释义 |
nailery|ˈneɪlərɪ| [f. nailer: see -ery.] A place or workshop where nails are made.
a1798Pennant (T.), Near the bridge is a large alms⁓house, and a vast nailery. 1802Jefferson in Harper's Mag. (1885) Mar. 539/1 Profits of nailery. 1847H. Miller First Impr. Eng. viii. (1857) 132 The sole workers in the nailery were two fresh-coloured, good-looking young girls. 1895Edin. Rev. July 223 The naileries, the shipping and the shopkeeping of his native town. |