lime-pitn.

Brit.

/ˈlʌɪmpɪt/, U.S.

/ˈlaɪmˌpɪt/

Etymology: < lime n.¹

1. (a) A limestone quarry. (b) A pit in which lime is burnt.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > workplace > place where specific things are made > [noun] > lime

lime-pitc1440

firepita1500

lime-work1692

society > occupation and work > workplace > places where raw materials are extracted > quarry > [noun] > other

lime-pitc1440

c1440 Gesta Romanorum (Harl.) lxx. 324 Men that havith great plente of fire, for stonys to be brent in your lyme~pyttis.

1489–90 in H. J. F. Swayne Churchwardens' Accts. Sarum (1896) 371 Cariage of Rubrish fro the lymepittes to the ch., 6d.

2. A pit in which tanners dress skins with lime to remove the hair, etc.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > workplace > places for working with specific materials > place for working with skins or hides > [noun] > place where hair is removed

lime-pit1591

smoke-house1797

pullery1869

1591 R. Percyvall Bibliotheca Hispanica Dict. at Pelambrera A tanners lime pit, depilatorium.

1768 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. III. xiii. 218 It is a nusance..to corrupt or poison a water-course by erecting a dyehouse or a lime-pit for the use of trade, in the upper part of the stream.

1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 764 They [skins] are left in the lime-pits for about twelve days, when they are stripped of their hair [etc.].

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	lime-pit
释义	lime-pitn. Brit. /ˈlʌɪmpɪt/, U.S. /ˈlaɪmˌpɪt/ Etymology: < lime n.¹ 1. (a) A limestone quarry. (b) A pit in which lime is burnt. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > workplace > place where specific things are made > [noun] > lime lime-pitc1440 firepita1500 lime-work1692 society > occupation and work > workplace > places where raw materials are extracted > quarry > [noun] > other lime-pitc1440 c1440 Gesta Romanorum (Harl.) lxx. 324 Men that havith great plente of fire, for stonys to be brent in your lyme~pyttis. 1489–90 in H. J. F. Swayne Churchwardens' Accts. Sarum (1896) 371 Cariage of Rubrish fro the lymepittes to the ch., 6d. 2. A pit in which tanners dress skins with lime to remove the hair, etc. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > workplace > places for working with specific materials > place for working with skins or hides > [noun] > place where hair is removed lime-pit1591 smoke-house1797 pullery1869 1591 R. Percyvall Bibliotheca Hispanica Dict. at Pelambrera A tanners lime pit, depilatorium. 1768 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. III. xiii. 218 It is a nusance..to corrupt or poison a water-course by erecting a dyehouse or a lime-pit for the use of trade, in the upper part of the stream. 1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 764 They [skins] are left in the lime-pits for about twelve days, when they are stripped of their hair [etc.]. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1440
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