单词 | bottle-maker |
释义 | > as lemmasbottle-maker bottle-maker n. a person who or (in later use) business which makes bottles.The meaning of quot. c1340 at sense 1a is given by the editor of the work cited as ‘hay-presser’ (cf. bottle n.4), but it seems more likely that it belongs here. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > producer > makers of containers or receptacles > [noun] > maker of bottles bottle-makerc1340 bottlera1425 c1340 in J. L. Fisher Medieval Farming Gloss. (1968) 4/2 Botelmaker. 1378 in H. T. Riley Memorials London (1868) 421 (MED) [Inferior leather sold to saddlers, girdlers,] botelmakeres. 1484 Rolls of Parl.: Richard III (Electronic ed.) Parl. Jan. 1484 §29. m. 20 Wevers, horners, botelmakers and copersmythes. 1711 Customs' Notice in London Gaz. No. 4862/5 Bottle-makers, and other Dealers in..Skins. 1991 Managem. Today Sept. 54/2 Big bottle-makers would only do runs of 70 cl bottles that were the equivalent of three years' supply. < as lemmas |
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