单词 | rough lock |
释义 | rough lockn. North American. Chiefly U.S. regional (western). A device, as a chain or shoe, which prevents a wheel from turning or a log from rolling and thus acts as a brake on a steep slope. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicles according to means of motion > vehicle moving on wheels > [noun] > parts of vehicle moving on wheels > devices to retard or stop motion > skid or lock to retard motion trigger1591 drug1638 trigen1659 skid1766 drag1795 remskoen1816 slipper1827 shoe1837 sledge1839 hub1856 rough lock1858 spoke1858 wagon-drag1875 wagon-lock1875 wheel-lock1875 sprag1878 slipper-drag1883 slipper-brake1884 shod1893 1858 Compiler (Gettysburg, Pa.) 15 Feb. 3/4 (advt.) Log chains, plough gears, rough lock, ice cutter. 1886 San Jose (Calif.) Mercury June 3/1 If he thinks the logs will slide and overtake his team, he puts a chain around some of them, making what he calls a rough lock. 1913 E. MacLennan in E. MacLennan & C. W. Snow Songs of Neukluk 15 She had a skookum load of logs, but I couldn't understand With the rough-lock and the gee~pole how it scaped from her command. 1962 J. Onslow Bowler-hatted Cowboy v. 46 The rough-lock bit deep into the softening ice and mud. 2002 Idaho Statesman (Nexis) 20 Aug. 3 Large iron shoes called rough locks fit over the lower edge of the back wheels and slowed the wheels turning. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1858 |
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