单词 | channel stone |
释义 | channel stonen. 1. Stone used in paving gutters. Also as a count noun. Now historical and rare.Apparently not attested in 16th and 17th centuries. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > stone or rock > [noun] > stone as material for paving > a paving stone > for specific use channel stone1460 pitching stone1822 1460–5 Churchwardens' Accts. St. Andrew's East Cheap in Brit. Mag. (1847) 31 396 For chanel stone. pauyng Stone And for the boredyr of a Chymney. 1776 Builder's Price-bk. 85 (table) New Channel Stone, 7 Inches wide, per Foot, running. 1875 W. C. Glen Public Health Act (1878) iv. 153 Channel stones. 1910 Proc. Inst. Munic. & County Engineers 36 442 The kerb shall be 10 inches by 7 inches granite laid flat and properly bull-nosed, and laid on a foundation similar to the channel stone. 1963 Bull. Amer. Schools Oriental Res. No. 171. 11 In the northwest corner this cutting included the carving of a drain in bedrock..which was continued north with plastered channel stones. 2. Scottish. Chiefly in form channel stane. A large stone taken from the bed of a stream or river, used in (and adapted for) the game of curling. Chiefly historical. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > winter sports > curling > [noun] > curling-stone quoiting stonea1400 curling-stone1638 stone1638 channel stone1789 rock1789 quoit1809 1789 D. Davidson Thoughts Seasons 158 The vig'rous youth, In bold contention met, the channelstane, The bracing engine of a Scottish arm, To shoot wi' might and skill. 1884 J. Taylor Curling 10 This curious ‘channel stane’ had no handle, but, as a substitute, spaces were regularly cut for the proper action of the finger and thumb. 1969 R. Welsh Beginner's Guide Curling ii. 15 Kuting stones, channel stanes or loofies are the oldest curling implements known to us. 2000 J. Burnett Riot, Revelry & Rout iv. 55 Stones were boulders lifted from the river bed—channel stanes. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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