请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 gabbard
释义

gabbardn.

Brit. /ˈɡabəd/, U.S. /ˈɡæbərd/, Scottish English /ˈɡabərd/
Forms: 1800s–1900s gabert, 1800s– gabbard, 1800s– gabbart, 1900s gaber, 1900s– gabbert.
Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: caber n.
Etymology: Origin uncertain, perhaps < a variant of caber n., with remodelling of the second syllable after -ard suffix.
Originally and chiefly Scottish.
1. In plural. A wooden or stone construction which supports the wheel for drawing water from a well. Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
society > occupation and work > equipment > lifting or hoisting equipment > [noun] > for raising water > parts of
tumbril?c1475
sucker1686
well-pole1727
gabbards1808
start post1870
1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Gaberts, A kind of gallows, of wood or stone, erected for supporting the wheel to which the rope of a draw-well is fixed.
2. A type of scaffold in which the upright supports are formed of boards or battens bolted together; frequently in plural. Also: †an upright support forming part of such a scaffold (obsolete rare).Recorded earliest in compounds.
ΚΠ
1863 Liverpool Mercury 31 Oct. 5/2 At Dumbarton the storm caused the gabbart scaffolding, 140 feet in height,..to give way.
1897 Ardrossan & Saltcoats Herald 31 Dec. 3 The position of one of the gabbard legs.
1897 Ardrossan & Saltcoats Herald 31 Dec. 3 The second gabbard from the north wall, not far from the centre of the scaffold.
1908 Building Accidents Comm.: Rep. Dangers Building Operations 5/1 in Parl. Papers (Cd. 3848) XI. 469 The carpenter erects the gabbards—each staging rests on three battens which are bolted through.
c1920 A. Robb Memories of Mormondside (MS) in Sc. National Dict. (1956) IV. 221/3 A' the heich wark wis to point aff the gaberts and his [= us] that wis young and swack got a' the climbin' to dee.
?2002 I. W. D. Forde Hale ir Sindries ii. 177 Whan he skailed frae skuil, Rab wes prentised as a sklater, an..A sein'm sklimmin about on gabbards, reparein ruifs on the heich tenements o the ceitie.
3. A steel frame which supports a crane or derrick.
ΘΚΠ
society > occupation and work > equipment > lifting or hoisting equipment > [noun] > crane > parts of
crane-line1466
ram's head1611
crane-wheel1669
ram-head1686
gibbet1730
calliper1765
jib1765
outrigger1835
clutch1874
crab1874
gabbard1952
spreader1957
lifting beam1963
1952 Proc. Inst. Civil Engineers 1 iii. 341 A 10-ton electric derrick crane, with a jib 120 feet long, was erected ashore on a braced steel gabbard.
1962 Engineering 13 Apr. 489/1 Peine tower cranes..are being used, as well as two 10-ton derricks on gabbards.
1964 Proc. Inst. Civil Engineers 29 555 On the Widnes side a 20-ton derrick mounted on 100-ft gabbards was used at first. These gabbards were of military trestling with concrete bases in the river bed.
1999 AA Files Winter 8/1 This [power-driven derrick] in turn erects a gabbard with a 120-foot derrick which is to hoist the roof trusses into position.

Compounds

gabbard scaffold n. (a) a type of scaffold in which the upright supports are formed of boards or battens bolted together; cf. sense 2 and gabbard scaffolding n. (obsolete); (b) a support for a crane or derrick; = sense 3 (rare).
ΘΚΠ
society > occupation and work > equipment > ladder > scaffolding > [noun] > part of > pole > used in erection of scaffold
ring post1784
gabbard scaffold1890
1890 Glasgow Herald 12 Feb. 6/4 The gabbart scaffold on the outside of the front wall.
1908 Building Accidents Comm.: Rep. Dangers Building Operations 99/2 in Parl. Papers (Cd. 3848) XI. 469 When a gabbard scaffold is being erected, I take it that the carpenters are there at the same time?
1937 Minutes Proc. Inst. Civil Engineers 240 57 Gabbert scaffolds 100 feet high, resting on the bogies, were erected about 20 feet away from the outer faces of the towers.
gabbard scaffolding n. Obsolete a type of scaffold in which the upright supports are formed of boards or battens bolted together; cf. sense 2 and gabbard scaffold n.
ΚΠ
1863 Liverpool Mercury 31 Oct. 5/2 At Dumbarton the storm caused the gabbart scaffolding, 140 feet in height,..to give way.
1901 Brit. Architect 29 Mar. 218/2 As to gabbert-scaffolding, care should be taken that there be sufficient space provided between the timbers and the wall, in order that..no injury be done to the stone or brickwork.
1917 F. T. Hodgson Builders' Reliable Estimator & Contractors' Guide 17 All gabbart scaffolding shall be provided..by the contractor for wright work.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
<
n.1808
随便看

 

英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2025/1/31 23:01:44