单词 | turning-box |
释义 | > as lemmasturning-box turning-box n. a kind of turn-table. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > wall of building > [noun] > rotating box or disc in wall turning-box1611 turn1670 turning-table1839 turntable1887 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Tour,..the open turning box in the wall of a Nunnerie, whereby the sisters..receiue in, and deliuer out, commodities. 1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas I. i. xiv. 121 I besought the attendant at the turning-box to tell that lady [etc.]. < as lemmas |
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