| 单词 | forwarding house |
| 释义 | > as lemmasforwarding house C1. General attributive, as forwarding agency, forwarding department, forwarding establishment, forwarding house, forwarding mechanism, forwarding-room, forwarding yard. ΚΠ 1837 W. Jenkins Ohio Gazetteer 126 It has..ten heavy forwarding houses, connected with lake and canal transportation. 1847 H. Howe Hist. Coll. Ohio 43 The harbor of Ashtabula..has several forwarding establishments. 1847 H. Howe Hist. Coll. Ohio 331 Toledo..has..9 forwarding and commission houses. 1869 Pall Mall Gaz. 10 Aug. 10 The same building also includes..a telegraph office, and a forwarding department, where remittances are sent from friends of emigrants, and all other miscellaneous letters received and forwarded. 1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator (new ed.) IV. 40 The book now passes from the women to the forwarding room, where several processes occur. 1897 Outing 30 197/2 The tourist should look after his own mount..and he should not send it by an independent forwarding agency. 1950 N.Z. Jrnl. Agric. July 7/3 The receiving yards [for sheep] usually communicate with the forwarding yards or pens. 1968 Gloss. Terms Offset Lithogr. Printing (B.S.I.) 34 Forwarding mechanism, a device on a machine or feeder by which the top sheet is advanced in its normal direction of travel. < as lemmas |
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