meilern.

Brit.

/ˈmʌɪlə/, U.S.

/ˈmaɪlər/

Inflections: Plural unchanged, (or with) meilers.

Origin: A borrowing from German. Etymon: German Meiler.

Etymology: < German Meiler stack of wood for making charcoal, charcoal kiln (15th cent. in early modern German as mīler particular number of stacked pieces of wood or iron bars, stack of wood for making charcoal, charcoal kiln; compare Middle Low German mīler , mīle ), perhaps via a northern Italian form < post-classical Latin miliarium (quantity of) a thousand pieces (c1200, c1324 in British sources) < classical Latin mīliārium , milliārium milliary n.The word was borrowed < Middle Low German into the Scandinavian languages (compare Norwegian mila, Old Swedish mila (Swedish mila), Danish mile, all in sense ‘charcoal kiln’). Compare in the same sense Czech milíř, Polish mielerz, probably also borrowed < German.

Now rare.

A stack of wood for making charcoal, a charcoal kiln.

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society > occupation and work > equipment > furnace or kiln > [noun] > charcoal furnace or kiln

coal kiln1534

charcoal-furnace1801

meiler1839

charcoal-oven1878

1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 996 Fig. 873. represents a simple coking meiler or mound.

1854 E. Ronalds & T. Richardson Knapp's Chem. Technol. (ed. 2) I. 65 (heading) Preparation of Charcoal in Meiler.

1854 E. Ronalds & T. Richardson Knapp's Chem. Technol. (ed. 2) I. 111 The oldest and still very common method of preparing coke is in meiler or heaps.

1876 F. von Mueller in E. Cooper Forest Culture & Eucalyptus Trees 85 It may be made in mounds, caverns, or covens. The method most frequently adopted is that in mounds or meilers.

1881 Trans. Amer. Inst. Mining Engineers 1880–1 9 163 A stack or meiler of wood, prepared for the manufacture of charcoal.

1938 Thorpe's Dict. Applied Chem. (ed. 4) II. 311/1 In constructing the Meiler the wood was formerly stacked in a horizontal position, but it is now usually arranged vertically... Charcoal kilns..are operated in a similar way to the Meiler.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	meiler
释义	meilern. Brit. /ˈmʌɪlə/, U.S. /ˈmaɪlər/ Inflections: Plural unchanged, (or with) meilers. Origin: A borrowing from German. Etymon: German Meiler. Etymology: < German Meiler stack of wood for making charcoal, charcoal kiln (15th cent. in early modern German as mīler particular number of stacked pieces of wood or iron bars, stack of wood for making charcoal, charcoal kiln; compare Middle Low German mīler , mīle ), perhaps via a northern Italian form < post-classical Latin miliarium (quantity of) a thousand pieces (c1200, c1324 in British sources) < classical Latin mīliārium , milliārium milliary n.The word was borrowed < Middle Low German into the Scandinavian languages (compare Norwegian mila, Old Swedish mila (Swedish mila), Danish mile, all in sense ‘charcoal kiln’). Compare in the same sense Czech milíř, Polish mielerz, probably also borrowed < German. Now rare. A stack of wood for making charcoal, a charcoal kiln. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > furnace or kiln > [noun] > charcoal furnace or kiln coal kiln1534 charcoal-furnace1801 meiler1839 charcoal-oven1878 1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 996 Fig. 873. represents a simple coking meiler or mound. 1854 E. Ronalds & T. Richardson Knapp's Chem. Technol. (ed. 2) I. 65 (heading) Preparation of Charcoal in Meiler. 1854 E. Ronalds & T. Richardson Knapp's Chem. Technol. (ed. 2) I. 111 The oldest and still very common method of preparing coke is in meiler or heaps. 1876 F. von Mueller in E. Cooper Forest Culture & Eucalyptus Trees 85 It may be made in mounds, caverns, or covens. The method most frequently adopted is that in mounds or meilers. 1881 Trans. Amer. Inst. Mining Engineers 1880–1 9 163 A stack or meiler of wood, prepared for the manufacture of charcoal. 1938 Thorpe's Dict. Applied Chem. (ed. 4) II. 311/1 In constructing the Meiler the wood was formerly stacked in a horizontal position, but it is now usually arranged vertically... Charcoal kilns..are operated in a similar way to the Meiler. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1839
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