单词 | block front |
释义 | > as lemmasblock front block front n. U.S. n. a front (of a desk, chest of drawers, etc.) whose central section is recessed; a piece of (esp. antique) furniture having such a front; also (and in earliest use) as a modifier, as in block-front desk. Π 1880 Newburyport (Mass.) Daily Herald 4 Oct. (advt.) Antique furniture, consisting of one block-front desk, [etc.]. 1906 N. H. Moore Collector's Man. 293 One [bureau] with a small Dutch foot and very elaborate handles, and the other with a block front. 1969 ‘V. Packer’ Don't rely on Gemini xviii. 151 The bureau was an old blockfront, a Goddard. 1995 Country Living May 103/2 For your first project, refrain from attempting too ambitious a piece, like a grandfather clock or a block-front desk. < as lemmas |
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