| 单词 | yard of lime |
| 释义 | > as lemmasyard of lime d. In Building: yard of lime, yard of mortar, yard of stone, etc.: see quots. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > the scientific measurement of volume > [noun] > cubic yard yard of lime1851 1851 W. Laxton Builder's Price Bk. 9 27 cubic feet, or 1 cubic yard, contains 21 striked bushels, which is considered a single load. 1851 W. Laxton Builder's Price Bk. 12 A rod of brickwork requires 1½ cubic yard of chalk lime, and 3 single loads or yards of drift. 1881 Dict. Archit. (Archit. Publ. Soc.) at Perch A standard perch being taken as 21 ft. (or 16½ ft.) long, 18 ins. high, and 12 ins. thick. This is about ‘a yard of stone’, or a ton, or a horse-load. 1892 Dict. Archit. (Archit. Publ. Soc.) Yard of Lime; or load. In 1750 it was equal to 30 or 32 bushels. < as lemmas |
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