| 单词 | back-rest | 
| 释义 | back-restn. 1.  A contrivance to support or ease the back of a person when seated or engaged in manual work (e.g. at a lathe). Also, provision for such support. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > work-benches, seats, etc. > 			[noun]		 > back-rest back-rest1879 steady-rest1882 1879    J. J. Holtzapffel Turning & Mech. Manip. IV. 20  				The turner using the pole lathe..requires the back rest to steady and support his body. 1909    Daily Chron. 13 Nov. 9/6  				Neither does it mean that the passengers have their comfort curtailed in respect of insufficient back-rest.  2.  A guide attached to the slide-rest of a turning-lathe and placed in contact with the work to steady it. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > machine tool > lathe > 			[noun]		 > guide back-rest1881 1881    in  Imperial Dict.  				 1907    C. O. E. Perrigo Mod. Amer. Lathe Pract. 164  				There are two classes of these rests which may in a general way be called ‘center rests’ and ‘back rests’. The center rests usually have jaws bearing upon the work at three points spaced equally around the circle, while a back rest bears upon the work generally at the back and on top only.  3.  Weaving. A bar over which the warp passes from the warp-beam. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > 			[noun]		 > weaving > loom > warping bar warp-bar1538 warping-bar1808 whip-roll1863 back-rest1894 warping board1910 1894    T. W. Fox Mechanism Weaving 369  				Each warp beam..must be parallel with back rest, breast beam, and taking-up roller. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2021). <  | 
	
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