单词 | seating |
释义 | seatingn.ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > providing with dwelling > [noun] seatinga1599 settlea1660 domiciling1885 domicilement1888 society > inhabiting and dwelling > furnishing with inhabitants > colonizing > [noun] planting1584 plantation1587 settling1609 colonizinga1626 situationa1657 seating1700 colonization1747 settlement1827 pioneering1851 a1599 E. Spenser View State Ireland 92 in J. Ware Two Hist. Ireland (1633) Also, doe I greatly mislike the Lord Deputies seating at Dublin. 1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 153 Promising also to giue them aid for the seating of them there [i.e. in Achaia and Bœotia]. 1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. v. vii. 181/1 There are reported to haue come into Ireland..and finding no seating there to haue entered into Britaine. 1624 H. Wotton Elements Archit. 6 In the seating of our selues..Builders should bee as circumspect as Wooers. 1700 Philos. Trans. 1699 (Royal Soc.) 21 441 At the first Seating of Maryland there were several Nations of Indians in the Country. 2. The action of providing with seats; the manner in which a building, etc. is seated; concrete the seats with which a building, etc. is provided. ΘΚΠ the world > space > [noun] > sufficient space or room > for sitting > on seats or benches benching1571 bench room1601 seating1880 seatage1889 1880 Daily News 7 Oct. 2/5 The seating of the church is but little altered. 1895 Daily News 11 Dec. 5/3 Additional seating has been provided. 3. Material for upholstering the seats of chairs, etc. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > types of material generally > [noun] > material for other specific purposes screen cloth1603 wadding1627 heading1650 fusive1678 graving stuff1702 pounce1728 railing1740 retarder1753 seating1790 shelving1817 bending1823 shafting1825 wedging1825 rubber sheet1842 facing1843 piston packing1857 sheathing1859 screeding1864 paint1875 sleeving1923 landfill1969 presoak1969 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > [noun] > of a house > material for upholstering seating1790 1790 Pennsylvania Packet 11 Dec. 1/2 A very choice Parcel of Hair Seatings, of various widths and patterns. 1833 J. Bennett Artificer's Compl. Lex. 366 Seating. Horse~hair for sofas, chairs, &c. 1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Seating, horse-hair fabric, American leather, or other materials, made for covering the cushions of chairs, couches, &c. 1909 Athenæum 20 Mar. 340/1 Chair-seating..most of this seating is now done with split canes instead of rushes. 4. Mechanics. A fitted support for a part of a structure or machine, usually plural or collective singular. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > other parts > [noun] > support bearer1607 pedestal1665 stud1694 arbor1728 seat1805 pillar1833 housing1839 seating1844 bed-plate1850 bedding-plate1879 1844 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 7 191/1 An arrangement like that of the plunger pump, which permitted both valves to be fixed in seatings. 1868 W. Fairley Gloss. Terms Coal-mining-districts 29 Seating, the place in the pumps where the clack is seated. 1889 P. N. Hasluck Model Engineer's Handybk. 71 The seatings for the lugs of the cylinder. 5. a. That part of a structure, etc. which rests on some other part. Shipbuilding (see quot. 1805: and cf. seat n. 22). ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > low position > [noun] > condition of being placed under > that which lies under > base on which a thing rests staddlea900 groundc950 base?c1335 standinga1382 foundation1398 basingc1400 bottom1440 subjecta1500 groundworka1557 basis?a1560 pedestal1563 understand1580 footwork1611 centrea1616 underwork1624 skaddle1635 substructure1641 foot piece1657 pediment1660 seat1661 sedes1662 under-warp1668 plantationa1680 terrace1735 substructure1789 footing1791 seating1805 1805 Shipwright's Vade-mecum 129 Seating, that part of the floor which fays on the deadwood; and of a transom which fays against the post. 1838 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 1 178/2 The wedges were then struck, and the weight of the ribs thrown upon their seatings and head joints. 1889 in Anglin Design of Structures (1891) 488 All girders shall have seatings of the best hair felt, graduated in lengths so as to insure the pressure being on the centre of bearing when the greatest load is on the girder. b. The raised outer part of a horseshoe which rests on the wall of the hoof; also, the hollowing out of a horseshoe so that the outer part rests on the wall of the hoof. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > shoeing of horses > [noun] > horseshoe > parts of horseshoe calkin1445 sponge1566 stopping1566 calk1587 spurn1696 quarter1727 welt1758 heel1770 cock1789 cork1806 seating1831 toe-weight1901 1831 W. Youatt Horse xvii. 319 A strip of felt or leather is sometimes placed between the seating of the shoe and the crust. 1908 Animal Managem. (War Office) 228 The object of seating is to take pressure off the sole. c. The placing of a cartridge in its correct position in a firearm. ΚΠ 1902 Encycl. Brit. XXXII. 655/2 The final seating of the cartridge. 6. Of garments: the process of going out of shape at the seat. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > [noun] > going out of shape seating1960 1960 Sunday Express 11 Sept. 15/4 Never wear a slick, straight skirt without a tight-fitting slip beneath... That way there'll be no ‘seating’. 1974 Lippman & Erskine Dressmaking made Simple iii. 53 Linings are essential in straight skirts to prevent seating. 7. attributive. a. (of sense 4), as seating block, seating-face, seating plate. ΚΠ 1838 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 1 178/1 The masonry at each end [of the bridge] was ready to receive the cast-iron seating plates of the wood arch. 1884 Internat. Health Exhib. Official Catal. 55/1 Boiler Seating Blocks. 1925 Morris Owner's Man. 77 These two photographs show a valve before..and after grinding-in. Note the different appearance of their seating faces. b. (In the sense of providing seats or sitting room for), as seating accommodation, seating capacity, seating plan. ΚΠ 1887 Pall Mall Gaz. 9 Sept. 2/2 In no case should the seating capacity [of a theatre] ever be exceeded. 1907 H. Wyndham Flare of Footlights i The seating accommodation [of the theatre] embodied every new device for the comfort of its occupants that ingenuity could suggest. 1929 ‘E. Queen’ Roman Hat Myst. xxii. 303 We had already borrowed a seating-plan. 1949 M. Mead Male & Female 406 Men holding the highest titles from each village were combined in a formal seating-plan. 1974 O. Manning Rain Forest i. vi. 75 Millman, seating-plan in hand, put Murodi at Lady Urquhart's right and Ogden on her left. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.a1599 |
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