remblain.

Brit.

/ˈrɒmbleɪ/,

/ˈrɒ̃bleɪ/, U.S.

/ˈrɑmˌbleɪ/

Forms: 1700s– remblai, 1700s– remblais (irregular).

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French remblai.

Etymology: < French remblai earth used to form a rampart, mound, or embankment (1779; 1694 in sense ‘construction of a rampart, mound, or embankment from earth’), rock, debris, etc., used to fill up the excavations made in a seam of coal (1798 or earlier) < remblayer to embank (1244 in Old French (Normandy) as remblaer ) < re- re- prefix + emblaer (see emblement n.). Compare déblai n.

1. Fortification. The earth used to form a rampart, mound, or embankment; the structure formed by this. Also, in extended use: the earth used to bring a depression in the ground up to a level.

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society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > earthwork or rampart > [noun] > construction of > earth or sod used in

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1794 N. F. Martinon Let. 30 Sept. in Amer. State Papers: Mil. Affairs (1832) I. 99 The barracks are almost ended, the demolition of the old fort very much advanced, and very little remblais made.

1802 C. James New Mil. Dict. Remblai (French), earth collected together for the purpose of making a bank, way, &c.

1828 J. M. Spearman Brit. Gunner 215 The earth obtained from the ditch forms the remblai, or elevation.

1876 G. E. Voyle & G. de Saint-Clair-Stevenson Mil. Dict. (ed. 3) 337/1 In general, the number of cubic feet contained in the remblai has been furnished by the deblai, so as to balance each other.

1908 N.Y. Times 27 Dec. c5/4 He may, if he is attentive, hears [sic] his officers muttering anxious calculations as to the relative quantities of ‘remblai’ and ‘deblai’.

1917 J. Masefield Old Front Line 30 The hollow or sunken road and the steep remblai or lynchet are everywhere.

1984 Math. Operations Res. 9 222 The deblai comprises the area where the soil is above the desired mean level and the remblai is made up of the area where the soil is below this level and to which soil must be transferred.

†2. Mining. Rock, debris, etc., used to fill up the excavations made in a seam of coal; the process of putting such material in place. Obsolete.

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1815 I. Landmann Treat. Mines 56 By repeating the same process the remblai above the gallery takes place by degrees.

1867 W. W. Smyth Treat. Coal & Coal-mining 138 The remblais or stowage is found to be so closely packed as to form a very good roof for driving under.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	remblai
释义	remblain. Brit. /ˈrɒmbleɪ/, /ˈrɒ̃bleɪ/, U.S. /ˈrɑmˌbleɪ/ Forms: 1700s– remblai, 1700s– remblais (irregular). Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French remblai. Etymology: < French remblai earth used to form a rampart, mound, or embankment (1779; 1694 in sense ‘construction of a rampart, mound, or embankment from earth’), rock, debris, etc., used to fill up the excavations made in a seam of coal (1798 or earlier) < remblayer to embank (1244 in Old French (Normandy) as remblaer ) < re- re- prefix + emblaer (see emblement n.). Compare déblai n. 1. Fortification. The earth used to form a rampart, mound, or embankment; the structure formed by this. Also, in extended use: the earth used to bring a depression in the ground up to a level. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > earthwork or rampart > [noun] > construction of > earth or sod used in gazon1704 remblai1794 1794 N. F. Martinon Let. 30 Sept. in Amer. State Papers: Mil. Affairs (1832) I. 99 The barracks are almost ended, the demolition of the old fort very much advanced, and very little remblais made. 1802 C. James New Mil. Dict. Remblai (French), earth collected together for the purpose of making a bank, way, &c. 1828 J. M. Spearman Brit. Gunner 215 The earth obtained from the ditch forms the remblai, or elevation. 1876 G. E. Voyle & G. de Saint-Clair-Stevenson Mil. Dict. (ed. 3) 337/1 In general, the number of cubic feet contained in the remblai has been furnished by the deblai, so as to balance each other. 1908 N.Y. Times 27 Dec. c5/4 He may, if he is attentive, hears [sic] his officers muttering anxious calculations as to the relative quantities of ‘remblai’ and ‘deblai’. 1917 J. Masefield Old Front Line 30 The hollow or sunken road and the steep remblai or lynchet are everywhere. 1984 Math. Operations Res. 9 222 The deblai comprises the area where the soil is above the desired mean level and the remblai is made up of the area where the soil is below this level and to which soil must be transferred. †2. Mining. Rock, debris, etc., used to fill up the excavations made in a seam of coal; the process of putting such material in place. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1815 I. Landmann Treat. Mines 56 By repeating the same process the remblai above the gallery takes place by degrees. 1867 W. W. Smyth Treat. Coal & Coal-mining 138 The remblais or stowage is found to be so closely packed as to form a very good roof for driving under. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1794
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