| 单词 | plate rail |
| 释义 | > as lemmasplate rail plate rail n. (a) a flat rail with a raised flange, as used in a plate railway (= sense 20); (also) a flat metal strip fixed to the top of a wooden rail; (b) a rail or narrow shelf, either part of a piece of furniture or, more usually, attached high up on the walls of a room, on which ornamental plates and other items can be displayed. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > road laid with parallel planks, slabs, or rails > [noun] > laid with rails > rail rail?1608 turn-plate1797 gully1800 plate rail1801 plate1807 tram-plate1807 tramway plate1825 track-rail1877 1801 Times 23 Sept. 4/2 (advt.) The Genteel Household Furniture..and various other Effects; comprising..a capital set of mahogany dining tables, a ditto sideboard table with plate rail and standards, [etc.]. 1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 644 Bars of cast iron..known..by the denomination of the plate-rail, tramway plate, barrow-way plate. 1872 J. B. Jorvis Railway Prop. 157 The track..was..in good order, probably as smooth at the time referred to as any railway; it was a flat bar or plate rail, laid on southern pine rail timbers well secured. 1911 Sandusky (Ohio) Reg. 20 Sept. 4/6 Our house money is kept in the cracked teapot on the platerail in the dining room. 1961 T. K. Derry & T. I. Williams Short Hist. Technol. 378 A broad plate-rail with a vertical flange on the inner side to hold plain wagon-wheels in position was the most usual, having the advantage that it did not debar the wagons which ran on it from running along the public highway as well. 2003 Standard (St. Catharines, Ont.) (Nexis) 31 Jan. 3 The cabinets..have interior lighting, so the contents are easily seen. They will have a plate rail carved either into the wood at the back, or onto the glass shelf. < as lemmas |
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