单词 | pot-board |
释义 | > as lemmaspot-board pot-board n. now rare a board upon which pots are placed or carried; esp. a shelf for pots and pans in a dresser, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > support > [noun] > that which supports > a stand or support to raise from the ground > others spec. joistc1503 standing quoin1626 pot-board1696 urn-stand1862 check-stand1886 1696 Inventory 22 May in D. P. Dymond & A. Betterton Lavenham: 700 Years of Textile Making (1982) 88 Tow shelves an A poot bord. 1841 S. Warren Ten Thousand a-Year I. vii. 220 ‘It's a fine thing to be gentlefolk’, said the boy, taking up his pot-board. 1881 F. Young Every Man his own Mechanic §898 A ‘pot-board’ on which saucepans, kettles, etc., are placed when not in use. 1940 B. Leach Potter's Bk. iv. 92 An air-tight cupboard, wide enough to take standard pot-boards on ledges, is indispensable in any workshop for preventing half finished pots from drying too quickly. 1996 Home Oct. 63/1 Dressers were made all over western England as well as in Wales, but the English dresser tended to be low and without a pot board. < as lemmas |
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