| 单词 | coal creel |
| 释义 | > as lemmascoal creel coal creel n. Scottish (now historical) a basket for carrying coal; cf. creel n.1 1. ΚΠ a1500 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Nero) viii. l. 5693 A payr of coil crelis. 1770 Declar. Jean Johnston 4 Her mistress..desire him to send up coal-creels to James Ferrier's house. 1825 R. Mudie Attic Fragm. 104 The windward side of the boat, the whole energy and mass of that part of her corporation, which had been increased in energy and size, by twenty years bearing the ‘coal creel’ in the dark caverns of the earth. 1902 R. W. Dron Coal-Fields Scotl. iii. 39 It appears that, ever since the year 1423, the standard Gilmillscroft coal creel was 14 inches wide, 16 inches deep, and 30 inches long within. 1937 Hansard Commons 29 Nov. 1773 When Queen Victoria went to Midlothian in 1837 or 1838, she saw women climbing up and down shallow pits with coal creels on their backs. 1972 R. Crichton Camerons iii. v. They were surprised to see a file of men going down the road toward the dock with shovels and coal creels over their shoulders. < as lemmas |
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