| 单词 | falling rope |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfalling rope C2. attributive in sense 3, as falling axe, falling rope, falling saw, falling wedge. ΚΠ a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Psalms lxxiii. 6 Thei castiden doun it with an ax, and a brood fallinge ax. 1678 in Rec. Court of New Castle on Delaware (1904) 362 3 falling axses. 1731 F. Hall Importance Brit. Plantations Amer. 107 Here are several Manufactures begun..and they have long been famous for making the best Falling-Axes in the World. 1875 G. C. Davies Rambles School Field-club viii. 67 A ‘falling rope’..that men attach to the top of a tree when they wish to cut it down. 1905 Terms Forestry & Logging (Bull. U.S. Dept. Agric., Bureau Forestry, No. 61) 37 Falling ax, an ax with a long helve and a long, narrow bit, designed especially for felling trees. Falling wedge, a wedge used to throw a tree in the desired direction, by driving it into the saw kerf. 1960 Citizen (N. Vancouver) 10 Mar. 10/1 Swinging balance and cut of keen falling-saw Bite of falling-axe, tap of falling-wedge. 2007 D. F. Blair in J. E. Kuser Urban & Community Forestry in Northeast (ed. 2) xxi. 389 Plastic falling wedges and a logger's falling axe are..essential tools in my removal kit. < as lemmas |
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