单词 | rulley |
释义 | rulleyn. 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 |
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