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单词 rumbler
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rumblern.

Brit. /ˈrʌmbl̩ə/, /ˈrʌmblə/, U.S. /ˈrəmb(ə)lər/
Forms: see rumble v.2 and -er suffix1.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: rumble v.2, -er suffix1.
Etymology: < rumble v.2 + -er suffix1. Compare Dutch †rommeler person who moves hastily or impetuously (1588 in Kiliaan).
1. A person who or thing which rumbles (in various senses).Recorded earliest as a humorous surname.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > continuous or protracted sound > [noun] > roll or rumble > rumbler
rumblerc1530
c1530 J. Ravisius Pater, Filius & Uxor Rafe rumbler.
1580 Hooper's Certeine Expos. Psalmes f. 56 We see these rumblers vp of the Psalmes, & the rest of Gods word, at this time in the church.
1628 in B. Cusack Everyday Eng. 1500–1700 298 On that wears his hat Comonlie in Church & is a Comon Romlor & lauffer in Church.
1671 J. Eachard Some Observ. Answer to Grounds Contempt of Clergy 43 Is he to be called a Rumbler, who glides as smooth as a Star, or a fired Rocket of Tow?
?1790 G. Parker Life's Painter (ed. 2) xv. 168 The running rumbler..gets a large grinding-stone, which he rolls along the pavement, the passengers hearing the rumble, endeavor to get out of the way.
1837 Brit. Farmer's Mag. Apr. 89 The bottoms of the tile drains were laid on or about a level with the tops of the rumblers.
1892 H. Norman Real Japan i. 20 Since ‘Earthquake Milne’ has set traps for the rumbler (he calls them ‘Seismographs’) the earthquakes seem to be migrating.
1920 S. Aumonier One after Another ii. 23 I could not see the villain, the rumbler, the outcast of the decencies. But I could hear a kind of dim, subdued counter-rumble.
1961 Hudson Rev. 14 218 He could take to the streets and eavesdrop on the rank and file of the local gangs—Philistines, Barbarians, other rumblers.
1992 Musical Times 133 543/2 (advt.) The Oratorio series..has been designed to meet the preference for the sound of the traditional English pipe organ (the old rumblers!).
2. A resounding line of poetry. Obsolete.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > part of poem > [noun] > line > other types of line
underverse1579
recurrent1605
serpentine verse1605
acatalectic1611
rumbler1670
Pindaric1697
quadruped1800
octonarius1819
asynartete1830
pada1855
chronostichon1859
jingle-jangle1864
sevener1920
1670 J. Eachard Grounds Contempt of Clergy 6 Being bound to get..two or three hundred Rumblers out of Homer.
1706 E. Baynard Short Disc. Longævity in J. Floyer Hist. Cold Bathing (ed. 2) ii. 239 I only trull 'em a couple of Rumblers.
1748 S. Richardson Clarissa IV. xxxvi. 206 The trisyllables, and the rumblers of syllables more than three.
3.
a. A rumbling coach, carriage, or cart. Now rare.
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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > [noun] > rumbling or jerky
rumbler1778
rumble-tumble1806
jerky1867
1778 Morning Chron. 10 Sept. The parties walked on to Eton; they were afterwards put into a rumbler, and conveyed safe to Stoke.
1782 Public Advertiser 15 Aug. It was astonishing to see the variety of one horse vehicles, gigs, chaises, wiskies, covered carts and rumblers.
1823 Mirror 13 Nov. 414/1 He steps out of his old crazy rumbler into the grand cockney gold cage.
1880 W. W. Fenn After Sundown I. 146 The water-cart, faithful rumbler!
1903 S. E. Lee Pleasant Street, Smiling Valley 103 The old rumbler is broken now. I'll have to stay at home after this.
b. An attachment at the rear of a carriage for storing luggage or to provide seating, typically for servants; = rumble n.1 4a. Obsolete.
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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > carriage for conveying persons > [noun] > parts of > hinder part for seating or luggage
boot1608
rumble-tumble1777
boodge1794
budget1794
budget-bar1794
trunk-boot1795
rumble1798
rumbler1805
trunk-board1819
toe-piece1879
1805 W. Felton Treat. Carriages (ed. 3) App. iii. 40 The rumbler, or rumble-tumble is a convenience fixed to the hind part of the..carriage, and made to carry luggage.
1878 E. M. Stratton World on Wheels ix. 354 The ‘rumbler’ has been shaped to accommodate it to the C-spring.
4. A spherical pellet bell typically worn by a horse. Frequently attributive in rumbler bell.
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > horse-gear > [noun] > trappings, housing, or caparison
steed shrouda1300
coverturec1300
trap13..
horse-house1316
attiringa1375
trapping1398
trappera1400
saddlecloth1415
house1463
foot-cloth1480
summock1506
reparelling1513
base1548
furniture1553
coperture1555
housing-cloth1569
caparison1602
footmantlec1610
bear gear1613
horse-furniture1613
bearing gear1616
housing1698
pad-cloth1795
rumbler1849
1849 Jrnl. Brit. Archæol. Assoc. 4 78 Bones, antlers, &c. were found and a small globular bell of brown metal resembling a cattle or horse bell, and similar to those bells of the present day called rumblers.
1907 Notes & Queries 2 Mar. 174/1 My friend called this bell a ‘rumbler’.
1953 A. Jobson Househ. & Country Crafts xii. 130 But at Chichester the first horse had three bells, the second four and the third five. In the case of round bells they were known as rumblers.
1961 Countryman 58 iii. 596 Some early ones had round ‘rumbler’ bells.
2001 Treasure Hunting Feb. 30/3 I did recover my first ever rumbler bell, a round bell with its clapper still intact, and a horseshoe decoration on each side.
5. An apparatus or machine for tumbling objects about inside a rotating drum, typically in order to clean or polish them; spec. (more fully potato rumbler) a machine of this kind for removing the peel from potatoes. Cf. tumbling-box n. at tumbling- comb. form 2.
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the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > equipment for food preparation > [noun] > tools for preparing vegetables
pea sheller1858
rumbler1865
mandolin1927
garlic press1958
1865 Sci. Amer. 1 Apr. 220/3 (advt.) For Sale—Two rumblers, nearly new, about 4½ feet long by 2½ feet in diameter; one for rough work and one for finishing.
1873 A. E. Beach Sci. Rec. 363 To remove the scale and rough surface, the nail-blanks are placed in a revolving rumbler.
1907 Foundry Dec. 162/3 Rumblers should be placed in a foundry with a view to economy in handling the castings.
1921 Dict. Occup. Terms (1927) §183 Continues operation till sand and irregularities in castings have been worn down and then empties ‘rumbler’.
1960 Technol. & Culture 1 154 The rings would probably be barrelled in a rotating rumbler with abrasive. This was the method used for cleaning and polishing finished mail.
1976 Star (Sheffield) 20 Nov. (advt.) One 56 lb Triumph Superb Potato Rumbler, fully reconditioned, £300.
2000 Rubber Machinery (Rapra Technol. Ltd.) 87 Smaller metals of suitable strength can be treated in ‘rumbler’ machines where the metals are tumbled whilst being blasted by the abrasive.
2007 H. Bamunage et al. City & Guilds Professional Cookery ix. 292 Potatoes are usually required in large quantities, so rather than peeling hundreds of potatoes by hand, a potato rumbler can be used.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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