单词 | infilling |
释义 | infillingn. a. The action of filling in (a vacant space); that which is used to fill up a hole or cavity. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > presence > fact of taking up space > [noun] > filling > filling of vacant space plenishing1477 infilling1871 the world > space > place > presence > fact of taking up space > [noun] > filling > filling of vacant space > that which serves to filler1591 filling1597 filler-up1710 packing1779 upfilling1822 fill-up1853 infilling1871 filler-in1877 space-filler1886 infill1939 microballoon1954 fill1957 1871 S. Sharp in Archæol. XLIII. 122 The fragments [of pottery]..were wheeled away and buried with the infilling. 1880 Libr. Universal Knowl. VI. 584 Various theories have been proposed to account for the infilling of mineral veins. 1895 J. MacNeil Spirit-filled Life xiv. 100 The Lord Jesus is prepared to grant us a fresh Infilling, a ‘refilling’ of The Holy Ghost. 1958 Times Rev. Industry May 46/1 Aluminium curtain walling in conjunction with a steel framed building..reduces labour charges..incurred by the use of the normal masonry infilling. 1961 Guardian 27 May 5/5 In its earliest forms, watercolour was little more than an infilling for sketches in ink and bistre. 1962 Listener 1 Feb. 228/3 Those coloured earths which in French gardens so often provide the infilling for broderies. 1970 Cabinet Maker & Retail Furnisher 30 Oct. 201/2 Infillings of horse hair..and hand-springing are used exclusively. 1972 L. Alcock By South Cadbury viii. 178 A plausible reconstruction of the building would suggest an infilling of wattle and daub for the walls. b. spec. in Town Planning. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > [noun] > town-planning or development > types of planning or development urban regeneration1850 spotting1856 Haussmannization1865 peacocking1892 ribbon development1925 ribbon building1926 urban renewal1938 infilling1943 strip development1955 arcology1969 1943 J. H. Forshaw & L. P. Abercrombie County of London Plan 35 Five types of units of dispersed industrial population: i. Infilling of gaps in incomplete schemes within the County. 1944 L. P. Abercrombie Greater London Plan 1944 35 A rounding off of the communities by infilling on the backlands and vacant frontages. 1964 Daily Tel. 17 Mar. 23/2 No part of his plan could possibly be regarded as infilling. By which they meant one or at most two houses pushed into existing gaps. 1971 P. Gresswell Environment 134 Infilling in villages is in many cases both inevitable and desirable. 1974 Times 5 Feb. 10 New building, other than infilling, was more extensive on the mainland. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1871 |
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