单词 | picture framing |
释义 | picture framingn. (a) Materials for making a picture frame. Now rare. (b) The action or practice of setting a painting, photograph, etc., in a frame. ΚΠ 1790 Calcutta Chron. 28 Jan. For sale..Prints and Picture-framing, with a large variety of other Articles. 1847 Times 30 Dec. 8/6 Mr. Price will sell by auction..plaster designs and models, moulding, picture framing, panels, scrolls, [etc.]. 1876 E. FitzGerald Lett. 2 Feb. (1895) 93 Do you know I have a sort of Genius for Picture-framing, which is an Art People may despise. 1934 Jrnl. Educ. Sociol. 7 314 The few important groups of skills which have recreational possibilities are woodwork.., picture framing, [etc.]. 1983 Buck & Hickman Catal. 1983–5 107 Ideal for picture framing and general mitreing and cramping jobs. 2003 Indianapolis Star (Nexis) 18 Sept. 3 n Other offerings include a financial workshop for individual investors, plus classes in mat cutting and picture framing. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1790 |
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