单词 | safetying |
释义 | safetyingn. Originally and chiefly U.S. 1. The action of making something (esp. aircraft parts) safe or secure. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > construction and servicing aircraft or spacecraft > [noun] > securing components against loosening safetying1916 1916 Aerial Age Weekly 21 Aug. 692/2 All pulleys, pins, bolts, turnbuckles, etc., shall be drilled for safetying. 1940 Daily Courier (Connellsville, Pa.) 1 Nov. 9/4 Flood control advocates hailed completion of the Crooked Creek dam as the safetying of the ‘northeast bastion of the defense citadel’. 1980 R. D. Bent & J. L. McKinley Aircraft Maintenance & Repair (ed. 4) xv. 502/2 The double-twist method of safetying should normally be used. 2006 Aviation Maintenance (Nexis) 15 May These terminal connections are further made up of a combination of sockets..and different ways of safetying. 2. American Football. The action of playing in the position of safety. Cf. safety n. 11. rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > football > American football > [noun] > actions or manoeuvres rush1857 punt-out1861 goal-kicking1871 safety1879 safety touchdown1879 scrimmage1880 rushing1882 safety touch1884 touchback1884 forward pass1890 run1890 blocking1891 signal1891 fake1893 onside kick1895 tandem-play1895 pass play1896 spiral1896 shift1901 end run1902 straight-arm1903 quarterback sneak1904 runback1905 roughing1906 Minnesota shift1910 quarterbacking1910 snap-back1910 pickoff1912 punt return1914 screen forward pass1915 screen pass1920 power play1921 sneak1921 passback1922 snap1922 defence1923 reverse1924 carry1927 lateral1927 stiff-arm1927 zone1927 zone defence1927 submarine charge1928 squib1929 block1931 pass rushing1933 safetying1933 trap play1933 end-around1934 straight-arming1934 trap1935 mousetrap1936 buttonhook1938 blitzing1940 hand-off1940 pitchout1946 slant1947 strike1947 draw play1948 shovel pass1948 bootleg1949 option1950 red dog1950 red-dogging1951 rollout1951 submarine1952 sleeper pass1954 draw1956 bomb1960 swing pass1960 pass rush1962 blitz1963 spearing1964 onsides kick1965 takeaway1967 quarterback sack1968 smash-mouth1968 veer1968 turn-over1969 bump-and-run1970 scramble1971 sack1972 nose tackle1975 nickel1979 pressure1981 1933 San Antonio (Texas) Light 24 Oct. (Sport section) 1/5 There is a young man named Garrett Le Van who does a bit of halfback and safetying for Princeton. 1977 Washington Post 24 May iv. 6/4 Ken Houston..has made himself at home here with his solid citizenship and all-pro safetying. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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