单词 | chevalet |
释义 | chevaletn. a. A trestle or framework for a bridge. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > building or providing with specific parts > specific parts built or constructed > [noun] > framework > for a bridge chevalet1810 saddle1831 1810 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1838) VI. 177 A bridge upon chevalets cannot be very strong. 1811 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1838) VII. 144 Beams of wood..have been made with chevalets to form bridges. b. The bridge of a stringed instrument. c. Glass-making. A stand or bench upon which a cylinder of glass is laid before it is spread out. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > glass-making equipment > [noun] > other equipment ladle1483 frache1662 paddle1662 strocals1662 basin1728 setting-board1825 cuvette1832 sabre1832 fly-frame1835 chair1845 snapdragon1869 sand-blast1871 parallelometer1887 chevalet1890 harbour1891 hearth1898 frigger1923 drawbar1926 1890 W. J. Gordon Foundry 147 The cylinder—some six feet long—is then laid on the wooden ‘chevalet’ or stand. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.1810 |
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