pre-engineeredadj.
/ˌpriːɛn(d)ʒᵻˈnɪəd/, U.S. /ˈpriˌɛndʒəˈnɪ(ə)rd/ Manufactured or designed beforehand; (of a building) constructed from prefabricated units. Also figurative.Quot. 1950 represents a use of pre-engineer vb.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > building of specific construction > [adjective]
wandedc1593
brick-built1596
rock-built1596
mud-walled1607
sedgy1624
sodden1639
nogged1688
frame1760
logged1784
stucco1786
weatherboarded1794
piled1795
thick-walled1820
clapboarded1835
board-built1837
pebble-dashed1839
puncheoned1843
timber-framed1843
betimbered1847
pile-built1851
massy1855
bamboo-walled1858
portable1860
half-timber1874
stone-faced1874
Red River frame1879
ashlared1881
granolithic1881
brick-end1883
converted1888
steel frame1898
board-and-bat1902
traviated1902
steel-framed1906
prefabricated1921
prefab1937
multiwall1940
pre-engineered1955
curtain-walled1959
pre-fabbed1959
timber-frame1967
system-built1968
flat-pack1982
1950 Chron.-Telegram (Elyria, Ohio) 21 June 13 (advt.) Here's the..Refrigerator that's pre-tested and pre-engineered for this area.]
1955 Stevens Point (Wisconsin) Daily Jrnl. 22 July 3/3 (advt.) One of these pre-engineered steel buildings goes up fast.
1974 State (Columbia, S. Carolina) 15 Feb. 9- b/7 (advt.) Need men to erect pre-engineered buildings.
1991 J. Mander In Absence of Sacred ii. viii. 149 We can actually experience our existence as preprogrammed participants in someone else's pre-engineered fantasies.
2005 Austral. Mining (Nexis) Sept. The cyclones have been lined with 25mm pre-engineered high alumina ceramic tiles to prolong wear life.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1955