单词 | eye-handle |
释义 | > as lemmaseye-handle eye-handle n. a handle (on a spade, etc.) having or forming an eye or hole (now rare). ΚΠ 1729 R. Bradley Riches of Hop-garden xi. 68 The Top of the Instrument should be like that of the Handle of a Spade, either with an Eye handle or a Crutch. 1880 Catal. Tool Wks. Sheffield (G. Turner) 24 The spades above No. 4 have Eye Handles. 1939 Illustr. London News 25 Nov. 794/3 Red burnished wheel-made and well-fired buff hand-made wares, the latter with envelope ledge-handles and eye-handles, are typical Middle Bronze I forms. 2005 J. Schrantz Nannie 86 She inserted a stick through the eye-handles of the pot and tipped it over, turning it upside down to drain to prevent rust. < as lemmas |
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