| 单词 | mould loft |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmould loft mould loft n. Shipbuilding and Boatbuilding and (formerly) Aeronautics, a building or room containing a floor area on which a design is marked out in full size, used for making templates and patterns for the frame of the vessel or aircraft. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > shipbuilding and repairing > shipyard or boat-yard > [noun] > mould-loft mould loft1711 mould room1791 moulding-loft1830 modelling-loft1841 society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > construction and servicing aircraft or spacecraft > [noun] > lofting design drawings > room on which full-scale plans are drawn mould loft1947 1711 W. Sutherland Ship-builders Assistant 77 The Platform fitted for such a Design is call'd a Mould-loft. 1866 Chambers's Encycl. VIII. 683/1 The first process is to develop, or ‘lay off’, on the mould-loft floor, certain full-size working sections of the required ship. 1947 Jrnl. Royal Aeronaut. Soc. 51 307/2 The mold loft consisted of a building with a large floor area, the floor being painted a mat black. 1976 B. Greenhill Archaeol. of Boat i. iii. 65 Shaping every frame from full-sized plans drawn out on a scrieve board, or a mould loft floor. < as lemmas |
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