单词 | monkey-engine |
释义 | > as lemmasmonkey-engine ΚΠ 1850 Railway Rec. 23 Nov. 766/1 Potts's process is not applicable in very many localities where the monkey engine is e[ff]ective. 1867 Ann. Reg. 1866 ii. Chron. 203 The girder..had been dragged by the engine..by a line through a leading block, going to the monkey-engine, which was some distance away. a1877 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. II. 1472/2 Monkey-engine, a form of pile-driver having a monkey or ram weighing about 400 pounds, moving in a wooden frame. < as lemmas |
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