单词 | fullering |
释义 | fulleringn. The use of a fuller (fuller n.2 1) to make a groove in metal; (also) a groove or grooves so formed, esp. in a horseshoe. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > shoeing of horses > [noun] > stamping with groove fullering1809 the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > shoeing of horses > [noun] > stamping with groove > groove formed by fullering1809 1809 W. Nicholson Brit. Encycl. III. at Farriery The old method of fullering,..being found injurious, by often breaking away the heads of the nails, they are now counter-sunk in conical or wedge-shaped holes. 1841 C. H. Hartshorne Salopia Antiqua Gloss. 434 Fullaring, a groove into which the nails of a horse's shoe are inserted. 1855 W. Miles Plain Treat. Horse-shoeing 9 The ‘fuller’ should be carried quite round the shoe to the heels, and the fullering iron should have both sides alike. 1884 R. Lawson in E. M. Lawson Nation in Parish p. xv Fullar, the tool used for making a fullaring. Dying out. 1960 Jrnl. Royal Soc. Antiquaries Ireland 90 39 Iron horseshoe... The opening in the centre is keyhole shaped and the fullering is interrupted only at the front. 2005 Horse June 27/2 Fullering is the groove in the ground surface of the shoe where the nails lie. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1809 |
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