单词 | giblet-check |
释义 | giblet-checkn. Scottish. (See quot. 1842.) ΚΠ 1842 J. Gwilt Encycl. Archit. Gloss. 979 Giblea [sic] Cheque, a term used by Scotch masons to denote the cutting away of the right angle formed by the front and returns of the aperture of a stone door-case, in the form of a rebate or reveal, so as to make the outer side of the door or closure flush with the face of the wall. 1882 Ogilvie's Imperial Dict. (new ed.) Giblet-check, Giblet-cheek. Derivatives giblet-checked adj. ΚΠ 1849 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm (ed. 2) I. 306/1 It..should have a giblet-checked outer door to open outwards. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1842 |
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