| 释义 |
ˈunderback Brewing.
[under-1 5 b.]
A vessel placed below the mash-tub or mash-tun to receive the raw wort when let out from this. (See also underbeck.)
1635Toke (Kent) Estate Acc. (MS.) fol. 178 Underbacks in the bruehouse. 1686in Essex. Rev. (1906) XV. 173 One mashing tubb, and underback. 1725Fam. Dict. s.v. Brewing, When all is run out into the Receiver, or Under-Back, lade or pump out your second Liquor. 1763Museum Rust. I. 203 The first wort is then let out in a small stream into the under⁓back. 1830M. Donovan Dom. Econ. I. 159 When the tap has been set, and the worts are allowed to run from the mash⁓tun, the transparent liquor is received into a large vessel called the underback. 1887Pall Mall G. 25 Oct. 6/1 A huge display of saccharometers, hydrometers,..false bottoms, copper underbacks, and live steam injectors.
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1875Knight Dict. Mech. 2679/2 The name underback is also applied to a similar vessel in a vinegar factory. |