| 单词 | retting-pit |
| 释义 | > as lemmasretting-pit General attributive, as retting-ground, retting-pit, retting-process, etc. ΚΠ 1788 W. Marshall Rural Econ. Yorks. II. 74 The ‘rating-ground’;—a piece of unbroken aftergrass, where the sheaflets are untied, and the flax spread thin upon the grass. a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) Retting-pit, a pond used for soaking hemp. 1883 Times 24 Oct. 3 The retting process..is a delicate operation. 1900 Proc. Suffolk Inst. Archaeol. & Nat. Hist. 10 72 The stream was deviated in its course to form three retting pits wherein to steep the flax. 1970 J. Turner Sometimes into Eng. i. 19 They are then..taken into the huge ‘retting’—which simply means ‘rotting’ tanks. 2004 W. Rymowicz in C. V. Stevens & R. Verhé Renewable Bioresources iv. 76 A retting process (dew retting) is usually carried out after harvesting the bast fibres... In this process, harvested plants are put into a retting basin filled with water. < as lemmas |
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