单词 | staging |
释义 | stagingn. 1. concrete. a. A temporary platform or structure of posts and boards for support; scaffolding. Also, spec. shelving for plants in a greenhouse. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > high position > [noun] > quality of being raised or elevated > raised level surface or platform plancher1295 staging1323 cagea1400 scaffoldc1405 mounture?a1425 halpace1507 wharf1533 platform1557 plat1559 foot pace1571 theatre1587 scenec1612 estrade1696 suggestum1705 tribune1763 scaffolding1787 estrado1838 dais1861 deck1872 the world > space > relative position > support > [noun] > that which supports > supporting framework > of staging staging1323 trestling1887 stage-work1898 the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > equipment and buildings > [noun] > greenhouse or glass-house > platform in stage1809 staging1886 1323–4 in F. R. Chapman Sacrist Rolls Ely (1907) II. 47 In xxiij arboribus de sapin empt. pro stagyngg 2l. 8s. 0d. 1390–1 in W. Hudson Leet Jurisd. Norwich (Selden Soc.) 70 Rogerus Smyth depredavit c latthis de Herveo Skott et maremium et stagyngg murorum Civitatis. 1521 in S. Tymms Wills & Inventories Bury St. Edmunds (1850) 122 For a beme and stagyng in ye chyrche, vij s. 1842 Niles' Reg. LXIII. 169/2 Governor Metcalfe appeared upon a staging erected upon the capitol steps, and returned his thanks. 1845 P. Barlow Manuf. in Encycl. Metrop. VIII. 87/1 A stageing is erected about seven feet above the deck. 1883 Law Rep.: Queen's Bench Div. 11 503 He supplied and put up the staging necessary to enable the outside of the vessel to be painted and repaired when in the dock. 1884 Manch. Examiner 7 Oct. 5/1 At the mass meetings..two of the stagings gave way. 1886 Bk. Garden Managem. 437 The great desideratum in the arrangement of staging of any kind, as far as the plants themselves are concerned, is to bring them as close to the light as possible. 1929 Radio Times 8 Nov. 417/2 Chrysanthemums are now displaying..bloom under glass... Be careful not to spill water on the floor and staging. 1974 Country Life 24 Jan. 150/2 Tulipa humilis and crocus..have been moved to staging in an airy, unheated greenhouse. b. Architecture. The stages of a buttress collectively. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > other elements > [noun] > buttress > space between set-offs > collectively staging1865 1865 Athenæum No. 1942. 57/3 Mediæval buttresses with their stagings. 2. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > acting > [noun] > entrance on stage entry?1566 entrance1592 intrata1652 staging1670 1670 J. Eachard Grounds Contempt of Clergy 39 If getting into the Pulpit were a kind of Staging where nothing was to be considered, but how much the Sermon takes, and how much star'd at. b. The action, process, or art of putting a play on the stage; stage-setting. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > the staging of a theatrical production > [noun] staging1884 1884 Sat. Rev. 12 July 48 Twelfth Night..was as brilliant and well ordered a piece of staging. 1884 Times (Weekly ed.) 26 Sept. 6/1 The staging of a play is in itself a work of true art. 1901 F. H. Skrine Life Sir W. W. Hunter xviii. 380 He did full justice to the staging [of ‘Faust’], which was then unsurpassed in London. 3. The business of running or managing stagecoaches; the action of travelling by stagecoach or by stages. Also attributive. (Chiefly Anglo-Indian and U.S.) Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > public passenger transport > [noun] > operation of stagecoaches stage-work1829 staging1840 stage-coaching1843 1840 Southern Literary Messenger 6 381/2 He does not follow the sea nor staging. 1850 J. Ogilvie Imperial Dict. 1854 Househ. Words 8 367/2 A Dawk bungalow, or, as it is called officially, a staging bungalow. 1864 Harper's Mag. Oct. 563/1 In an ancient adobe building,..Mr. Banning carried on his staging and teaming operations. 1894 Outing 24 399/2 Stagin' in them days, stranger, was stagin'. 1896 R. Temple Story of my Life I. 29 Halting in the hot hours of daylight, generally in the solitude of staging rest~houses. 1912 Chambers's Jrnl. Christmas No. 18/2 I jolted along in an old dak ghari (staging-carriage). 4. Astronautics. The arrangement of stages (stage n. 12b) in a rocket; the separation and falling away of a stage from the remainder of the rocket when its propellant is spent. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > space flight > [noun] > specific firing of rockets > arrangement of stages staging1959 1959 H. S. Seifert Space Technol. xix. 19 In the staging operation the uncoupling of the two sections must take place smoothly so as not to put asymmetric loads on the continuing part of the structure. 1962 D. Slayton in J. Glenn et al. Into Orbit 26 About thirty seconds after staging..the Atlas goes over into about a 14° pitch to get you headed into the precise angle for a good orbit. 1966 H. O. Ruppe Introd. Astronautics I. iii. 88 In conventional ‘tandem staging’ or ‘series staging’ each complete stage burns and separates before the next stage ignites. In parallel staging, components (engines, tanks, or stages) operate simultaneously. Compounds General attributive, designating a stopping-place or assembly-point at a place intermediate between a base and a destination. Originally and chiefly Military. staging-area n. ΚΠ 1945 Amer. Speech 20 259 Other terms are used metaphorically: some which are particularly adaptable are..ration allowance, staging area. 1971 Fremdsprachen 15 45 The states in the U.S. Coastal Zone contain most of the nation's population and industry, the gateway for maritime trade of about $40 billion, the staging area for the $500 million fish and crustacean industry. 1976 New Yorker 24 May 29/1 Almost all the American athletes will be ‘processed’ at a staging area on the premises of the State University College at Plattsburgh. staging-point n. ΚΠ 1955 Times 25 Aug. 9/2 Egypt is the vital staging point in air routes for the reinforcing of the Far East. 1969 H. Horwood Newfoundland i. 2 The point that I had reached had once been a meeting place for Indian bands, a summer staging~point. staging-post n. ΚΠ 1952 Times 21 Aug. 5/6 The American base in England is one of a number of strategic strongholds developed by the S.S.A.F. since the war. There are air bases, staging posts, and other installations in widely scattered places all over the world. 1959 Listener 1 Jan. 8/1 Explorers have met and drunk tea at the South Pole, as if it were just any other staging post. 1970 H. Trevelyan Middle East in Revol. 154 All that was left at the revolution was an R.A.F. staging post and technicians helping to train the Iraqi Forces. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1323 |
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