单词 | well-bedded |
释义 | well-beddedadj. Existing in or having a good bed or beds; thoroughly or properly bedded (in various senses). ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > a layer > [adjective] well-bedded1425 flaked1577 tabulated1794 bedded1830 layered1852 1425 W. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 2 Weel bedded [MS beddes] stonys þat shuld rise but a fote in þe walle and ben ankered iche of hem with other. a1450 in R. Willis & J. W. Clark Archit. Hist. Univ. Cambr. (1886) I. 367 First, j cours of platt Yorkschire stone playne and well bedded. 1616 G. Markham tr. C. Estienne et al. Maison Rustique (rev. ed.) v. xviii. 557 Then you shall lay it on a well-bedded kilne. 1777 J. Williams Acc. Anc. Ruins xii. 67 Perhaps they knew not the use of any kind of cement in their power, fit to compact a firm and solid building, with well-bedded ruble stones. 1833 Farmers' Reg. Dec. 386/1 Every piece of well bedded flat land has in every water furrow such a drain as I have recommended. 1881 W. King & T. H. Rowney Old Chapter Geol. Rec. 49 The rocks of the locality are well-bedded metamorphics. 1926 Farmers' Bull. No. 1437. 13 During the suckling period sows and pigs should always be provided with dry, warm, well-bedded sleeping quarters. 1952 W. J. Miller Introd. Hist. Geol. (ed. 6) xxiii. 366 (caption) The well-bedded, nearly horizontal shales were laid down in a great fresh-water lake. 2002 Backwoods Home Mag. July 79/3 With any goat, just be sure they have a well-bedded shelter, providing protection from driving rain or snow. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1425 |
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