单词 | partition wall |
释义 | partition walln. A wall forming a partition; esp. a light internal wall separating one room or portion of a building from another. Also figurative. Cf. partition n. 7.In early use figurative with allusion to Ephesians 2:14 (cf. middle wall n. at middle adj. and n. Compounds 1a). ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > wall of building > [noun] > interior or partition-wall woughc888 wallOE middle wallc1384 parclose1387 partitionc1450 screena1475 hallan1490 parpen wall1506 parpal walla1525 midwall1589 partition wall1605 inwall?1611 parpalling1621 screen work1648 sconce1695 stud partition1775 screening1850 scrap screen1873 parclose screen1889 1605 E. Askew Brotherly Reconcilem. 114 Make it a partition-wall of strife betweene them and their brethren. 1633 G. Herbert Temple: Sacred Poems 26 But to the Gentiles he bore crosse and all, Rending with earthquakes the partition-wall. ?1677 S. Primatt City & Covntry Purchaser & Builder 67 Partition-walls you may have Lathed, Plaistered, and Rendered for one shilling a yard. 1743 E. Young Complaint: Night the Fourth 37 Oh when will Death, This mould'ring, old, Partition-Wall thrown down [etc.]? 1776 E. Topham Lett. from Edinb. 27 These buildings are divided by extremely thick partition walls, into large houses, which are called lands. 1816 B. Waterhouse Jrnl. Young Man Mass. (1911) x. 361 It would be well if all our sea and land commanders would..break down the partition wall that is growing up between our sailors and soldiers. 1849 G. P. R. James Woodman I. vii. 121 A partition wall, with a rude door in it, crossed the building at about one third of its length. 1870 Nature 6 Oct. 457/2 The whole..separated only by the partition-wall at the back of the glazed cases..will practically form but one collection. 1933 Archit. Rev. 73 118 The construction throughout is reinforced concrete with block partition-walls. 1940 Chambers's Techn. Dict. 54/2 Ashlering, the vertical timbers or quarterings..fixed in attics between floor-joists and rafters as supports for a partition wall. 2002 Woodworker Aug. 48/3 If you are dealing with stud partition walls, then it's simply a matter of attaching the mouldings through the plasterboard to the studs with screws. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1605 |
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