单词 | flat work |
释义 | > as lemmasflat work flat work n. (a) Mining (see quot. 1851); (b) a piece of material of any kind wrought into a flat shape; (c) Laundry (see quot. 1928); (d) (in plural) (see quot. 1882). ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing clothes and textile articles > [noun] > clothes to be or that have been washed > type of handwashing1793 coloured1884 flat work1921 1653 E. Manlove Liberties & Customes Lead-mines Derby 264 Roof-works, Flat-works, Pipe-works. 1686 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Staffs. ix. 335 In hammering of this flatwork they beat the plates first one by one. 1851 T. Tapping Gloss. in Chron. Customs Lead Mines at Meer Flat Work, a mining term descriptive of a species of lead mine, so called from its form, which is broad, spreading horizontally, not without inclination. 1882 A. Geikie Text-bk. Geol. 598 Section of Mineral deposits in Limestone, Derbyshire..f, spaces between the beds enlarged by solution and filled with minerals or ores (‘flat-works’). 1906 Westm. Gaz. 14 Nov. 9/11 Speaking generally, there has certainly been no rise during recent years, especially in what we call ‘flat’ articles—tablecloths, and such things.] 1921 Electrician 11 Mar. 304/2 In the United States..some women use their power wringer as a cold mangle for the smaller pieces of ‘flat-work’. 1928 Funk & Wagnalls New Standard Dict. Eng. Lang. I. 937/3 Flat work (Laundry), articles that are not to be starched, as, sheets or pillow-cases, in distinction from starched articles, as, waists, collars, etc. < as lemmas |
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