单词 | carriage piece |
释义 | > as lemmascarriage piece carriage piece n. a slanting wooden support forming part of the carriage of a staircase (see sense 9a). ΚΠ 1779 J. Smeaton Let. 16 Jan. in Reports (1797) I. 400 The screws..are made to screw stiffly through their carriage-pieces. 1842 J. Gwilt Encycl. Archit. Gloss. 894 An horizontal piece of timber, in wooden double-flighted stairs, for supporting the carriage pieces or rough strings and joistings in the half spaces or landings. 1993 Collins Compl. DIY Man. (new ed.) iii. 220/3 Traditional stairs..should be supported on their underside by a central bearer or ‘carriage piece’. < as lemmas |
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