单词 | gainshire |
释义 | gainshiren. dialect. a. (See quot. 1814.) ΚΠ 1814 S. Pegge Suppl. Grose's Provinc. Gloss. Gain-shire or Gain-shere, the barb of a fishing-hook, Derb. b. Sheffield Cutlery. A barb on the tang of a knife, to prevent its being pulled out of the handle. So ˈgainshire v. to barb (a tang). ΚΠ 1820 Brownill Specif. Patent 4474 As a further security for the keeping on of the cap I spread or beat out the end of the tang, if a round tang, or make what is called a gainshire. 1888 S. O. Addy Gloss. Words Sheffield (at cited word) When the tang of a knife is notched in various places, like a barbed arrow, so that when driven into the handle it will not come out, it is said to be gainshired. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1814 |
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