单词 | beaumontage |
释义 | beaumontagen. A composition (of various mixtures) used by cabinet-makers, pattern-makers, and iron-founders for the concealment of cracks and holes in wood or metal work. Also figurative (see quot. 1895). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > cement or mortar > [noun] > material resembling cement > fillers for wood or metal plastic wood1866 beaumontage1888 filler1904 Polyfilla1956 1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. Boman teg. 1888 Chambers's Encycl. II. 3 Beaumontague is a composition..which is used to fill up cracks in an iron casting. 1895 E. C. Brewer Dict. Phrase & Fable (rev. ed.) Beaumontague (pronounced bo-mon-taig), bad work, especially ill-fitting carpenter's work; literary padding; paste and scissors literature. 1899 P. N. Hasluck Wood Finishing ix. 67 Beaumontage..is generally called ‘stopping-out wax’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1888 |
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