| 单词 | well-curb |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswell-curb well-curb n. (a) a frame or masonry border round the mouth of a well; (b) a circular frame on which the lining of a well is built (now rare). ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > lake > pool > [noun] > well > frame round top of curb1511 well-curb1665 puteal1692 curble?1780 well kerb1845 curb-plate1860 society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > building or providing with specific parts > specific parts built or constructed > [noun] > other specific parts panel1498 pane1582 well-curb1665 through-work1686 gathering1703 dripping1735 sweep1766 bridging1774 accouplement1823 sweep-work1847 1665 in D. G. Vaisey Probate Inventories Lichfield & District (1969) 150 One well curb, bucket and chaine. 1780 Gazetteer & New Daily Advertiser 5 July The ground on which she stood by the well side gave way, and let her in up to the shoulders, where she supported herself by catching hold of the well curb. 1877 T. De W. Talmage 50 Serm. 23 Will you sit down in front of the well-curb, when a few more turns of the windlass might bring up the..buckets? 1886 R. Kipling Departm. Ditties (1899) 56 We have trodden the mart and the well-curb. 1892 Dict. Archit. (Archit. Publ. Soc.) Well-curb. The ring of elm or metal upon which the lining of a well is built. 1897 Amer. Jrnl. Archaeol. 1 378 The use of a circular wooden frame, generally termed a ‘well-curb,’ in sinking wells, is still common in many parts of the country where the soil or strata are loose. 2008 S. Whiteside tr. T. Scarpa Venice is Fish (2009) 37 You go back and spread your arms around the circumference of the well-curbs, closed with bronze covers. < as lemmas |
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