单词 | drop-line |
释义 | > as lemmasdrop-line 22. An arrangement in a genealogical table, whereby names belonging to a particular horizontal line, where there is no room for them, are carried lower down. Also drop-line: see drop- comb. form. ΚΠ 1888 Athenæum 14 Jan. 49/3 The excessive use of ‘drops’ may have been necessary; we can, however, but regret the adoption of so distracting a system. drop-line drop-line n. Brit. /ˈdrɒplʌɪn/ , U.S. /ˈdrɑpˌlaɪn/ (a) = drop n. 22; (b) U.S. a hand-line used in fishing.ΚΠ 1847 C. Lanman Summer in Wilderness xxvi. 158 I..with a drop-line have taken, in twenty minutes, more trout than I could eat in a fortnight. 1882 J. E. Cussans Handbk. Heraldry (ed. 3) xxi. 282 It frequently happens when Pedigrees are printed, that space forbids such an arrangement, and that drop-lines are obliged to be used... The drop-line..shows that Margaret is sister to John and William. < as lemmas |
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