| 释义 |
▪ I. tubber1|ˈtʌbə(r)|
[f. tub n. or v. + -er1.]
a. One who makes tubs, a cooper.
b. One who lives in a tub, a cynic like Diogenes.
c. A rowing man who is ‘coached’ in a ‘tub’ (nonce-use).
d. One who tubs: see tub v. 1 b.
1825Brockett N.C. Words, Tubber, a cooper, a maker of tubs. 1883Almondbury & Huddersfield Gloss., Tubber, a cooper. 1891Blackw. Mag. Mar. 374 A concession to Diogenes and other tubbers. 1894Sporting Life 28 Feb. 6/2 Shortly after four o'clock tubbing practice was begun... Lewis and Kerrison were the third set of tubbers taken out.
▪ II. ˈtubber2 local.
[Cf. tubbal, twibill.]
A tool used in Cornish mines: = beele2.
1671Phil. Trans. VI. 2104 The Instruments commonly used in Mines, that serve for ripping the Loads... A Beele or Cornish Tubber (i.e. double points) of 8 l. or 10 l. weight, sharped at both ends, well steeled and holed in the middle. 1753Chambers Cycl. Supp., Tubber-Men are the people who work with this tool,..called in other places beel-men. |