单词 | batting |
释义 | battingn. 1. The action of using or striking with a bat: ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing clothes and textile articles > [noun] > implement for beating clothes battledorec1440 washing-beetlec1440 wash-beetlea1575 batting-staff1611 batlera1616 posser1764 batting-log1798 paddle1884 washing bat1898 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Batoir, a Launderesses batting staffe. 1798 W. Hutton Life & Hist. Family (1816) 98 A girl of fifteen..lading water into her pail, while standing upon her batting-lag. b. in Cricket and Baseball. Also attributive, as batting average, batting glove. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > baseball > [noun] > batting batting average1773 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > batting > [noun] batting average1773 1773 Gentleman's Mag. 43 451 The hay may rue, that is unhous'd, The batting of that day. 1856 Househ. Words 2 Feb. 59/2 Some tubular batting-gloves. 1867 Ball Players' Chron. 12 Dec. 5/3 The best players are those making the best batting and fielding average. 1870 Baily's Monthly Mag. Oct. 85 In 1868 his batting average was 52 and 5 over. 1882 Daily Tel. 27 May Messrs. Thornton and Schultz opened the batting for the Gentlemen. 1910 Westm. Gaz. 14 Apr. 7/4 Cricketers will have to pay a trifle more for batting-gloves and bat handles. c. Beating out the impurities from raw cotton, an operation now superseded by use of ‘opening’ and ‘scutching’ machines. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > treating or processing textile materials > treating or processing cotton > [noun] > beating out impurities batting1813 1813 J. M. Good et al. Pantologia Batting Machine,..for beating and cleaning cotton. 1835 A. Ure Philos. Manuf. 311 Batting cotton by hand..seems by far the hardest work in a factory..and is somewhat similar to threshing corn. 2. concrete. Cotton fibre prepared in sheets for quilts or bed-covers; cf. bat n.2 13. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > treated or processed textiles > [noun] > cotton bombast1572 bombace1592 carding1600 cotton wool1857 nitrocotton1867 batting1875 lint1877 delint1896 viscose1896 linters1903 1875 H. C. Wood Treat. Therapeutics (1879) 645 For some purposes a stronger batting..is prepared. 1883 Cent. Mag. Oct. 819/2 Filtered through six layers of cotton batting. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < |
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