释义 |
ˈricking, vbl. n. [f. rick v.1] The action of making ricks; attrib. in ricking-rod, ricking time.
1844Tupper Crock of G. l. 321 Her husband, a poor thatcher, sadly out of work except in ricking time. 1874Hardy Far from Madding Crowd xxxvii, He had stuck his ricking⁓rod, groom, or poignard, as it was indifferently called,..into the stack to support the sheaves. |