单词 | press-board |
释义 | press-boardn. 1. A board used to distribute pressure evenly over an area. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > other specific types of equipment > [noun] > other tools and equipment pollhache1324 poleaxe1356 muckrake1366 pestlea1382 botea1450 staff1459 press-board1558 reel1593 water crane1658 lathekin1659 tower1662 dressing hook1683 liner1683 hovel1686 flax-brake1688 nipper1688 horse1728 tap1797 feather-stick1824 bow1839 safety belt1840 economizer1841 throttle damper1849 cleat1854 leg brace1857 bark-peeler1862 pugging screw1862 nail driver1863 spool1864 turntable1865 ovate1872 tension bar1879 icebreaker1881 spreader1881 toucher1881 window pole1888 mushroom head1890 rat1894 slackline1896 auger1897 latch hook1900 thimble1901 horse1904 pipe jack1909 mulcher1910 hand plate1911 splashguard1917 cheese-cutter1927 airbrasive1945 impactor1945 fogger1946 1558 in E. Roberts & K. Parker Southampton Probate Inventories, 1447–1575 (1992) I. 89 xv dossin of presse bordes, x s. 1673 Leith Customs f. 7, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Pres(s 2 press boards. 1779 A. M. Bailey W. Bailey's Advancem. Arts, Manuf., & Commerce II. ii. 5 One of the Press-boards, on which the pulp of the apple is laid in horse-hair bags, or between layers of straw. 1823 Times 3 Feb. 1/5 The machinery..consists of..several wood rollers, press boards, troughs. 1866 Sci. Amer. 27 Oct. 269/2 The gas is condensed in these cylinders, so that the apparatus of weights, press-boards, etc., is unnecessary. 1976 Sunday Jrnl. & Star (Lincoln, Nebraska) 26 Sept. 1 d/3 Cider making has been modernized over the years... The chopping-grinding step has been speeded up and the cheesecloth pressboards enlarged. 2003 I. E. Alcamo Microbes & Soc. 212 Press boards are placed on top of the cheese mass until no more whey emerges. 2. A board on or against which cloth or clothing may be pressed or ironed; spec. a small padded board used when sewing. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing clothes and textile articles > [noun] > pressing or ironing > ironing or pressing implements pressing iron1343 cold press1552 setting-stick?1578 putter1583 putting stick1583 poking-stick1592 pooter1596 poting stick1600 poker1604 goose1606 poking-iron?1606 iron1613 smoothing-iron1627 steel1638 box iron1640 smoothing-boxa1684 press iron1695 ironing board1721 sad iron1759 ironing blanket1774 ironing table1778 flat-iron1810 sleeve-board1826 ironer1833 Italian iron1833 press-board1849 ironing machine1851 goffering-iron1861 skirt-board1861 goffer1865 trouser press1880 ironing board cover1886 trouser presser1888 electric iron1890 press cloth1918 press-pad1924 tie press1926 steam-iron1951 pressing board1969 the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > transmission of electricity, conduction > non-conduction, insulation > [noun] > substance or contrivance > of specific kind press-board1849 nigrite1882 Micarta1912 1849 G. G. Foster New York in Slices i. 14 The press-board has been placed across the back corner of the shop. 1861 H. B. Stowe Pearl of Orr's Island I. v. 28 That dignitary sits..looking majestically over the press-board on her knee. 1896 J. C. Harris Sister Jane i. 17 I've got this press-board on my lap, or I'd fetch it myself. 1924 W. D. F. Vincent et al. Cutters' Pract. Guide Body Coats 33/1 The seam should be placed straight on the press-board in front of you. 1939 M. B. Picken Lang. Fashion 116/2 Press-board, padded board, a small ironing board, used for pressing fabrics when sewing. 1992 Toronto Star (Nexis) 24 Sept. f4 At the press board: The best press cloth is often a scrap of your fabric. 3. Usually pressboard. A kind of smooth, hard, high-density laminated board formed by the compression of layers of pulp made from wood, textile, or waste paper, used in small manufactured articles, light furniture, and as a separator or insulator in electrical equipment; a piece of this. ΚΠ 1885 N.Y.'s Great Industries (Edwards & Critten) (new ed.) 127/1 The house is also headquarters for paper binders and press boards, of which a large and comprehensive variety is carried. 1910 H. M. Hobart Dict. Electr. Engin. II. 415/1 Pressboard, sometimes termed pressed board, a fibrous material closely resembling press-spahn. 1952 J. P. Casey Pulp & Paper II. xvi. 957 Pressboards made..in thicknesses ranging from 0·005 to 0·125 in. are used as a spacing and insulating medium. 1985 Salter's Catal. 1985–6 164/1 (heading) Acco pressboard binders. 2001 B. Riemschneider & U. Grosenick Art Now 52 She fitted photographs of a stay in New York and of her Berlin studio into a screen of pressboard, marble, mirror and metal. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1558 |
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