单词 | rail tree |
释义 | > as lemmasrail tree rail tree n. †(a) a curtain rail (obsolete); †(b) = rail timber n. (obsolete); (c) Scottish a beam, spec. a cross-beam in a cowshed (cf. ravel-tree at ravel n.1 3). ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > horizontal position or condition > [noun] > a horizontal object or part > rail railc1330 rail treec1330 railera1500 spell1559 c1330Raile tre [see sense 2a]. 1676 in J. C. Frost Rec. Town of Jamaica, Long Island, N.Y. (1914) I. 182 They are to have Liberty to take any timber..in our commans exsept Clappborde trees and Rayle trees under eightene inches. 1686 in C. M. Armet Kirkcudbright Sheriff Court Deeds (1953) II. 313 (And he is to leave) ryll trees and soll trees and staiks and doors and the lyk (which Andrew McClemeroch, present tenant, leaves in the houses). 1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. Rail-tree, a large beam, in a cow-house, fixed about two feet above the heads of the cows, into which the upper ends of the stakes are fixed. 1923 G. Watson Roxburghshire Word-bk. 245 Rail-tree, †1. = Raivel-tree... 2. The supporting beam of a swing-fence across a stream. 1977 G. L. Pride Gloss. Sc. Building 62/2 Railtree, (a) large beam in byre to which is fixed upper end of vertical stakes to which cows' tethers are made fast. < as lemmas |
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