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单词 thribble
释义

thribblen.

/ˈθrɪb(ə)l/
Forms: also thrible.
Etymology: Variant of treble n., treble adj. and adv., treble v.
regional.
= treble n. (spec. in oil drilling: see quots. 1932, 1975), treble adj. and adv., treble v.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > oil and natural gas recovery equipment > [noun] > drilling equipment > other parts of drilling equipment
Samson's post1865
stand1913
thribble1932
kelly1934
1829 J. Hunter Hallamshire Gloss. 90 Thribble, treble.
1877 Wide Awake IV. 348/2 O, let the corn swell till it's three times as bulky as it was in the beginning; that's that's [sic] we call ‘thribbling’.
1904 E. Nesbit Phoenix & Carpet i. 1 The man at the shop said they were worth thribble the money.
1932 Amer. Speech 7 271 Thrible.., a stand of three joints of pipe. Thrible-board.., a platform in the derrick at the height of a thrible.
1975 ‘J. Black’ Oil ii. ii. 158 Drill pipe came in thirty-foot lengths. These were screwed into sixty- or ninety-foot segments, known to oil field workers as ‘doubles’ or ‘thribbles’.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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