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单词 french brace
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French brace
French brace n. (a) Woodworking a brace and bit drill on which the user applies pressure from the chest while drilling; cf. breast drill n.2; (b) Theatre a triangle of wood hinged to the back of a flat and supporting it when opened out and weighted.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > piercing or boring tools > [noun] > drill > breast-drills
breast drill1815
French brace1846
society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > a theatre > theatrical equipment or accessories > [noun] > scenery > pieces of > fixing for
trash-nail1556
brace1866
French brace1937
1846 C. Holtzapffel Turning & Mech. Manip. II. xxv. 561 The French brace..is also constructed in iron, with a pair of equal bevil pinions.
1937 F. Napier Curtains for Stage Settings vi. 92 The French brace is proof even against..those players..who persist in trying to force an entrance through a door that opens the other way.
1969 E. H. Pinto Treen 380 The more complex French brace or breast drill, came into the English wood-worker's toolchest just before 1900, but it was illustrated in Bergeron more than 100 years earlier.
1998 Cox News Service (Nexis) 17 Sept. An early French brace has a photograph of a man let into its head, protected by isinglass.
2007 T. Wilkins Access All Areas (Gloss.) 280 French brace: Hinged bracket fixed to flats (or scenery) to hold it up.
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