单词 | wire-stretcher |
释义 | > as lemmaswire-stretcher wire-stretcher n. chiefly North American a device for stretching or making taut the wire of a fence, etc. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > equipment for altering dimensions > [noun] > stretcher > types of otter-board1771 wire-stretcher1875 wire-strainer1882 1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 2797/2 Wire-stretcher, a tool for straining lightly telegraph or fence wires. 1958 J. G. MacGregor North-West of 16 ix. 132 Then it [sc. barbed wire] had to be tightened with our wire-stretchers (a simple block-and-tackle arrangement) until when you plucked it, it sang like a fiddle string. 2001 C. H. Wendel Encycl. Antique Tools & Machinery 81/1 The wire was unrolled, tied to the corner post on one end of say, an 80-rod stretch, and a wire stretcher was applied to the other end. < as lemmas |
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