英语词汇“side、waver”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组、英语词典-本地帮

单词

side-waver

释义

ˈside-waver dial.
Also 7 -wiver, 9 -wafer, -wefer.
[f. side n.¹ with obscure second element.
With sense 1 cf. the Northumb. inwaver, inwiver a bar of wood inside a boat, on which the seats rest. Sense 2 seems to be derived from the verbs wave or waver.]
1. A purlin.
1611Cotgr., Filiere,..a side-wauer.1641Louth Rec. (1891) 110 To Carter for two fyne Poules for sidewivers for the schole, v s. vj d.1671in Holmes Pontefract Bk. Entries (1882) 103 Item, for syde wavers, 2. 0. 0.1703Thoresby Let. to Ray, Bawks, the large timber beams that support the roof by sign-trees, under the side-wavers.1788W. H. Marshall Yorksh. II. 351 Sidewaver, the purline of a roof.1850Parker Gloss. Arch. (ed. 5) 377 In some districts purlins are called ribs,..in Lincolnshire side-wavers.
2. Coal-mining. (See quot. 1851.)
1851Greenwell Coal-trade Terms, Northumb. & Durh., Side-wavers, the loose sides of a drift or open-cast, which would, if unsupported, soon fall.1868Scott Ventilat. Coal⁓mines 28 (E.D.D.), A side-wafer, or a frame of stone, most dangerous to look at, as it appeared ready to drop.Ibid. 31 The sides of the shaft..had given way; large side-wefers had slidden off.

英语词典包含277258条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。

相关内容11：

“side-waver”的英英意思

“clavicymbal”的英英意思

“构造图”英文翻译

“clamorousness”的英英意思

“构造器”英文翻译

“Sidcot”的英英意思

友情链接