单词 | remould |
释义 | remouldn. Now chiefly British. A worn tyre that has been given a new tread and a rubber coating to the sidewalls; (also more generally) a tyre that has undergone retreading. Also more fully remould tyre. Cf. retread n. 1. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicles according to means of motion > vehicle moving on wheels > [noun] > parts of vehicle moving on wheels > wheel > rubber or pneumatic tyre > types of sidewall1901 non-skid1905 retread1909 remould1928 recap1929 knobbly1938 knobby1943 whitewall1950 slick1959 bias-ply1964 radial1964 cross-ply1965 snow1968 Pennsylvania cap1971 wet1977 1928 Charleston (W. Va.) Gaz. 2 Dec. 14/5 (advt.) Some are remoulds but fully guaranteed. 1956 C. Willock Death at Flight iii. 35 I asked the firm's transport department to change both front tyres not three weeks ago. And I told them no remoulds. 1960 Farmer & Stockbreeder 29 Mar. 21/1 (advt.) New and remould tyres on terms! Also the new extra grip remould for town and country use. 1972 Pract. Motorist Oct. 157/1 A remould uses the carcass of a tyre that has already done a lifetime of service. 1994 T. Whelan Polymer Technol. Dict. 365/2 Remould... A worn tyre which has had all the rubber renewed from bead to bead. 1996 Which? Apr. 31/2 Remoulds or retreads are old tyres which have had their outer layers stripped and given new tread. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). remouldv. 1. transitive. To mould again; to change the form of, to reform; to make into a different thing. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > shape or give shape to [verb (transitive)] > again or anew re-form?1387 new-casta1536 reframe1592 remould1600 new-form1613 new-mould1622 new-modelize1645 new-model1647 re-profile1948 1600 Abp. G. Abbot Expos. Prophet Ionah xiii. 271 He it is who can regenerate vs, renew vs, and reforme vs, remould vs, and reframe vs. 1645 D. North Forest of Varieties iii. 213 I..can as little hope or goe about to remould any of my first births, as your Ladiships your children once brought to light. a1700 T. Ken Hymnotheo in Wks. (1721) III. 166 This to a God-like Love re-molds the Heart. a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1777) III. iii. 246 God..could have remoulded him [sc. man] into a perfect creature. 1790 A. Hamilton in H. C. Syrett Papers (1962) VI. 96 It is..of the greatest consequence, that the debt should..be remoulded into such a shape, [etc.]. 1838 J. C. Hare & A. W. Hare Guesses at Truth (ed. 2) 1st Ser. 5 To remould a government and frame a constitution anew are works of the greatest difficulty and hazard. 1876 J. S. Blackie Lang. & Lit. Sc. Highlands ii. 74 The immense mass of traditional materials moulded and remoulded into popular song. 1921 Geogr. Jrnl. 57 95 Portions of the Earth's crust..still..orogenetically active,..continually rejuvenate and remould the sculpture of their surface. 1976 Z. Bauman Socialism vi. 80 The slave of Nature who had learned to copy Nature's slowly revolving annual cycles had to be remoulded into a slave of the machine. 2007 European Lenses & Technol. Oct.–Nov. 10/1 A thermoplastic polymer..can easily be moulded and remoulded by a process of heating and cooling. 2. transitive. British. To provide (a worn tyre) with a new tread. Cf. remould n. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicles according to means of motion > vehicle moving on wheels > move on wheels [verb (transitive)] > furnish with tyres > retread (a tyre) retread1904 re-rubber1908 recap1920 remould1962 1962 Times 19 Mar. 3 It is possible to remould tyres six times. 1985 W. Palz et al. Energy from Biomass 218 Some industrial waste is peculiar to an industry. A demonstration project with a company that remoulds tyres fits into this category. 2008 Daily Mail (Nexis) 12 May 13 It is not unusual for airlines to use re-treaded tyres, although there is a strict limit on the number of times a tyre can be remoulded. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1928v.1600 |
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