| 释义 |
▪ I. gallow-balk, -clapper, -tree
see gallows-.
▪ II. ˈgallow(s)-balk Obs. exc. dial.
Forms: 7–9 gally-bauk, 9 galley-baak, -bawk, gallibauk, gally-balk, 6– gallow(s-balk.
[f. gallows n. + balk.]
The iron bar in the chimney from which the pot-hooks hang.
1583Inv. in Ripon Ch. Acts (Surtees) 380 Gallow balk, ij reckens withe gallow crokes, tonges, and fyre sholl, 12s. 1668in Best's Farm. Bks. (Surtees) 175 One still, one iron range, gallow-balk, and crooks. 1691Ray N.C. Words 29 A Gally-bauk. 1855in Robinson Whitby Gloss. 1881Leicester Gloss., Gallow-balk or Gallows-balk. |