单词 | hacking-block |
释义 | > as lemmashacking-block hacking-block n. a chopping block. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > work-benches, seats, etc. > [noun] > block > for chopping on hagstock1402 hackstock1411 hacking stock1542 chopping-board1675 chopping-block1680 hacking-block1688 hack-log1822 hag-block1822 hag clog1822 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. v. 269/2 A Chopping or Hacking Block. 1704 tr. Acct. Most Dangerous Voy. in A. Churchill & J. Churchill Coll. Voy. I. 569/2 The Tail of this Creature [sc. a whale] serves for a hacking Block. 1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm II. 241 One man stands at the end of a large hacking block of wood, provided with a long-faced hatchet. 1955 R. Graves Homer's Daughter xi. The meat had been reduced to small square pieces on the hacking block. 2010 J. Sharp Tears from Sun 20 I come to a butcher hacking meat on an old, deep-grooved chopping table. His round hacking-block is on the pavement. < as lemmas |
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