单词 | cross-line |
释义 | cross-linen. 1. A line drawn across another. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > fact or condition of being transverse > intersection > [noun] > a line crossing another cross-linec1400 diallel1610 c1400 ( G. Chaucer Treat. Astrolabe (Cambr. Dd.3.53) (1872) i. §12. 7 Next the forseide cercle..vnder the cros-lyne. 1768 W. Gilpin Ess. Prints 60 In engraving and etching we must get over the prejudices of cross lines, which exist on no natural bodies. 1803 R. Southey Select. from Lett. (1856) I. 253 The ceiling has all the crosslines of the trowel. 2. Fishing. A line stretched across the river or stream, used in cross-fishing (see cross- comb. form 2). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > fishing-line > [noun] > other types of line ground-linea1450 ledger-line1653 gildert1681 kipping-linec1686 fly-line1706 night line1726 trout-line1789 train line1828 runner1835 salmon line1850 loop-line1859 stray-line1879 dandy-line1882 kelp line1884 cross-line1891 free line1913 flatline1950 multistrand1960 flatliner1984 1891 Daily News 9 Feb. 6/3 The Irish fishermen still use the crosslines. Derivatives ˈcross-line v. to mark with cross-lines. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > fact or condition of being transverse > lie across [verb (transitive)] > furnish with cross-bars cross-line1598 crossbar1600 spoke1720 1598 R. Barret Theorike & Pract. Mod. Warres iv. 119 It were good for vs to crosselyne him what we may. Margin, The proud Spaniardes Mappa Mundi to be crossed. ˈcross-ˌlining n. (a) (see quot. 1816 (b) = cross-fishing n. at cross- comb. form 2. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > type or method of fishing > [noun] > fishing with line > with cross-line cross-lining1816 cross-fishing1867 1816 J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art II. 779 A white ground and black lines, reticulated work, which is technically called cross-lining..becomes to the wood-engravers of the present day an undertaking of immense labour. 1897 19th Cent. Aug. 199 Cross-lining for trout has lately been prohibited. 1900 Daily News 16 Aug. 3/2 A large landowner, who has..succeeded in stopping cross-lining on Lough Corrib. 1907 Westm. Gaz. 13 Dec. 4/2 A daring spirit suggested the project of cross-lining. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.c1400 |
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