单词 | riem |
释义 | riemn. South African. A narrow strip of untanned leather, chiefly used as a rope. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > leather > [noun] > strip of leather whangc1540 strap1685 riem1817 riempie1887 1817 G. Barker Diary 15 May in Voorloper (1976) 674 Oxen rims were also cut. 1852 M. B. Hudson S. Afr. Frontier Life I. v. 127 Their minister had with a reim round his neck Been dragged from his station by Bowker's command. 1865 in Churchman 11 Jan. (1866) 26/2 [He] climbed up to one of the bells, and, attaching a reim to it, quickly caused the customary peal to resound. 1932 C. Fuller Louis Trigardt's Trek 100 We loosened the riem on one hind wheel. 1947 P. J. Pretorius Jungle Man vii. 86 When I secured a captive I took a reim, tied it round the neck of the animal, and the boy was then sent off to camp leading it. 1994 M. Roberts tr. J. A. Whalberg Trav. Jrnls. 55 As we were driving down ‘Skönhogten’, the riem holding the chain broke, and in consequence the waggon came near to toppling over. Compounds C1. Parasynthetic, as riem-chained, riem-seated, etc. ΚΠ 1870 T. Baines N. Goldfield Diaries 23 Dec. (1946) II. 586 The first waggon..with its after-wheel reim-chained, was brought down. 1871 H. H. Dugmore Reminisc. Albany Settler 28 Weary enough at night to sleep soundly on their reim-bottomed kaatles. 1955 A. Delius Young Trav. 98 They..arrived in a big dining-room with riem-seated chairs. C2. riem chain n. a riem used as a chain for locking the wheels of a wagon. ΚΠ 1851 Q. Rev. 175 23 We took down a span of select oxen and a pair of rheim chains, and succeeded in dragging the sea-cow high and dry. 1905 R. Fenton Peculiar People 61 They also bound the reim-chain to the after yoke. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). riemv. Now rare. transitive. To lock or secure (a wagon or its wheels) with a riem. ΚΠ 1835 A. Steedman Wanderings I. 182 The banks being very steep, and the driver having objected to rhem the wheels, we descended with great rapidity into the bed of the river. 1850 R. Gordon-Cumming Five Years Hunter's Life S. Afr. I. iii. 45 Having rheimed or secured the two hind wheels by means of the drag-chains. 1876 T. Stubbs Reminiscences 21 Old Fancutt said Master I think as how we had better lock her (Meaning to reim the waggon), My Father Thought he could Keep them back. 1934 B. I. Buchanan Pioneer Days 92 When..he reached a short, rather steep dip he ‘rimmed’ (blocked by fastening a chain round the rim) both wheels on one side of the bus, with the inevitable result that the vessel promptly capsized. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1817v.1835 |
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