| 单词 | falling board |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfalling board falling board n. now historical and rare a board fixed to a wall and folding down to rest on a support and form a table as required; (also) a flap on a cabinet, etc., which folds down, typically to form a writing table. ΚΠ 1588 in J. M. Bestall & D. V. Fowkes Chesterfield Wills & Inventories, 1521–1603 (1977) 214 2 black potes... 1 falling bord in the house. 1729 in M. Bodfish Probate Inventories of Smethwick Residents 1647–1747 (1992) 70 In the Chichen..1 Tabell..1 chestt and Falling bord. 1831 E. L. Hazelius tr. J. H. Jung-Stilling Life ii. 14 Opposite the stove, was the table,..fastened to the wall, in the form of a falling board. 1839 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Cottage Archit. (new ed.) i. iii. 302 Fig. 577 has a falling board or flap, which, when let down,..forms a writing-desk. 2012 C. Sykes & R. J. Noble tr. É. Bayard ABC of Style 110/1 In the body of the cabinet, hidden behind falling boards decorated with plates.., are a large number of artistically decorated small drawers. < as lemmas |
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