单词 | moating |
释义 | † moatingn. Mining (chiefly Scottish). Obsolete. The watertight lining of clay or puddling added around the stonework of a mineshaft that has been built up through a bed of quicksand. ΚΠ 1775 J. Smeaton Report (1812) III. 203 To moating with clay, and filling in behind the walls. 1820 Edinb. Encycl. (1830) XIV. 338/2 The ashler and moating are progressively carried up... The water..is kept back by the clay moating. 1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 970 The moating or puddle of clay, hard rammed in behind the stonework. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1775 |
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