单词 | end-piece |
释义 | > as lemmasend-piece end-piece n. (see quot.); a piece forming the end of a box, etc.; in watchmaking, the support for the end of a pivot. ΚΠ 1839 Penny Cycl. XIII. 118/1 The end-pieces, when real diamonds are used, are what are called rose-diamonds, and are procured from Holland, where they are cut. 1878 W. de W. Abney Treat. Photogr. xxx. 216 A movable end-piece through which the plate passes into the holder. 1881 Trans. Amer. Inst. Mining Engineers 1880–1 9 190 Wall-plates, the two-side pieces of a timber frame in a shaft... The other two pieces are the end-pieces. < as lemmas |
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