单词 | rumbler |
释义 | rumblern. 1. A person who or thing which rumbles (in various senses).Recorded earliest as a humorous surname. ΘΚΠ 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!). ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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). < n.c1530 |
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