单词 | shive |
释义 | shive/ʃʌɪv /noun A broad bung hammered into a hole in the top of a cask when the cask has been filled.The mayor was taken on a site tour of the operation, by the Brewing Director, where he saw the art of brewing and even tapped bungs into shives....
OriginMiddle English: related to sheave2. The original sense was 'slice (of bread'), later 'piece of split wood'; the current sense dates from the mid 19th century. |
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