| 单词 | fall-breaker |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfall-breaker fall-breaker n. something which breaks a person's fall (see break v. 28b); something which lessens the impact of a fall or reduces the speed of falling. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > [noun] > means of protection or defence > device or contrivance to protect a thing or person > other protective devices bonnet1815 footguard1821 fall-breaker1883 patch1890 guard-board1898 interlock1934 shark netting1970 1883 Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 14 Aug. 651/1 A canvas fall-breaker suspended on pulleys by weights and cords. 1927 Daily Express 31 Oct. 13/2 The competitors climb like cats to the top of a tall tower... They jump and dive eighty-five feet into fall-breakers. 1946 W. F. Burbidge From Balloon to Bomber iii. 35 Leonardo da Vinci..in his manuscript Codex Atlanticus..described a device, aptly called a ‘fall-breaker’, consisting of ‘a tent of chalked linen’ which would enable a man to ‘fall from any great height without danger to himself’. 2004 Farmers Weekly (Nexis) 10 Sept. 2 After a downwards slide, the potatoes encounter a padded fall-breaker positioned above each box. < as lemmas |
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