| 单词 | pisé de terre |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspisé de terre More fully pisé de terre. A building material of stiff clay or earth, sometimes mixed with gravel, forced between boards which are removed as it hardens; the method of building using this material. See also terre pisée n. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > building or constructing with other materials > [noun] > with clay or earth pisé1797 mound-building1849 terre pisée1936 society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > clay compositions > [noun] > with gravel cob1602 pisé1797 vermin puddle1850 terre pisée1936 society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > earth > [noun] > for building or constructing back-cutting1842 wichert1912 pisé de terre1919 backfill1934 1797 H. Holland Pisé in Comm. to Board Agric. on Cottages I. App. 387 (title) Pisé is a very simple manual operation; it is merely by compressing earth in moulds or cases, that we may arrive at building houses of any size or height. 1807 R. W. Dickson Pract. Agric. (new ed.) I. 136 Building in what is termed pisé, or simply by compressing well-wrought earth in moulds. 1852 J. Wiggins Pract. Embanking Lands 32 A wall of pisé or rammed gravel in a frame might very judiciously be adopted for 2 or 3 feet of the centre of the bank. 1919 C. Williams-Ellis Building in Cob, Pisé, Chalk & Clay 28 ‘Pisé de Terre’, ‘Chalk Compost’, and ‘Cob’ are three alternative forms of construction. 1936 I. L. Idriess Cattle King xx. 183 Homesteads were of roughly gathered stone or pisé, of axe hewn slabs or sheets of bark. 1977 36 Home Handyman Projects (Austral. Home Jrnl.) 97/3 Pise de Terre—wall construction of clay or earth—a formwork is made and the earth and clay rammed in firmly. 1993 E. Harland Eco-renovation iv. 202 Its vernacular name and method of construction varied from one part of the country to another: cob, witchert, pise, and clay lump were some of the names used. < as lemmas |
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