单词 | railing off |
释义 | > as lemmasrailing off b. The action of erecting rail fences, or of enclosing ground with a rail fence. Frequently with adverbs, as railing-in, railing off. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > enclosing or enclosure > [noun] > with railing railing?a1450 cancellating1653 society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > building or providing with specific parts > [noun] > constructing or enclosing with fences railing?a1450 paling?1469 stowering1557 fencing1628 palisading1729 impalement1828 staking1897 ?a1450 in W. G. Benham Oath Bk. Colchester (1907) 2 Ye shall enfourme us who hath made..all pourprestures made upon land or watyr, or reylyng up of dowles, streityng of the Kyng's hieth way..to the noyance of the Kyngs people. 1543 Act 35 Hen. VIII c. 17 § 6 To..take any of the same [coppies woodes] for palyng raylyng or enclosing of parkes. 1562 Act 5 Eliz. c. 4 §15 What Wages every Workman..shall take..for Ditching, Paving, Railing or Hedging, by the Rod, Pearch,..Rope or Foot. 1587 in W. H. Stevenson Rec. Borough Nottingham (1889) IV. 216 We present the Bull Ringe to want raylinge. 1641 J. Milton Reason Church-govt. 54 The railing in of a repugnant and contradictive Mount Sinai in the Gospell. 1679–88 in J. Y. Akerman Moneys Secret Services Charles II & James II (1851) (Camden) 139 Expended in..rayling and paleing in Bushy Parke. 1786 Daily Universal Reg. 16 Feb. 2/3 The railing in of the pit..militates with these privileges, and should never be permitted, except on charity benefits. 1867 W. H. D. Longstaffe in Mem. Ambrose Barnes 320 I need not enter into the history of the modern usages at the communion, the railing off of the table, and such matters. 1902 Times 24 Oct. 7/4 This was nothing more serious than the failure of the Irish Executive to order the railing-in of the Custom-house steps at Belfast. 1950 T. H. Banks Milton's Imagery vi. 183 Another hotly disputed practice was the railing off of the altar. 1999 J. Walter Understanding Pop. Violence in Eng. Revol. iii. vi. 219 In several Ipswich parishes the railing in of the communion table seems to have been the signal for a more marked celebration of ‘Gunpowder Treason Day’. < as lemmas |
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