单词 | toed |
释义 | toedadj. 1. Having a toe or toes; mainly in compounds in which the first element specifies the number or kind of toes, as three-toed, black-toed. Of a stocking, Having separate divisions for the toes; of a clog, or the like, Having a (leather) toe-piece. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > digit > toe > [adjective] toed1611 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Guillemot, a certain three-towed fowle. 1757 Jeffrey Coll. Dresses I. 29 The Slipper resembles a toed Clog. 1773 J. Hawkesworth Acct. Voy. Southern Hemisphere II. i. ii. 15 On the tenth, Mr. Banks shot the black-toed gull, not yet described according to Linnæus's system. 1774 Trinket 37 In her little black bonnet, India handkerchief, and toed clogs. 1880 S. Haughton Six Lect. Physical Geogr. vi. 281 They..possessed five-toed fore and hind feet. 1895 Outing 27 200/1 That old man, upon his old-fashioned, curly-toed skates. 1910 Daily Chron. 15 Mar. 7/4 The stockings were toe-ed. 2. Carpentry. Secured or joined by nails driven obliquely; also of a nail, driven obliquely. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > working with tools or equipment > fastening > [adjective] > with nails nailedeOE nailfast1428 clenchedc1440 nailed-on1683 toed1877 thumbtacked1966 1877 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Toed (Carpentry), a brace, strut, or stay is said to be toed when it is secured by nails driven in obliquely and attaching it to the beam [etc.]. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1611 |
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