单词 | clencher |
释义 | clencher|ˈklɛnʃə(r)| [f. clench v.1 + -er1.] He who or that which clenches; a statement, argument, etc., which clenches or settles the point (more commonly clincher); formerly also = clincher 1. clencher-built: see clinker n.3 6.
1559Bk. for Just. Peace 18 The wages of a maister shyp-wrighte..an able clencher by the daie..iiijd. ob. c1850Rudim. Navig. (Weale) 98 They..are clencher-built. Ibid. 107 Clencher-built..when the fastenings go through and clench or turn upon the timbers. 1878Morley Diderot I. 41 Dashing his nightcap passionately against the wall, by way of clencher to the argument. |

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