单词 | safety pin |
释义 | safety pinn. 1. A pin used for fastening, locking, or securing some part of a mechanism, esp. an explosive device or weapon. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [noun] > pin or peg > safety-pin safety pin1822 shield-pin1883 nappy pin1966 society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > other parts > [noun] > devices for securing or uniting parts key1434 chevel-bolt1480 strop1573 gimbals1577 gimmals1598 gimmera1603 strap1620 bridle1667 key band1735 screw-joint1810 locking plate1812 safety pin1822 king bolt1839 square coupling1845 holding-down bolt1846 ball joint1849 pinholder1854 knuckle-joint1860 bayonet-joint1870 elbow1874 fox-key1874 split-pin1875 cotter-pin1881 elbow-joint1881 banjo-frame1888 holding-down pin1892 holding-down ring1899 feather1908 banjo union1922 1822 J. F. Cole Patent in London Jrnl. Arts & Sci. 4 63 Application of a safety pin to a detent with pivots. 1836 London Jrnl. Arts & Sci. 7 199 When the hammers are down upon the nipples after discharging the gun, the ends of the safety pins press against the inner sides of the hammers. 1878 N. Amer. Rev. 127 387 Some say that the Russians had neglected to take out the safety-pins, thus leaving the torpedoes as it were on half-cock. 1881 F. J. Britten Watch & Clockmakers' Handbk. (ed. 4) 34 The object of the safety pin is to prevent the pallets leaving the escape wheel except when the impulse pin is in the notch of the lever. 1937 Times 15 Mar. 14/2 One of the safety-pins from a bomb fell on the poop of the Cherryleaf. 2007 D. Miller Fighting Men World War II 289 The thrower..took the grenade in one hand,..grasped the cord on the safety pin, pulled it clear and then struck the firing-pin cover firmly. 2. a. A wire pin, used chiefly for fastening clothing, which is turned back on itself so as to form a spring, and has a guard or sheath to hold and cover the point and prevent its accidental unfastening.In quot. 2005, an allusion to the fashion in punk subculture of piercing the body and clothing with safety pins (see note at punk n.1 5b). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > jewellery > brooch or pin > [noun] > of specific shape or form scutcheon1483 target1507 tussy1541 crotcheta1685 spray1803 safety pin1850 cluster-pin1873 luckenbooth brooch1882 fáinne1919 luckenbooth1976 1850 Engineer & Machinist Nov. 288/2 Designs for Articles of Utility... Oct. 7, No. 2469, George Boulton, Great Dover-road, Borough, ‘Improved safety-pin’. 1862 Traveller's Album & Hotel Guide 26 (advt.) Charles Rowley & Co.,..Patentees of the safety pins, so admirably adapted for children's under clothing, ladies' shawls, &c. 1888 Chambers's Encycl. I. 702/2 The bandage is fastened by a safety-pin, which should traverse..any texture introduced between the bandage and the skin. 1904 Treasury Decisions (U.S. Dept. of Treasury) 6 991 The device is mounted on a safety pin intended to fasten and hold the article on the coat or garment upon which it is to be worn. 1941 ‘Gypsy Rose Lee’ G-String Murders iii. 62 When she stripped the dress, the audience got a flash of diapers pinned on with an oversized safety pin. 2005 L. Leblanc Pretty in Punk ii. 57 Your hitherto nicely dressed teenager..with hair dyed green and teased into a shark-fin, a safety pin in one nostril. b. Archaeology. A clasp or brooch made on the same principle; = fibula n. 1. Frequently attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > parts of clothing > [noun] > fastenings > clasp or buckle dalkc1000 buckle1340 clasp1480 fibula1673 safety pin1867 spang1892 1867 Intellect. Observer Apr. 226 What is described in the newspaper as ‘a safety-pin, on the same principle as those in use at the present day’, a bronze fibula. 1880 W. B. Dawkins Early Man in Brit. x. 388 The peculiar brooch made of twisted wire, of the ‘safety pin’ kind, so abundant in the Etruskan tombs of Bologna. 1910 Encycl. Brit. IV. 642/2 So far we have traced the history of the safety-pin form of brooch. 1997 J. Laing Art & Society Rom. Brit. 88 The most common type of brooch used in Roman Britain was the safety-pin or fibula. 2007 D. W. Harding Archaeol. Celtic Art ii. 33 By the second Iron Age in Central and Western Europe,..the pin has been largely superseded as a dress-fastener by the safety-pin brooch. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1822 |
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