| 单词 | well drag |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswell drag well drag n. now historical a three-pronged or clawed hook for recovering objects or debris from a well; cf. well hook n. ΚΠ c1558 in P. A. Kennedy Notts. Househ. Inventories (1512–62) (1962) 52 2 wombles on parcer on chesselle oon weldrage on hacheit. 1649 C. Hoole Easie Entrance Lat. Tongue 257/1 A well-drag. 1823 Sporting Mag. Jan. 227/1 Take a ladder, a rope, and the well-drag! 1857 T. Wright Dict. Obsolete & Provinc. Eng. Well-drag, a three-pronged drag to bring the bucket up when it falls in. Leic. 1976 Pioneer Amer. 8 111 (caption) Well drag. It is three-pronged so that on whatever side it comes to rest there is one hook to engage debris. < as lemmas |
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