释义 |
ˈbracketing, vbl. n. [f. as prec. + -ing1.] 1. The action of furnishing, coupling, uniting, with brackets.
1869Swinburne Ess. & Stud. (1875) 214 Byron and Shelley..I protest against the bracketing of the two names. 1876Gladstone in Contemp. Rev. June 20 The bracketing, in which no less than eight systems will..be presented to view. 2. Arch. A wooden framework or skeleton, consisting of wooden ribs nailed to the ceiling, joists, and battening, for the purpose of supporting a cornice, cove, or other moulding.
1823P. Nicholson Pract. Build. 138 Cove-bracketing is the finish of the top of the faces of a room, adjacent to the cornice. 1876Gwilt Archit. §2088 Thus the general form of the bracketing will be obtained. |