单词 | library steps |
释义 | > as lemmaslibrary steps library steps n. a step ladder for use in libraries. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > ladder > [noun] > step-ladder pairc1450 steps1693 stand-ladder1712 stepladder1751 library stepsc1762 high step1776 trap-ladder1855 c1762 W. Ince & J. Mayhew Universal Syst. Houshold Furnit. 3/1 (heading) Plate XXII. Two Designs of Library Steps; the First intended for a large Room. 1793 T. Sheraton App. to Cabinet-maker & Upholsterer's Drawing-bk. 9 There are other kinds of library steps which I have seen, made by other persons, but..these must have the decided preference. 1848 W. M. Thackeray Pendennis (1850) I. iii. 24 He would sit..perched upon the topmost bar of Doctor Portman's library steps with a folio on his knees. 1970 B. Cartland Secret Fear i. 5 He would notice the rosewood library steps below the place in the cabinet from which the book had been extracted. < as lemmas |
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