单词 | carriage spring |
释义 | > as lemmascarriage spring carriage spring n. (a) a spring in the suspension system of a horse-drawn carriage, railway carriage, etc., or of a kind used in such a system; esp. = leaf spring n. at leaf n.1 Compounds 2 (now chiefly historical); †(b) Zoology (in brachiopods) the brachidium, a calcified structure, typically in the form of a loop or coil, which supports the lophophore (also as a modifier) (obsolete). ΚΠ 1760 Public Ledger 17 Mar. 224/1 (advt.) A good Coach, with Carriage Springs. 1836 Penny Cycl. V. 311/1 The following is..the peculiar, complex, and extremely delicate testaceous apparatus, sometimes called ‘the carriage-spring’ by collectors. 1870 H. A. Nicholson Man. Zool. I. xliv. 246 In many Brachiopods the arms are supported upon a more or less complicated internal calcareous framework or skeleton..sometimes called the ‘carriage-spring apparatus’. 1891 R. Routledge Discov. & Inventions 19th Cent. (ed. 8) 597 Vulcanized Indian-rubber..has lately been used for carriage-springs, for the tires of wheels, and for the rollers of mangles. 1899 R. Brown Our Earth & its Story (new ed.) 353/2 The sub-pelagic deposits are characterised by the presence of Crinoids, or Stalked Starfish..of Cephalopods, or Shelled Cuttlefishes, like the ancient Ammonites and the modern Nautilus, of Brachiopoda, or carriage-spring shells. 1924 Electric Railway Jrnl. 26 Jan. 137/2 Carriage springs should be increased in length and lubricated by inclosure if possible. 2004 K. Y. Farquhar Montgomery County i. 15 The Shuler Spring Company, located on Church Street opposite city hall in 1856, employed more than 100 workers making carriage springs. < as lemmas |
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