单词 | rind gall |
释义 | > as lemmasrind gall rind gall n. a defect in timber caused by injury to the bark of the growing tree, visible as a patch of abnormal growth incorporated into the wood. ΚΠ 1794 D. Steel Elements & Pract. Rigging & Seamanship I. 8 Rind-gall, a damage the tree received when young. 1869 W. J. M. Rankine Cycl. Machine & Hand-tools App. 66 ‘Rind-galls’, or wounds in a layer of the wood, which have been covered and concealed by the growth of subsequent layers over them. 1970 E. Joyce Encycl. Furnit. Making ix. 118/1 Rind galls, etc. Patches of ingrowing bark, probably caused by exterior damage to the growing tree. < as lemmas |
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