单词 | incliner |
释义 | inclinern. 1. a. Something that inclines (in various senses), or that causes something to incline. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > inclination > [noun] > that which inclines incliner1610 the world > the universe > cosmology > science of observation > astronomical instruments > used in dialling > [noun] trigonal1593 incliner1610 plane1669 trigon1704 the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > tendency > [noun] > one who tends leanera1536 incliner1610 1610 W. Sclater Threefold Preseruatiue sig. D4 v Another kind of Apostasie, which we call partiall, a fearfull incliner to this irrecouerable condition. 1802 Repertory Arts & Manuf. 16 225 In order the more easily to give the necessary inclination or turning to these thin oblong pieces of wood or metal, (which, seeing they act by their inclined positions, shall be called incliners,) place a piece of wood or metal..in the frame. 2010 H. P. Willmott & M. B. Barrett Clausewitz Reconsidered ii. 20 After 1763 they [sc. the guns] came complete with new carriages, caissons, and harnesses and with new sights and incliners. b. spec. In a sundial or similar instrument: a plane positioned so as to incline forwards toward the observer; an inclining dial. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > time > instruments for measuring time > [noun] > sundial > parts of pinOE gnomon1546 style1577 cock1585 hour-line1593 substyle1593 index1594 noon-line1596 incliner1638 substylara1652 substylar linea1652 staff1669 nodus1678 node1704 stylus1796 noon-mark1842 sun line1877 1638 S. Foster Art of Dialling 23 Because this plaine is an East-incliner, the face of it looketh toward the West. 1690 W. Leybourn Cursus mathematicus f. 701 If the Plain pass between the Horizon and the Pole, the North Pole; and on the Incliners opposite to them, the South Pole must be elevated. 1703 Moxon's Mech. Dyalling (ed. 4) in Moxon's Mech. Exercises (new ed.) 331 If your Plane be an East Incliner, or a West Recliner. 1854 W. Watson Dialling Diagrams (ed. 2) 7 Other kinds of dials may be made, called incliners and recliners, for places which are neither parallel nor perpendicular to the horizon. 1973 A. E. Waugh Sundials xi. 101 Neither type of dial is common, although for obvious reasons recliners are more common than incliners. 2. A chair or sofa on which the seat can be moved forward and tilted upward so as to allow a person to recline without the backrest having to project any further backwards than when in the upright position. Cf. recliner n. 3. Also more fully incliner chair, incliner sofa, etc. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > seat > chair > [noun] > chair for reclining in sleeping-chair1675 reclining chair1827 lounging-chair1841 reclining seat1857 lazy-back-chair1887 recliner1892 lounge-chair1902 power seat1952 incliner1978 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > seat > sofa or couch > [noun] > other sofas or couches bed-loft1606 Persian bed1654 divana1701 bergère1762 stibadium1840 deacon-seat1851 tuxedo sofa1895 Davenport1897 Chesterfield1900 Madame Récamier1923 Récamier1923 contour couch1952 incliner1978 1978 Galveston (Texas) Daily News 25 Apr. 3 a (advt.) Incliner sofa, incliner loveseat, and incliner chair. 1990 N. Y. Mag. 5 Feb. 88/2 Leather sectional sofa with queen-size bed and incliner, mfr's sugg. list $5,400, here $2,775. 2006 Yachting Oct. 82 The saloon is wide open. Furnishings include an Ultraleather sofa with incliner. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1610 |
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