单词 | pallet box |
释义 | > as lemmaspallet box pallet box n. (a) Music a box or chest forming part of the windchest of an organ, containing the pallets corresponding to one keyboard; (b) a box designed for use with a pallet or having an integral pallet (sense 4c). ΚΠ 1904 N.E.D. at Pallet sb.3 Pallet-box. 1914 G. A. Audsley Art Organ-building II. xxiv. 214 The pallet-box..is an air-tight box which is attached to the under face of the wind-chest frame. 1969 Science 21 Nov. 971/1 Machines such as tractor forklifts, straddle carriers for pallet boxes, and rotary dumpers. 1980 New Grove Dict. Music XIV. 143/2 The ‘pallet box’ is strictly the substructure of the wind-chest in which the row of pallets, one for each key in the compass, is housed. 2003 Amer. Metal Market (Nexis) 10 Mar. 2 Each truckload contains 10 pallet boxes, with each box having 120 bags containing 25 pounds of vanadium each. < as lemmas |
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