| 单词 | foot gin |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfoot gin foot gin n. †(a) a snare for catching an animal by the foot; cf. foot-grin n. (obsolete); (b) a type of cotton gin operated by a foot treadle (now chiefly historical). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > equipment > trap or snare > [noun] grinc825 trapa1000 snarea1100 swikea1100 granea1250 springec1275 gina1300 gnarea1325 stringc1325 trebuchet1362 latch?a1366 leashc1374 snarlc1380 foot gina1382 foot-grina1382 traina1393 sinewa1400 snatcha1400 foot trapa1425 haucepyc1425 slingc1425 engine1481 swar1488 frame1509 brakea1529 fang1535 fall trap1570 spring1578 box-trapa1589 spring trapa1589 sprint1599 noosec1600 springle1602 springe1607 toil1607 plage1608 deadfall1631 puppy snatch1650 snickle1681 steel trap1735 figure (of) four1743 gun-trap1749 stamp1788 stell1801 springer1813 sprent1822 livetrap1823 snaphance1831 catch pole1838 twitch-up1841 basket-trap1866 pole trap1879 steel fall1895 tread-trap1952 conibear trap1957 conibear1958 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Jer. v. 26 Grenes puttende, and feet gynnes [L. pedicas]. 1802 J. Drayton View S.-Carolina 132 Various kinds of gins are used for extricating this valuable staple [sc. cotton] from its seed. Those at present in use, are foot gins, Evees's gins, barrel gins, and saw gins. 1897 H. G. Dakyns tr. Xenophon On Hunting ix, in tr. Xenophon Wks. III. 109 Place the foot-gin deep enough to be just even with the surface of the soil, and round the circle of the crown the cord-noose. 1913 H. Kinne & A. M. Cooley Shelter & Clothing viii. 103 Most of the cotton to-day is ginned by machinery. In India and China the foot gins and other primitive types are still used. 1993 J. H. Moore Columbia & Richland County iv.66 A worker could clean about twenty pounds a day with a foot gin. < as lemmas |
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