单词 | bull-nose |
释义 | > as lemmasbull-nose bull-nose n. (a) = bull's-nose n. at Compounds 3b; (b) see quots. also attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > curvature > [adjective] > rounded or not angular inangular1646 rounded1658 flowing1709 contoured1725 cornerless1793 bull-nose1858 globuloid1889 radiused1936 society > travel > rail travel > rolling stock > [noun] > locomotive > part of front bull-nose1858 1858 Skyring's Builders' Prices 41 Circular styles to bull-nose corners. a1884 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Suppl. 145/1 Bull-nose Rabbet Plane, a plane with the bit at the end, in order to enable it to work up close into corners. 1895 I. K. Funk et al. Standard Dict. Eng. Lang. II. at Nose Bull-nose, a front coupler on a locomotive: named from its shape; a bull-nose coupler. < as lemmas |
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