| 单词 | pegging awl |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspegging awl pegging awl n. Shoemaking (now historical) a short, square-bladed awl for making the holes in the soles and heels of shoes into which pegs are inserted; also in extended use. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > making footwear > [noun] > equipment or materials for > equipment > awl awlc1000 St. Crispin's lance1650 pegging awla1700 stab-awl1840 a1700 in W. G. Day Pepys Ballads (1987) V. 413 My husband is lusty, young, proper, and tall, Yet I think that he has but a short Peging-aul. 1765 Chron. in Ann. Reg. 158/2 85 pair of shoemakers nippers and pincers, 33 pegging-awls, 37 awls of other sorts. 1861 Harper's Mag. May 731/2 In one corner of the room, on a shoemaker's bench, sat the old man, who was so intently engaged with his pegging awl and hammer that he did not notice our entrance. 1998 T. Olson Blue Ridge Folklife v. 151 In the old days, shoemakers would use hand-tools exclusively: saddle hammers.., pegging awls (to make holes into which the pegs were inserted), [etc.]. < as lemmas |
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