单词 | curing-house |
释义 | > as lemmascuring-house curing-house n. a building where curing is carried on; spec. ‘the building on a sugar estate (in the West Indies) where the hogsheads of newly potted sugar are placed to harden and drain off the molasses’ (Simmonds Dict. Trade, 1858). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preserving or pickling > [noun] > place for curing, smoking, or salting smeek housea1225 curing-house1672 smoke-house1746 smokery1794 1672 W. Hughes Amer. Physitian 33 Athwart the end of the Sugar-house, or Curing-house (as they term it). 1791 ‘T. Newte’ Prospects & Observ. Tour 100 For the benefit of the Fisheries, public wharfs, store-houses, and curing-houses, should be constructed upon a moderate scale at first. < as lemmas |
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