd, or ‘dog-leg’, becomes one of the most thrilling holes imaginable. 1952 Joplin (Missouri) Globe 13 June 11 a/2 The treacherous sixth hole, a 418-yard dogleg with the green protected by a row of trees. 1980 W. Percy Second Coming i. i. 6 Dr. Vance Battle..sat in the cart on the outside of the dogleg waiting for his third shot. 2002 BusinessWeek 18 Nov. g24/1 When Nicklaus' drive at 18 sailed wide right, Cousins cut the corner perfectly on the par-5 dogleg. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > tobacco > [noun] > other types of tobacco craccus1617 mavis1641 shoot-tobacco1666 funk1677 black tobacco1698 kite's-foot1788 dark leaf1829 bird's eye1834 bright leaf1834 honeydew tobacco1835 seed leaf1837 long-tails1839 honeydew1843 caporal1850 dogleg tobacco1856 dogleg1863 Boer1881 burley1881 black boy1898 snus1916 1863 ‘E. Kirke’ My Southern Friends iii. 48 The other [apartment] was densely crowded with logwood, ‘dog-leg’,..and cistern water. 1875 Appleton's Jrnl. 30 Oct. 559/1 Out with your dog-leg, and let this gentleman have a chew. 1891 M. E. Ryan Pagan of Alleghanies ii. 25 The black-and-tan man treated himself to a fresh chew of ‘dog-leg’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). doglegv. intransitive. Of a course, route, etc., or a person following it: to turn or bend, to make a dogleg. ΚΠ 1940 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 2 June 12 a/5 Some boys will be using three woods and still finding themselves far from home because the hole doglegs. 1960 Flying Mag. July 41/2 It has been difficult to plot a straight course..without dog-legging to avoid some wilderness where weapons are..fired. a1974 R. Roberts Ragged Schooling (1997) 21 At the top of our kitchen rose a short block of stairs which dog-legged to the left. 1983 ‘J. Gash’ Sleepers of Erin (1984) xxvii. 205 I had driven eastward in his daft van through Tipperary as far as the Irish Sea and then doglegged up to Dublin. 2005 Wall St. Jrnl. 12 Sept. (Central ed.) a7/3 The Robins were trying to drive..all the way down Highway 46..to the Florissant Highway, which doglegs almost due east to Yscloskey. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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