单词 | sleeker |
释义 | sleekern. One who sleeks; an implement used for sleeking leather, cloth, etc. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > equipment for working with skins or leather > [noun] > for smoothing sleeker1611 smoothing-iron1627 stretcher-iron1839 stretching-iron1839 slicker1852 stake1853 staking-iron1889 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Estire, the yron toole wherwith a Currier draynes the skins he receiues from the Tan-pit; some call it a Sleeker. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Polisseur, a polisher;..sleeker, smoother. 1883 R. Haldane Workshop Receipts 2nd Ser. 368/1 The skin is..worked with a ‘sleeker’ or stretching-iron. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online December 2018). < n.1611 |
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