单词 | ramp-rail |
释义 | > as lemmasramp-rail a. Part of a stair rail with a concave or upward bend. Also more fully ramp-rail. Cf. knee n. 8. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > stairs > [noun] > handrail > parts of ramp1733 wreath1781 1733 F. Price Treat. Carpentry 26 I have chose to explain some principal Matters in Stairs, such as their Form, the Kneeling, and Ramp of their Rails. 1778 Encycl. Brit. I. 618/1 The manner of drawing the ramp, which is to rise equal to the height of the first step of the next flight. 1798 Weekly Museum (N.Y.) 5 May 4/3 (advt.) The construction of Stairs with their Ramp and Twist Rails. 1842 J. Gwilt Encycl. Archit. Gloss. 991 Knee, a part of the back of a handrailing, of a convex form, being the reverse of a ramp, which..is concave. 1859 Carriage Builders' Jrnl. 1 184/2 The iron ramp-rail,..with the stable-stall-post,..is a most neat and desirable division. 1940 Chambers's Techn. Dict. 824/2 The bend formed in a hand-rail when a knee and a ramp are joined together without any intermediate straight length. 1970 Bull. Assoc. Preserv. Technol. 2 38 The ramp of the stair-rail. < as lemmas |
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