单词 | throat-piece |
释义 | throat-piecen.ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > part or joint of animal > [noun] > neck crag1469 neck1474 rack1570 throat-piece1611 neck-piecec1818 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Hastereau, the throat-peece, or forepart of the neck, of a hog. 1797 J. Mathews Remarks Scarcity Cattle 29 A stickin, or throat-piece of beef, had hung unsold a few days. 1882 Handbk. Domest. Cookery xxi. 226/1 Prepare the hare..and leave aside such pieces as are not handsome to serve, as the throat piece and skirts. 2. Part of an item of clothing, garment, etc., which covers or goes around the throat; spec. a piece of armour designed to protect the throat, either forming part of a helmet, or as a separate item (cf. gorget n.1 1a). ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > armour > helmet > [noun] > part covering neck or throat throat-piece1784 neck guard1853 1784 S. Dobson tr. J.-B. de la Curne de Sainte-Palaye Mem. Anc. Chivalry iv. 231 The throat-piece; the mace; a short sword to the cross; and a shield. 1869 C. Boutell tr. J. P. Lacombe Arms & Armour v. 79 His helm is ornamented..; the throat-piece has thunderbolts..in hammer work. 1894 London Society June 588 The gorget, or throat-piece,..had for years been in use. 1904 Evening Gaz. (Burlington, Iowa) 17 Nov. 6/3 A band of Irish thread lace is applied just below the ermine throat piece. 1990 J. Sumption Hundred Years War: Trial by Battle (1999) ii. 67 He needed a horse, a jacket of hardened leather, a steel helmet and throat-piece, and a pair of metal gauntlets. 3. Part of an object, machine, etc., forming or constituting the throat (in various senses of throat n. II.). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > racket games > [noun] > racket > part of throat-piece1897 wood1955 1879 Specif. of Patents (U.S. Patent Office) 17 June 653/1 The body of the stock [of a plane], having a transverse recess adjacent to the throat, with an independent throat-piece fitted to said recess. 1897 North Amer. (Philadelphia) 13 Aug. 5/1 (advt.) ‘Special’ Tennis Racket, white ash frame, walnut throat-piece, cedar handle. 1915 Jrnl. Amer. Soc. Mech. Engin. Oct. 589/2 The hydraulic ejector..was made with standard fittings, but had a machined brass throat piece. 1985 Pop. Mech. Apr. 90/1 Head has taken another tack, installing plastic ‘gaskets’ between the throat piece and metal frame of the racket, to dissipate vibration. 2001 G. P. Sutton & O. Biblarz Rocket Propulsion Elements (ed. 7) xiv. 556 These insulators (between the very hot throat piece and housing) limit the heat transfer. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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