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单词 pebbling
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pebblingn.

Brit. /ˈpɛbl̩ɪŋ/, /ˈpɛblɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈpɛb(ə)lɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pebble v., -ing suffix1.
Etymology: < pebble v. + -ing suffix1. With sense 2 compare earlier pebble paving n. at pebble n. Compounds 3.
1. The action of treating leather with a roller to produce a rough or indented surface, as if impressed by pebbles; the pattern itself. Also in extended use: a similar texture or pattern on other surfaces.
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society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with skins > [noun] > other processes of treating leather
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1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 1646/2 Pebbling, an operation to bring out the grain of leather and give it a roughened or ribbed appearance... In the pebbling-machine, the skin is subjected to the action of a roller with a surface the reverse of the grain or pebble to be produced.
1897 C. T. Davis Manuf. Leather (ed. 2) 263 Machines for rolling, pebbling, glassing or polishing.
1947 Amer. Jrnl. Bot. 34 598 The leaf symptoms varied from a slight pebbling to severely malformed leaves.
1971 R. Brewer Approach to Print vi. 76 The roller method is more likely to be used when imparting overall embossed impressions on to paper, such as artificial ‘pebbling’ and ‘linen’ effects.
1991 Daily News Record (U.S.) (Nexis) 10 May 5 Leathers are best with tactile surface treatments like supersoft calfskin updated with stonewashing and pebbling.
2000 Chicago Rev. (Nexis) 46 No. 1. 126 There was..a faint rust of Bein's blood still marring the pebbling of the linoleum.
2. Pebbles used as paving; pebblestone.
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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > stone or rock > [noun] > stone as material for paving > types of
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1971 Red Bluff (California) Daily News 6 Oct. 1 The pebbling would be less expensive but require more concrete.
1999 Daily Tel. (Sydney) (Nexis) 2 Jan. h10 Pebbling or exposed aggregate.
2003 Financial Times (Nexis) 1 Nov. 11 Bloxham's Conran-esque desk overlooks landscaped terraces of decking and pebbling.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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