单词 | flat-joint pointing |
释义 | > as lemmasflat-joint pointing flat pointing n. Building pointing in which the mortar is left even with the wall (see quot. 1940); hence flat-joint pointing. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > surfacing or cladding > [noun] > pointing pointing1374 snail-creep1593 teething1844 dinging1873 flat pointing1881 tuck pointing1881 1881 F. Young Every Man his own Mechanic §1201 In building there are two kinds of pointing, distinguished as flat pointing and tuck pointing, the latter being more ornamental than the former. 1891–3 Dict. Techn. & Trade Terms of Arch. Design 110/1 What is called ‘flat pointing’ is done by marking the joints of the brickwork with a flat trowel. 1900 Eng. Dial. Dict. II. 386/1 Kentish. In flat-pointing the mortar is smeared up against, and on to, the edges of each brick. 1940 Chambers's Techn. Dict. 339/2 Flat pointing, the method of pointing, used for uncovered internal wall surfaces, in which the stopping is formed into a smooth flat joint in the plane of the wall. < as lemmas |
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