| 单词 | postdriver |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspostdriver postdriver n. (a) an implement for driving in posts or piles; = piledriver n.; (b) U.S. = stake-driver n. at stake n.1 Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > driving or beating tools > [noun] > pile-drivers wilkin1495 rammer1538 gin1682 pile engine1754 piling engine1763 piledriver1766 ringing engine1837 postdriver1857 1857 Ann. Rep. Commissioner Patents 1856: Arts & Manuf. I. 128 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (34th Congr., 3rd Sess.: U.S. House of Representatives Executive Doc. 65, Pt. 1) XVI Sampson, Junium M. Post-driver Mar. 25, 1856. 1888 Harper's Mag. Sept. 509/1 The call of the caribou..is a hoarse pumping sound, very much of the character emitted by that species of bittern called by some a ‘post-driver’, or ‘stake-driver’, only vastly louder. 1907 N.E.D. at Post sb.1 Post-driver, the American bittern, the stake-driver. 1993 Hand Tools (Brit. Trust Conservation Volunteers) 13 Drivalls—also known as postdrivers. 2003 Farmers Guardian 14 Mar. 94/6 From now on, enquiries relating to..post drivers and rotary slashers should be made through existing Parmiter area sales managers. < as lemmas |
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