| 单词 | curtain-dam |
| 释义 | > as lemmascurtain-dam d. A contrivance consisting of wooden slats which can be rolled up: spec. one of a number of these used to form a dam or weir. Also attributive, as curtain-dam, curtain-valve, curtain-weir. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > screen > [noun] > other types of speer1379 traverse1400 transom-lattice1689 blind1730 window blind1730 spire1768 Venetian window-blind1769 window shade1789 tatty1792 tat1810 Japanese screen1872 fusuma1880 curtain1895 mosquito door1929 tuku-tuku1936 fly-wire door1952 table screen1971 the world > the earth > water > lake > pool > [noun] > artificially confined water > contrivance for impounding water > movable slats curtain1895 1895 Montgomery Ward Catal. Spring & Summer 608/3 Low Curtain Office Desk... Has lap joint, dust and knife proof curtain. 1903 B. F. Thomas & D. A. Watt Improvem. Rivers viii. 244 Curtain Dams... The Caméré curtain..consists of narrow horizontal strips of wood, hinged together, and capable of being rolled up by a chain. 1903 B. F. Thomas & D. A. Watt Improvem. Rivers viii. 253 The space between the two rows [of shutters] was then filled with water by opening curtain-valves. 1927 E. Weymann Dams 586 The curtains are suspended from hooks on the face of the frames. 1929 Encycl. Brit. XXIII. 489/1 The curtain weir... In it wooden curtains that can be rolled up from the bottom were substituted for the needles in the Poirée weir. < as lemmas |
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