英语词汇“drystone construction”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

1. Designating a stone wall or other structure built without mortar, esp. a wall of rough stones used to form a boundary to a field, as in drystone dyke (see dike n.¹ 6b), drystone wall, etc. Also: of or involving the construction of such a structure, as in drystone construction, drystone walling, etc.Some earlier evidence may not represent a fixed collocation.

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the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > that which or one who closes or shuts > a barrier > [noun] > wall > stone wall > stone wall without mortar

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1593 Several Rates Wages for E. Riding No man shall take for making of a rough dry stone wall, hauing the stone laid by him, which wall is one yard and a halfe high, and halfe a yard thicke, aboue xii.d. a rodde, without meat and drinke.

1699 Ld. Belhaven Countrey-mans Rudim. 25 It would be no difficult task to rickle up a dry Stone dike.

c1702 C. Fiennes Diary (1888) ii. iii. 83 You scarce see a tree and No hedges all over y^e Country, only dry stone walls.

1816 W. Scott Old Mortality i. (note) , in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. II. 13 Called, by the vulgar, a dry-stane dyke.

1944 Jrnl. Cork Hist. & Archaeol. Soc. 49 43 A tiny sprite found hiding among stones of a dry-stone fence.

1952 Illustr. London News 5 Jan. 30/2 The subsequent drystone construction of the palaces and courtyards remains a wonder to modern engineers.

1961 Italy (Michelin Tourist Guide) (ed. 2) 216 The Trulli..are strange circular, dry-stone structures.

1984 J. Seymour Forgotten Arts (1985) 54/1 There is no great mystery to dry-stone walling. It is the endurance of the skilled waller that is so impressive.

2001 Financial Times 27 Jan. (Property Suppl.) 6/1 Rebuilding the traditional drystone terrace walls will help water retention and tree growth.

单词	drystone construction
释义	> as lemmas drystone construction 1. Designating a stone wall or other structure built without mortar, esp. a wall of rough stones used to form a boundary to a field, as in drystone dyke (see dike n.¹ 6b), drystone wall, etc. Also: of or involving the construction of such a structure, as in drystone construction, drystone walling, etc.Some earlier evidence may not represent a fixed collocation. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > that which or one who closes or shuts > a barrier > [noun] > wall > stone wall > stone wall without mortar stonewallc825 1593 Several Rates Wages for E. Riding No man shall take for making of a rough dry stone wall, hauing the stone laid by him, which wall is one yard and a halfe high, and halfe a yard thicke, aboue xii.d. a rodde, without meat and drinke. 1699 Ld. Belhaven Countrey-mans Rudim. 25 It would be no difficult task to rickle up a dry Stone dike. c1702 C. Fiennes Diary (1888) ii. iii. 83 You scarce see a tree and No hedges all over y^e Country, only dry stone walls. 1816 W. Scott Old Mortality i. (note) , in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. II. 13 Called, by the vulgar, a dry-stane dyke. 1944 Jrnl. Cork Hist. & Archaeol. Soc. 49 43 A tiny sprite found hiding among stones of a dry-stone fence. 1952 Illustr. London News 5 Jan. 30/2 The subsequent drystone construction of the palaces and courtyards remains a wonder to modern engineers. 1961 Italy (Michelin Tourist Guide) (ed. 2) 216 The Trulli..are strange circular, dry-stone structures. 1984 J. Seymour Forgotten Arts (1985) 54/1 There is no great mystery to dry-stone walling. It is the endurance of the skilled waller that is so impressive. 2001 Financial Times 27 Jan. (Property Suppl.) 6/1 Rebuilding the traditional drystone terrace walls will help water retention and tree growth. extracted from drystonen.adj. < as lemmas
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