单词 | rail-cut |
释义 | > as lemmasrail-cut rail-cut n. North American a length of timber for splitting into rails, esp. for fencing. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > [noun] > wood for making rails rail timber1662 rail-cut1774 1774 M. Patten Diary 24 Aug. (1903) 328 Jamey and Bob and I went and cut 4 Rail cuts..split 2 of them allmost they made 35 rails. 1836 D. B. Edward Hist. Texas iv. 69 The farmers often get it measuring two rail cuts in length. 1907 Galveston (Texas) Daily News 3 Mar. 4/3 He measured off the first ten feet for a rail-cut and proceeded to split it. 1968 Ann. Assoc. Amer. Geographers 58 60 Asked their help in splitting the rail-cut. < as lemmas |
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