dry-wallv.

Brit.

/ˈdrʌɪwɔːl/, U.S.

/ˈdraɪˌwɔl/,

/ˈdraɪˌwɑl/ (in sense 1 also)Brit.

/ˌdrʌɪˈwɔːl/, U.S.

/ˌdraɪˈwɔl/,

/ˌdraɪˈwɑl/

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: dry wall n.

Etymology: < dry wall n. Compare earlier dry walling n.

1. intransitive. To build a dry wall or dry walls (see dry wall n. 1). Occasionally transitive: to enclose or bound with a dry wall.

ΘΠ

society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > building or providing with specific parts > build or provide with specific parts [verb (intransitive)] > build walls > specific type

stone-dike1870

1834 Rep. Commissioners Poor Laws: App. (A.): Pt. I 631 a (table) in Parl. Papers (H.C. 44) XXVIII. 2 Works as mason; dry walling for Farmer Norris.

1876 N. Devon Jrnl. 10 Aug. 8/4 The Committee..recommended as follows:—‘That a pavement be formed..and that the slope be dry-walled’.

1911 Copper Handbk. 10 xxiv. 1697 The great width of the bed has led to dry-walling with waste rock.

1993 Mail on Sunday (Nexis) 31 Oct. 58 Around his sitting-out area he dry-walled to support bare banks.

2. transitive and intransitive. Originally and chiefly North American. To fit drywall (dry wall n. 2) to (a building, wall, etc.).

ΘΠ

society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > surfacing or cladding > clad or cover [verb (intransitive)]

society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > surfacing or cladding > clad or cover [verb (transitive)] > clad or cover with other materials

pitcheOE

lute1495

loam1600

bitume1609

wainscota1631

mud1632

putty1719

compo1809

belute1837

smear1839

puddle1844

plash1864

canvas1865

cement1886

TP1962

toilet-paper1964

1970 Southwest Graphic (Lemont, Illinois) 30 Sept. 18/3 Electricians were almost dry-walled into the walls. Painters were ready with brushes before the walls were taped.

1982 Fine Homebuilding Oct. 67 We had to drywall it before laying up the block for the storage wall.

1992 Harrowsmith Oct. 20 (advt.) Wallmate goes right on top of existing walls. Drywall over it and you're done.

2006 Wall St. Jrnl. 17 Mar. (Central ed.) w2/1 Hurricane-related rebuilding, including dry-walling houses and cleaning up debris.

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

dry-wall v. (transitive and intransitive) to build a dry wall (around); dry-waller, dry-walling.

ΚΠ

1883 Encycl. Brit. XVI. 450/1 The materials..may be built up alone (dry walling) or with the aid of mortar or hydraulic cement.

1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. Dry-waller.

1914 G. Jekyll Colour Schemes for Flower Garden (ed. 3) ix. 86 An earth bank four and a half feet high, dry-walled on both sides.

1922 Daily Mail 10 Nov. 8/5 A dry-waller has to be born, not made. So old William told me when I found him dry-walling.

1928 H. Peake & H. J. Fleure Steppe & Sown 116 A certain amount of dry walling was used.

单词	dry-wall
释义	dry-wallv. Brit. /ˈdrʌɪwɔːl/, U.S. /ˈdraɪˌwɔl/, /ˈdraɪˌwɑl/ (in sense 1 also)Brit. /ˌdrʌɪˈwɔːl/, U.S. /ˌdraɪˈwɔl/, /ˌdraɪˈwɑl/ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: dry wall n. Etymology: < dry wall n. Compare earlier dry walling n. 1. intransitive. To build a dry wall or dry walls (see dry wall n. 1). Occasionally transitive: to enclose or bound with a dry wall. ΘΠ society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > building or providing with specific parts > build or provide with specific parts [verb (intransitive)] > build walls > specific type stone-dike1870 1834 Rep. Commissioners Poor Laws: App. (A.): Pt. I 631 a (table) in Parl. Papers (H.C. 44) XXVIII. 2 Works as mason; dry walling for Farmer Norris. 1876 N. Devon Jrnl. 10 Aug. 8/4 The Committee..recommended as follows:—‘That a pavement be formed..and that the slope be dry-walled’. 1911 Copper Handbk. 10 xxiv. 1697 The great width of the bed has led to dry-walling with waste rock. 1993 Mail on Sunday (Nexis) 31 Oct. 58 Around his sitting-out area he dry-walled to support bare banks. 2. transitive and intransitive. Originally and chiefly North American. To fit drywall (dry wall n. 2) to (a building, wall, etc.). ΘΠ society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > surfacing or cladding > clad or cover [verb (intransitive)] society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > surfacing or cladding > clad or cover [verb (transitive)] > clad or cover with other materials pitcheOE lute1495 loam1600 bitume1609 wainscota1631 mud1632 putty1719 compo1809 belute1837 smear1839 puddle1844 plash1864 canvas1865 cement1886 TP1962 toilet-paper1964 1970 Southwest Graphic (Lemont, Illinois) 30 Sept. 18/3 Electricians were almost dry-walled into the walls. Painters were ready with brushes before the walls were taped. 1982 Fine Homebuilding Oct. 67 We had to drywall it before laying up the block for the storage wall. 1992 Harrowsmith Oct. 20 (advt.) Wallmate goes right on top of existing walls. Drywall over it and you're done. 2006 Wall St. Jrnl. 17 Mar. (Central ed.) w2/1 Hurricane-related rebuilding, including dry-walling houses and cleaning up debris. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2022). > as lemmas dry-wall dry-wall v. (transitive and intransitive) to build a dry wall (around); dry-waller, dry-walling. ΚΠ 1883 Encycl. Brit. XVI. 450/1 The materials..may be built up alone (dry walling) or with the aid of mortar or hydraulic cement. 1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. Dry-waller. 1914 G. Jekyll Colour Schemes for Flower Garden (ed. 3) ix. 86 An earth bank four and a half feet high, dry-walled on both sides. 1922 Daily Mail 10 Nov. 8/5 A dry-waller has to be born, not made. So old William told me when I found him dry-walling. 1928 H. Peake & H. J. Fleure Steppe & Sown 116 A certain amount of dry walling was used. extracted from dryadj.adv. < v.1834 as lemmas
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dry-wallv.

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