| 单词 | ranging-pole |
| 释义 | > as lemmasranging-pole ranging-pole n. Surveying = ranging rod n. ΚΠ 1880 Manufacturer & Builder Aug. 184/3 [The] cost [of ranging rods] is but little more than that of the wooden ‘ranging poles’ ordinarily used. 1897 Scribner's Mag. Nov. 572 Close by the ranging-poles, which showed where the finish was to be, a large tent had been pitched. 1950 J. Glendinning Princ. Surv. (1966) i. ii. 12 He must also hold his ranging pole vertical by supporting it loosely between the forefinger and thumb so that it tends to hang vertical under its own weight. 1996 A. Clark Seeing beneath Soil (2000) viii. 161 An optical square..enables one to establish right angles and to interpolate along straight lines, sighting on vertical markers such as ranging poles. < as lemmas |
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