单词 | weigh-box |
释义 | weigh-boxn. 1. One of a set of boxes, used in the operation of ‘drawing’ wool, in which the wool is more accurately weighed. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture of thread or yarn > [noun] > spinning > machine > types of > parts of mendoza1803 faller1807 headstock1825 rim wheel1827 traveller1830 ring spindle1837 carrying comb1844 whirler1860 coiler1873 breaking-frame1875 nosing motion1883 tube1884 weigh-box1884 check-band1892 presser eye1892 thread-board1892 1884 W. S. B. McLaren Spinning Woollen & Worsted vii. 120 (2) the spindle gill box; (3) the 4-spindle drawing box; (4) the 6-spindle weigh box. 2. A weigh-house. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement by weighing > equipment for weighing > [noun] > place where weighing is done weigh-house1438 weight-house1714 scale house1754 weighing-house1819 weigh-box1907 1907 Daily Chron. 25 June 9/2 The following is a complete list of the cars which weighed in at the public weigh-box. Categories » 3. A chute which weighs and delivers coal at a railway coaling-station ( Cent. Dict. Suppl. 1909). This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1884 |
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