请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 rulley
释义

rulleyn.

Brit. /ˈrʌli/, U.S. /ˈrəli/
Forms: 1700s– rulley, 1700s– rully. See also rolley n.
Origin: Of uncertain origin.
Etymology: Origin uncertain; perhaps related to roll v.2 Compare later rolley n. and forms at that entry.
English regional (chiefly Yorkshire). Now chiefly historical.
A flat four-wheeled wagon used for conveying goods.
ΘΚΠ
society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > cart or wagon for conveying goods > [noun] > types of > low or without sides
roll-wainc1503
dray1581
troll1663
dray-cart1710
rulley1759
truck1774
trolley1823
gambo1836
lorry1838
platform car1843
platform wagon1850
trolley-cart1865
float1866
wherry?1881
camion1885
rolley1886
floater1888
sloven1889
1759 in M. F. M. Mulgrew Parish Reg. St Mary, Castlegate, York (1972) II. 84 Mary Firth..who was killed by a Rulley running over her.
1763 in Hist. & Antiq. York (1785) III. 183 No more than one Ton of any Sort of Liquid shall be drawn at one Time upon any such Rully, or other Carriage of the like Construction as Rullies.
1835 Hull Packet 4 Sept. A low-wheeled waggon or rulley, suitable for a Warehouse.
1886 Leeds Mercury 1 May The North-Eastern Railway Company will collect and deliver goods..by Rulleys of their own.
1887 Mrs. Stannard Siege Baby 62 Before the baker's cart had disgorged itself, a rully appeared upon the scene.
1913 A. S. C. Carr et al. National Insurance (ed. 4) 934/1 Each man provides his own horse and rulley and is paid at the rate of 1s. an hour.
1977 Times 14 Oct. 16/6 East Yorkshire's College of Agriculture has reverted to a strong cob, Folly, and four-wheel rulley to assist their shepherd on his rounds.
2005 R. Bean Harvest 76 The sow's on the rulley. Yon side of shed two.

Compounds

General attributive, as rulleyman, etc.
ΚΠ
1806 W. Shout in Notes & Queries (1963) Apr. 136/1 6 rulley load of stone—7,, 6.
1857 P.O. Directory Yorksh. 1292/3 (Hull) Rulley~man & carrier.
1897 Daily News 27 Feb. 5/1 The sudden removal of seven ‘rulleymen’ or checkers at the Forth goods station.
1978 J. Cummings Railway Motor Buses I. 40 The third Stirling, fitted with a rulley body, found a home with the Mechanical Engineers Department at Hull.
1982 P. Bagwell in C. Wrigley Hist. Brit. Industr. Relations xi. 245 The number of carmen and rulleymen proliforated [sic].
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
<
n.1759
随便看

 

英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2024/12/24 11:25:43