| 释义 |
ˈsquareman Sc.
[square n. 1.]
A carpenter, stone-cutter, or other workman who regularly uses a square for adjusting or testing his work.
c1790Encycl. Brit. (ed. 3) VI. 171/2 The incorporated trades [of Dumfries],..viz. square-men, smiths [etc.]. 1808Mayne Siller Gun i. xxvi, The squaremen follow'd i' the raw, And syne the weavers. 1837Carlyle Fr. Rev. iii. v. i, How many hammermen and squaremen, bakers and brewers..must ply their old daily work. 1879Encycl. Brit. IX. 750/1 There was probably a pass-word, such as the squareman word used in the ‘brithering’ of the wrights and slaters. |