单词 | raking table |
释义 | raking tablen. Architecture. rare. A table (table n. 21b) inclining from the perpendicular. Cf. raked table n. ΚΠ 1736 Neve's City & Country Purchaser's & Builder's Dict. (ed. 3) sig. Mm2 Raking-table, among Architects, a Member hollow'd in the Square of a Pedestal, or elsewhere. 1859 J. Gwilt Encycl. Archit. (ed. 4) Gloss. 1039 Table or tablet, a flat surface generally charged with some ornamental figure... When not perpendicular to the horizon, it is called a raking table. 1990 F. H. Jones Conc. Dict. Interior Design 190/1 If raised, it is called a raised or projecting table; if rusticated in any way, a rusticated table; if raking, a raking table, etc. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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