| 单词 | angle brace |
| 释义 | > as lemmasangle brace angle brace n. anything fixed across the angle between two components of a structure to impart rigidity or stability; esp. a straight piece of timber fixed obliquely across a right angle. ΚΠ 1774 Descr. Cathedral Church Salisbury 13 On the walls of the nave and its crossing are eight flat arching braces;..likewise upon the former angle-braces are four others, which are inserted into the walls of the stair-case. 1834 J. Billington Archit. Director (ed. 2) 18 Angle-brace, angle-tie, diagonal-tie, a piece reaching across the angles of a square frame, making the opening an octagon. 1913 Bull. Metrop. Mus. Art 8 74/2 The whole construction is strengthened by angle braces cut out of forked branches. 1963 Art Bull. 45 100 Long angle-braces spring from the wall-pieces to lend intermediate support to the upper side-purlins and to the tie-beam. 2000 Lincoln (Nebraska) Jrnl. Star (Nexis) 3 Dec. l5 (caption) Eric Peeks..supervises other Boy Scouts setting angle braces for a bridge he designed at the city park in Utica. < as lemmas |
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