单词 | building-ground |
释义 | > as lemmasbuilding-ground c. General use as a modifier designating a place occupied by buildings or where building is done, as in building-estate, building-ground, building-land, building-lot, building-place, etc. Π 1608 D. Price Recusants Conversion 31 He lamented that his happinesse was not so much as the very Sparrow, and Swallow, that found a nest and building place in the Temple. 1701 in C. J. Hoadly Public Rec. Colony of Connecticut (1868) IV. 357 Pasture, building lot, and long lott. 1802 Coll. Mass. Hist. Soc. 1st Ser. VIII. 201 So many houses and works have been erected..that building spots now sell at a high price. 1858 Ld. St. Leonards Handy Bk. Prop. Law vii. 48 Abutting upon building-ground belonging to the seller. 1885 Law Rep.: Queen's Bench Div. 14 758 The land is part of a building estate. 1905 Westm. Gaz. 12 May 7/1 The L.C.C. purchased squares at building-land price. 2013 B. E. Lipowski Birth of Base 14 The first jobs to be done..were to open the drainage ditches and construct temporary roads to transport..supplies to the building area. < as lemmas |
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