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单词 gas fitting
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gas fittingn.

Brit. /ˈɡas ˌfɪtɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈɡæs ˌfɪdɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: gas n.1, fitting n.
Etymology: < gas n.1 + fitting n. Compare gas fitter n.
1. The action of installing the apparatus needed to supply gas to a building; the work or trade of a gas fitter.
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1821 Freeman's Jrnl. (Dublin) 30 June 1/2 John Millner..Respectfully informs the Public, that he is prepared to execute Gas Fitting of every description.
1880 Times 23 Nov. 3/5 (advt.) Artistic house decoration, including gasfitting, repairs, parquet work &c.
1912 J. T. McIntyre Ashton-Kirk, Secret Agent xi. 146 Osborne is..just a fair mechanic who was dragged away, by ward politics, from his natural job of gas-fitting.
1975 Glasgow Herald 26 Nov. 2/7 (advt.) Let Phoenix Plumbing do all plumbing work and gasfitting.
2002 R. D. Treloar Plumbing: Heating & Gas Installations (ed. 2) p. xi City & Guilds craft and advanced craft certificates in MES courses, such as plumbing, heating and gas fitting.
2. Chiefly in plural. The pipes, brackets, and other apparatus needed to supply gas to a building.
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society > occupation and work > materials > fuel > gas or types of gas > [noun] > storage of gas > fittings
gas main1819
gas fitting1821
exhauster1841
bypass1848
gas line1879
1821 Times 12 Sept. 4/2 (advt.) All the Stock and Implements in Trade, comprising..cisterns, gas fittings.
1856 G. Gore et al. in Orr's Circle Sci.: Pract. Chem. 536 No one is allowed to make use of his gas-fittings until the gas-fitter has tested their soundness.
1898 Weekly Gaz. (Colorado) 28 Dec. 15/6 St. John Brothers put in the plumbing, steam and gas fitting, etc.
1922 Gas Manuf., Distribution & Use (Brit. Commerc. Gas Assoc.) i. 7/1 Children should never play with gas taps or gas fittings of any kind.
1970 J. P. Alcock in W. B. Stephens Hist. Congleton vi. 246 Four large chandeliers were replaced by gas fittings in 1836.
2006 Daily Tel. 11 Dec. 22/5 The local authority demanded new gas fittings, new electrical wiring, [etc.].

Compounds

General attributive, as gas-fitting company, gas-fitting trade, etc.
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1825 Mechanics' Mag. 10 Sept. 363/2 I would, agreeably to your motto, communicate..something that has come under my observation when employed in the gas-fitting way.
1841 Times 16 July 2/4 (advt.) An old-established business in the gas-fitting line..If let to the gas-fitting trade every assistance will be afforded the purchaser for keeping together the..connexion who so long supported the late occupant.
1893 Daily News 6 Mar. 7/4 The gasfitting trade continues dull.
1918 Gas Age 1 Mar. 216/2 What is good for the gas lighting business is likewise good for the gas fitting business.
1996 Which? Mar. 4/3 The HSE is also calling on magistrates to impose tougher penalties on gas-fitting companies which have failed to register with CORGI.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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