double-deckingn.

Brit.

/ˌdʌblˈdɛkɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˌdəb(ə)lˈdɛkɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: double-deck adj., -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < double-deck adj. + -ing suffix¹. Compare earlier double-decked adj., double-decker n.

1. In a cotton mill: the action or practice of coupling two spinning mules together, so that they can be operated by a single worker. See double-deck v. 1. Now historical and rare.

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1842 Facts & Figures 1 Apr. 131 This change has been brought about..by making one man work four instead of two of these carriages by a process technically called ‘double decking’.

1894 J. Lister Cotton Manuf. vi. 56 Double-decking..would probably have been more generally adopted but for imperfections in carrying it out.

1979 Cambr. Jrnl. Econ. 3 240 Double-decking entailed attaching two mules to form one mule, one spinner then being responsible for a pair of these longer mules.

2. The action of making something double-decked; (also) the addition of a second deck, tier, or floor.

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1860 Michigan Farmer 21 Jan. 24/1 The New York Railroads have advanced their freight tariff on cattle... Double decking abolished for all stock excepting sheep.

1959 Manch. Guardian 29 Jan. 6/5 The proposed double-decking of the first mile of the Great West Road.

1993 J. H. Kunstler Geogr. of Nowhere (1994) xi. 215 Double-decking was seriously proposed until the 1989 San Francisco earthquake..demonstrated the sort of nasty fate that might befall motorists on a double-decked freeway.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022).

单词	double-decking
释义	double-deckingn. Brit. /ˌdʌblˈdɛkɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌdəb(ə)lˈdɛkɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: double-deck adj., -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < double-deck adj. + -ing suffix¹. Compare earlier double-decked adj., double-decker n. 1. In a cotton mill: the action or practice of coupling two spinning mules together, so that they can be operated by a single worker. See double-deck v. 1. Now historical and rare. ΚΠ 1842 Facts & Figures 1 Apr. 131 This change has been brought about..by making one man work four instead of two of these carriages by a process technically called ‘double decking’. 1894 J. Lister Cotton Manuf. vi. 56 Double-decking..would probably have been more generally adopted but for imperfections in carrying it out. 1979 Cambr. Jrnl. Econ. 3 240 Double-decking entailed attaching two mules to form one mule, one spinner then being responsible for a pair of these longer mules. 2. The action of making something double-decked; (also) the addition of a second deck, tier, or floor. ΚΠ 1860 Michigan Farmer 21 Jan. 24/1 The New York Railroads have advanced their freight tariff on cattle... Double decking abolished for all stock excepting sheep. 1959 Manch. Guardian 29 Jan. 6/5 The proposed double-decking of the first mile of the Great West Road. 1993 J. H. Kunstler Geogr. of Nowhere (1994) xi. 215 Double-decking was seriously proposed until the 1989 San Francisco earthquake..demonstrated the sort of nasty fate that might befall motorists on a double-decked freeway. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022). < n.1842
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