| 单词 | chock deal |
| 释义 | > as lemmaschock deal chock deal n. English regional (northern) Mining rare one of a number of planks used to line a shaft so as to prevent the influx of sand, gravel, etc.; cf. deal n.3 1a. [Perhaps so called on account of being wedged into place rather than placed on ledges.] ΚΠ 1708 J. C. Compl. Collier 7 in T. Nourse Mistery of Husbandry Discover'd (ed. 3) Quick Sands..are often put through by Deals or Timber, for we lay choak Deals..which is Deales put in as fast, or all along, as we dig, the Sand, or Earth, that if possible we may keep the Sand..from getting in upon us. 1892 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words Choke deals (for chock-deals), deals fitted closely together so as to be caulked, if necessary, in sinking. < as lemmas |
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