单词 | ridge stay |
释义 | > as lemmasridge stay ridge stay n. now rare (a) English regional (southern) an iron yoke for a horse to which the cart is attached (cf. ridge-band n.); (b) a rope or line used to keep the ridge pole of a tent in place. ΚΠ 1833 Hampshire Tel. & Sussex Chron. 7 Jan. (advt.) Three pair of stout Iron Axles, New Traces and Ridge Stays. 1908 T. H. Holding Camper's Handbk. xxiii. 290 The main ridge stay should be doubled under to form a loop into which a guy is rove or looped. 1925 Pop. Sci. Monthly July 79 (caption) Front ridge stay. 1957 H. Hall Parish's Dict. Sussex Dial. (new ed.) 106/2 Ridge-stay is an iron yoke with a chain at each end for tip carts etc. where the unbalanced load may at times be considerable. < as lemmas |
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