| 单词 | quoin post |
| 释义 | > as lemmasquoin post quoin post n. the post to which a lock gate is attached and about which it swings. ΚΠ 1855 W. M. Gillespie Treat. Land-surveying iii 150 The same is likewise done with the other distances upon the base line;..those to the Locks extending to the lines passing through the centres of the two nearest quoin posts. 1958 Chambers's Techn. Dict. (ed. 3) 408 Heel-post, the vertical post at one side of a lock-gate, about which the lock-gate swings. Also called a quoin-post. 2003 St. John's Telegram (Newfoundland) (Nexis) 25 Oct. (Lifestyles section) b2 The discovery of a quoin post—a wedge-like piece of stone where oak lock gates swung back and forth—proved it was a canal lock. < as lemmas |
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