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ˈthrow-ˈover
[f. the verbal phrase to throw over (throw v. 45).]
The act or result of throwing over, in various senses; also, concr., a wrap to throw over the shoulders; a loose outer garment. throw-over switch Electr. Engin. (see quot. 1943).
1819Hermit in London III. 212 They had practised what they technically termed a throw over. 1852Lewis Lett. (1870) 257 The complete and definitive throw over both of Protection and local burdens must loosen the hold of the Government upon the agricultural body. 1902T. O'C. Sloane Stand. Electr. Dict. App., Throw-Over Switch, a double throw knife switch designed to connect a three wire system in a building either to a three wire street main or to a single source on the two wire system. 1907Ladies' Field 12 Jan. 3/2 White Foxaline long Stole or Throwover. 1909Westm. Gaz. 3 Apr. 15/1 The nearest approach we have to the Marie Antoinette ‘throw-over’—it cannot be called a tea gown..—is the Japanese kimono. Ibid. 16 Oct. 15/1 The drapery..has grown in its proportions till now it resembles a shawl, and nothing could be more convenient as a throw-over, either for day or evening purposes. 1919Wireless World VII. 40/1 A simple differential indicator operated by a throw-over switch. 1943Gloss. Terms Electr. Engin. (B.S.I.) 52 Throw-over switch, a switch for changing over from one set of connections to another set of connections. |