单词 | leathering |
释义 | leathering, vbl. n.|ˈlɛðərɪŋ| [f. leather v. + -ing1.] 1. The action of covering, fitting, or furnishing with leather.
1517Acc. in Archæologia XLVII. 310 For..naylyng, letheryng, bokelyng of mlmlxlvij complete harnes. 1794Rigging & Seamanship I. 27 The..hole is..larger.., to allow for leathering. 1869Eng. Mech. 26 Nov. 257/3 We next come to the very important part of the work—‘leathering’. b. concr. A covering or strip of leather.
1852Seidel Organ 38 The other ends of the bellows..called the hinges, are provided with a double or triple leathering. 1861Jrnl. Soc. Arts IX. 746/1 The leathering on the oar, to prevent chafe. 2. colloq. A flogging, beating.
1791A. Wilson Poems & Lit. Prose (1876) II. 33 Ye deserve a leathering. 1894Baring-Gould Kitty Alone II. 169 ‘Won't I only give that cursed beast a leathering.’ 3. Comb. as leathering-bed (see quot.).
1839Murchison Silur. Syst. i. ii. 18 ‘Leathering bed’. Name given to a bed of very hard micaceous marlstone found in the Lower Lias. |

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