| 单词 | stave-making |
| 释义 | > as lemmasstave-making a. In various types of compound; esp. with participles, agent nouns, and verbal nouns, forming compounds in which stave expresses the object of the underlying verb, as in stave-cutting, stave-making (adjectives and nouns); stave maker, stave manufacturer, etc. Π 1775 B. Romans Conc. Nat. Hist. E. & W. Florida 182 Hogshead staves of white oak are made by what are called gangs of people; a stave making gang consists of five persons. 1840 Mechanics' Mag. 33 497 Taylor's Improved Stave-cutting Machine. 1845 P. Barlow Manuf. in Encycl. Metrop. VIII. 103/2 Draw the line AB, joining the centres of the stave teeth. 1861 W. H. Russell in Times 12 July A few of the Creole population..engaged as hoopers and stave-makers. 1874 Spons' Dict. Engin. VIII. 2917 Stave-making and Cask Machinery. 1901 J. Black Illustr. Carpenter & Builder Ser.: Scaffolding 34 The sides..in which the points for centre of stave-holes [of a ladder] are shown. 1950 Wood Working Digest May 120/1 An opportunity for..the cooperage men or the stave manufacturer. 2005 Herald Sun (Melbourne) (Nexis) 15 July (Travel section) 55 Stave production for beer barrels continued until the 1960s. < as lemmas |
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