单词 | stranding |
释义 | strandingn.2 a. The action of the verb, esp. in rope-making (in quots. attributive). ΚΠ 1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 436 The backward movement of the stranding-sledge..towards the bottom of the rope-walk by which strands are drawn out. 1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 17 Apr. 11/1 This work of binding the copper wires together is performed by a small ‘stranding machine’. b. In the working of furs: (see quots. 1950, 1968). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with skins > [noun] > furriery > specific processes secretage1791 fur-pulling1886 tail-twisting1887 pointing1900 stranding1935 1935 O. Hacking Home Furriery iii. 15 (caption) Dropping and stranding. 1950 N.Z. Jrnl. Agric. June 597/1 Some technical terms in [fur] workmanship..should be understood... Stranding or letting out means cutting and sewing a pelt in such a way that it becomes longer and narrower than it was originally; it is done with mink and fitch. 1968 J. Ironside Fashion Alphabet 153 Stranding. This is the process of lengthening and narrowing a skin by cutting and resewing in a series of diagonal strips. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2019). > as lemmasˈstranding ˈstranding n. and adj. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > absence of movement > [adjective] > coming to rest > running aground stranding1817 society > travel > travel by water > grounding of vessel > [noun] > accidentally groundage1477 running1657 grounding1769 stranding1817 1817 W. Selwyn Abridgem. Law Nisi Prius (ed. 4) II. 882 To constitute a stranding it is essential that the vessel should be stationary; the striking on a rock where the vessel remains for a minute and a half only, is not a stranding, though she thereby receives an injury, which eventually proves fatal. 1884 Sir T. Brassey in 19th Cent. Mar. 445 Careless shipmasters and mates are responsible for many collisions and strandings. 1904 H. G. Wells Food of Gods ii. ii. 190 Big frogs, bigger trout and stranding carp. < n.21825 as lemmas |
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