单词 | pre-cut |
释义 | pre-cutn. 1. Coal Mining. A preliminary incision made in a coalface in order to facilitate cutting and loading. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > materials having undergone process > [noun] > cut: preparation for assembly, etc. > preliminary cut pre-cut1948 1948 Trans. Inst. Mining Engin. 107 242 A long bottom jib was provided to give a pre-cut and so assist in the fracturing of the coal which is rather strong. 1960 J. Sinclair Winning Coal vii. 204 A middle pre-cut has been usefully employed where a floor tends to lift and break at the bottom of the coal. 2. An item that has been made by cutting in advance; spec. a component for a prefabricated building. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > materials having undergone process > [noun] > cut: preparation for assembly, etc. pre-cut1971 1971 Real Estate Rev. Fall 49/1 They are to be distinguished from pre-cuts, which involve materials cut to proper size off-site and then conventionally constructed on site. 1992 Better Homes & Gardens: Building Ideas Spring 123/3 Copy and technical specifications detail our precut for field assembly solid wood wall building systems in eight log styles. 2003 Prepared Foods (Nexis) 1 Sept. 23 The availability of store-brand precuts and volume-discounted large package sizes is likely less in sub-supermarket outlets. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). pre-cutv. 1. transitive and intransitive. Coal Mining. To make a preliminary incision in (a coalface) in order to facilitate cutting and loading. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > manufacturing processes > perform general or industrial manufacturing processes [verb (transitive)] > preprocess > types of preliminary process preheat1862 precool1907 premix1917 precast1919 pre-cut1945 pre-impregnate1951 pre-score1957 prepreg1964 precure1973 1945 Trans. Inst. Mining Engin. 104 701 This roof can be a bad one if not properly controlled, and we felt we would not like to take the risk of pre-cutting and blowing coal, and thus removing all support. 1960 J. Sinclair Winning Coal vii. 191 Two men pre-cut the face with an A.B. Fifteen Cutter. 1960 J. Sinclair Winning Coal vii. 206 It may be preferable sometimes to pre-cut and load on the same shift with the separate cutter working about 40 yd ahead of the cutter-loader. 1981 Engin. News-Record (Nexis) 16 Apr. 122 Called ‘precutting the tunnel arch’, the method involves a mining technique in which deep cuts are opened in the tunnel face. 2. transitive. To construct (esp. a building) from prefabricated components; to manufacture (components) beforehand, to prefabricate. ΚΠ 1948 Dixon (Illinois) Evening Tel. 10 Jan. 2/3 Many of the new homes..were of conventional construction while others were pre-cut or pre-fabricated. 1956 W. Haber & H. M. Levinson Labor Relations & Productivity in Building Trades vii. 141 The use of prefabricated plumbing units.., precut and preassembled off the site by manufacturers who are not themselves plumbing subcontractors, was almost nonexistent in the plumbing trade. 1974 J. Bartlett Emigrants 37 Government House was a single storied wooden house, similar to one built at St Helena for Napoleon, pre-cut in London and erected for Governor Hobson. 2001 C. Jurca White Diaspora iii. 79 They advertised the efficiency and economy of houses that were precut by machine in the factory. 3. transitive. gen. To cut in advance. ΚΠ 1955 R. Bainer Princ. Farm Machinery vii. 162 The draft requirements for cutting the furrow slice were determined by noting the reduction in total draft when the slice was precut with a special L-shaped knife. 1961 M. Beadle These Ruins are Inhabited (1963) xi. 160 The Co-ops are pre-cutting their meat and putting it in plastic film. 1997 Stocking Fillas 1997–98 (Innovations plc) 21/3 The pictures supplied are pre-cut into peel-off shapes, with adhesive underneath, so that you can apply each colour to its exact part of the picture. 2005 Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (Nexis) 25 June Save time by precutting about a week's supply of newspaper pages to fit the bottom of your bird's cage. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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