| 单词 | shingle machine |
| 释义 | > as lemmasshingle machine 2. passing into adj. = (a) consisting of, covered or built with, shingles, as shingle house, shingle roof; (b) used in making shingles, as shingle machine, shingle saw. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > roof > [adjective] > type of roof thatched1467 side?a1475 thacked1530 vaulted1552 shingleda1563 slated1611 unshingled1611 high-pitch1614 slate-pointed1648 killesed1649 hipped1663 pantiledc1672 overpitched1677 underpitched1677 low-pitcheda1684 pitched1773 theeked1792 peaked1797 shingle1810 thackless1810 choppered1818 wagon-headed1823 unlathed1854 break-back1856 shingly1857 saddleback1861 scaled1862 gambrelled1863 thatchy1864 weather-slated1870 thatchless1882 weather-tiled1887 monopitch1941 tile-roofed1962 society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood in specific form > [adjective] > covered with shingles shingleda1563 shingle1810 shingly1857 1810 W. Irving Life & Lett. (1864) I. 245 More pleasing in the sight of Heaven..than building a dozen shingle church steeples. 1820 W. Irving Legend Sleepy Hollow in Sketch Bk. vi. 73 His imagination expanded with the idea, how they might be readily turned into..shingle palaces in the wilderness. 1848–54 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Shingle-roofed, having a roof covered with shingles. 1848 E. B. Browning Runaway Slave in Liberty Bell 33 When the shingle-roof rang sharp with the rains. 1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Shingle-machine, an American machine for riving, shaving, and jointing shingles, which is capable of making 30,000 per day. 1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Shingle-mill, a saw-mill for cutting planks or logs into shingles. 1869 Ann. Rep. Commissioner Agric. 1868 56 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (40th Congr., 3rd Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Doc.) XV Board and shingle sugar-houses. 1882 R. Grimshaw Suppl. to Grimshaw on Saws 235 One we know of is running a 42-inch shingle saw in heading 1500 revolutions per minute. 1899 S. Baring-Gould Vicar of Morwenstow ix A shingle roof he would have or none at all. 1974 D. Sears Lark in Clear Air i. 19 Snoring with a shrill gutter like a shingle~saw slicing knotty cedar. < as lemmas |
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