| 单词 | mitre rule |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmitre rule mitre rule n. now rare a kind of rule used by carpenters, plasterers, etc. ΚΠ 1838 P. Nicholson Pract. Masonry, Bricklaying & Plastering iv. 196 The mitres of the mouldings which occur at the crown of the arches or centres of the ceilings are executed with the assistance of joint or mitre rules. 1845 Encycl. Metrop. XXV. 177/1 The mitre or joint rule is eighteen inches long by three inches wide, and about an inch thick, bevelled off to a thin edge about an inch wide. 1912 Carpenter July 44/2 Make all distances on hip rafter template equal to distances on common rafter, measuring for common rafter with common rule, but for hip rafter with mitre rule. 1953 W. T. Kearney U.S. Patent 2,638,134 4 A combined mitre rule and vise, comprising a base having a fixed upstanding guide rail along one edge thereof, a mitre rule movably mounted on said base. < as lemmas |
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